TY - JOUR T1 - Advancing APHA’s mission means strengthening, growing membership JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 3 LP - 3 VL - 41 IS - 10 AU - Mel Shipp Y1 - 2012/01/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/41/10/3.1.abstract N2 - I would like to begin my first column with a sincere “thank you” for the privilege of serving as your president. I am excited by this opportunity and challenge. My enthusiasm derives from my appreciation of APHA’s impressive list of public health successes and the esteem in which APHA is held both within the U.S. and abroad. In keeping with former presidents, I will endeavor to build upon our Association’s impressive legacy and advance its strategic goals and objectives. ER -