Deanna Kepka, MPH, an MCH student in the PhD Program in the Department of Health Services, was selected as an American Public Health Association (APHA) Maternal and Child Health Section Fellow for 2008-2009.

She is the program's first MCH section student fellow.

The fellowship is designed to provide student fellows an opportunity to enrich their professional experience by participating in professional education and policy development at the national level. Each student fellow will have an opportunity to learn more about APHA and the MCH Section by participating in business meetings, serving on various section committees, and working on section policy statements, among other activities.