A research-focused national public health organization, SAAPHI is dedicated to improving the overall health of African Americans through the following goals:

* assisting the development of a well-defined research agenda for improving the health of African Americans;

* promoting the utilization of appropriate data and research methods for the development of health policy decisions and programs related to the health of African Americans;

* increasing public awareness of health problems of African Americans and possible solutions through the dissemination of empirically based information and education;

* increasing the numbers of African Americans completing training in epidemiology, biostatistics, and other quantitative disciplines of public health that contribute to research;

* fostering coalitions with other professional organizations having similar goals;

* assisting in the coordination of investigative, educational or public health related program planning efforts that may have an impact on the health of African Americans.

Monthly Teleconferences

2009 Meetings

Date: Board meets on the 4th Friday of each month

Friday, January 23, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009*
Friday, December 18, 2009*

*NOTE: Special meeting date to accommodate holidays

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Where: 1-218-936-6666; code 10926741#