MCH student selected as APHA section fellow

August 12, 2016

Anna Austin

Anna Austin, MPH, doctoral student in maternal and child health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, is one of 15 students selected from across the U.S. to serve as a 2016-2017 section fellow for the American Public Health Association’s maternal and child health section.

Austin also is a research assistant at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center.

The APHA fellows program is designed to advance students’ leadership skills. The maternal and child health section of the organization provides fellows with the opportunity to take an active part in section activities through attendance at the APHA annual meeting in October, participation in section committee activities, serving as an assistant to the governing council representatives and coordinating special sessions.

Fellows are chosen based upon evidence of outstanding leadership, scholarship and commitment to maternal and child health.

Austin’s research interests focus upon child maltreatment and adverse childhood experiences. She has published most recently in the Children and Youth Services Review.

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Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: David Pesci, director of communications, (919) 962-2600 or dpesci@unc.edu