Names Matter: Affirming Our Commitment to Equity in Publishing

Heather M Brandt1, Laura M Schwab-Reese1, Casper Voyles1

  • 1Heather M. Brandt is with the HPV Cancer Prevention Program, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN. Laura M. Schwab-Reese is with the Department of Public Health, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Casper Voyles is with the Department of Social Justice and Social Change, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN. M. Aaron Guest is with the Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging, Arizona State University, Phoenix. Amy Hagopian is with the Department of Global Health and Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington, Seattle. At the time of conceptualization, H. M. Brandt, L. M. Schwab-Reese, and A. Hagopian were members of the AJPH Editorial Board, and C. Voyles and A. Guest were leaders in the LGBTQ Health Caucus in official relations with the American Public Health Association.

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