ASPPH is seeking reviewers by March 31, 2026 for abstracts submitted to the Academic-Practice Linkages in Public Health (APLPH) Caucus for the 2026 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo. The APLPH Caucus is proudly sponsored by ASPPH, in partnership with the Public Health Accreditation Board and Public Health Foundation. To be eligible, you must have expertise related to at least one of the 2026 APLPH Caucus topics.

2026 APLPH Caucus Topics

If you are interested in reviewing abstracts for the APLPH Caucus, please fill out the Reviewer Submission Form by the deadline of March 31, 2026. Expertise related to at least one of the 2026 APLPH Caucus topics below is required.

• Collaborative Capacity Building: Shared Public Health Resources and Solutions
  Highlights co-created tools, shared infrastructure, and partnership-based approaches to “doing more with less.”
• Innovating the Future Public Health Ecosystem: Transformative Academic-Practice Partnerships
  Captures the forward-looking, systems-oriented collaboration required to build the next-generation workforce, research infrastructure, and practice environment
• Leading Public Health Through Change: Academic-Practice Strategies for Resilience
  Centers on leadership models, change management, and crisis navigation, where both academic and practice sectors support each other
• Linking Knowledge to Action: Public Health Responsiveness in Real Time
  Emphasizes how academic and practice partners collaborate to respond to emerging public health issues and evolving community needs.
• Strengthening Public Health Narrative and Trust: Evidence-Based Messaging Across Sectors
  Focuses on jointly countering politicization, protecting scientific integrity, and improving communication with communities and policymakers
• Sustaining the Public Health Workforce: Wellbeing, Knowledge Transfer, and Retention
  Elevates joint academic-practice approaches to burnout, morale, and preservation of institutional knowledge amid workforce shifts

For questions related to the APLPH Caucus, please contact Kaitlin Tager, Director of Program Administration, at ktager@aspph.org.