Lester Breslow, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D.

Professor Emeritus, Health Services UCLA School of Public Health Box 951772 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772 (310) 825-1388 Fax: (310) 825-3317 E-mail: Breslow@ph.ucla.edu

Biographical Information

Lester Breslow is Professor Emeritus of Health Services and Dean Emeritus, School of Public Health, UCLA. He teaches, with others in the School, a course for undergraduates, "Contemporary Issues in Public Health," and participates in other courses.  Dr. Breslow received the MD and MPH degrees, and ScD (hon), from the University of Minnesota. He has served as Director of Public Health, State of California; and as President of the American Public Health Association, the Association of Schools of Public Health and the International Epidemiological Association. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; was founding Editor, Annual Review of Public Health. Has received Lasker, Sedgwick, Dana, Healthtrac, Lienhard (Institute of Medicine), New York Academy of Medicine, and other awards. Dr. Breslow has served as consultant to local, state, national, and world health agencies as well as to several health publications.

Selected Publications

Breslow L. "Multiphasic screening examinations -- an extension of the mass screening technique." Am J Pub Hlth 40:274-278, 1950.

Breslow L. "Medical Care and public health in California." JAMA 198:1079-1081, 1966.

Breslow L. "Some essentials in a national program for child health." Pediatrics 44:327-332, 1969.

Breslow L, Somers AR. "The lifetime health-monitoring program: A practical approach to preventive medicine." N Engl J Med 296:601-608, 1977.

Breslow L. "Risk factor intervention for health maintenance." Science 200:908-912, 1978.

Breslow L, Cumberland WG. "Progress and objectives in cancer control." JAMA 259(11):1690-1694, 1988. (Also translated for use in JAMA edition Fran‡aise 13:727-736, 1988.)

Breslow L. "A health promotion primer for the 1990s." Health Affairs 9(2):7-21, Summer 1990.

Breslow L, Breslow N. "Health practices and disability: Some evidence from Alameda County." Prev Med 22:86-95, 1993.

Breslow, L. Editor-in-chief. The Encyclopedia of Public Health, 2002. MacMillan Publishing Co. NY, NY.

Breslow, L. "A Life in Public Health." 2004 Springer Publishing Co. NY, NY