CPSTF Announces Chair and Welcomes New Members
In January 2023, Dr. Alison Evans Cuellar starts her role as chair of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF). She previously served as the vice chair and has been member of the task force for 5 years. Dr. Stephen Hargarten, a CPSTF member since 2019, will step in as vice-chair. Dr. Cuellar and Dr. Hargarten are poised to lead CPSTF in its work to address prioritized topic areas, advance health equity, and promote evidence-based community health intervention approaches.
CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky has appointed three new CPSTF members to serve five-year terms on CPSTF, starting in either 2023 or 2024. The new members are public health and clinical professionals who have expertise in a wide range of topics including health equity, women’s health, cancer prevention, injury prevention, vaccinations, and health policy.
New Members Starting in January 2023
Richard Hamburg, MPA
Executive Director, Safe States Alliance
Melissa A. Simon, MD, MPH
Vice Chair and Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology, Founding Director Center for Health Equity Transformation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
New Member Starting in January 2024
Lisa A. Prosser, PhD
Public Health Policy Researcher and Director of the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center at the University of Michigan
CPSTF is an independent, nonfederal panel of 15 public health and prevention experts that provides evidence-based findings and recommendations about community preventive services, programs, and other interventions aimed at improving population health. CPSTF members represent a broad range of research, practice, and policy expertise in community preventive services, public health, health promotion, and disease prevention.