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ALUMNI e-NEWS
Welcome to ALUMNI e-NEWS
Issue 4, October 2003
...with information about and for alumni. You will find more alumni news in the next issue of the UCLA Public Health Magazine, due in the mail around Thanksgiving.
If you would like to read about specific programs, faculty, or other items of interest in this newsletter, please send your ideas and questions to publichealth@support.ucla.edu.
News you will find here:
From the Dean's Desk
'04 Nominations Accepted - Alumni Hall of Fame
New Alumni Directory
UCLA Reception @ APHA
Breslow!
Public Health Alumni Association (PHAA)
Medical Reserve Corps
Career Services
Continuing Public Health Education
News from You
From the Dean's Desk
As we start a new academic year, it is my pleasure to report to you about
the School's success in recruiting faculty and students and to share with
you some of the exciting events we have coming up this fall.
For the second year in a row, student applications to the School have increased by 10 percent. These entering students, now the Class of 2005, are already meeting the educational challenges brought forward by the faculty that include both new and visiting members.
As a part of our effort to recruit the best faculty, we are pleased to welcome
six new faculty members this year:
Anne L. Coleman - Professor In-Residence in Epidemiology
(Joint appt in Ophthalmology)
Leeka Kheifets - Professor In-Residence in Epidemiology
Robert Kim-Farley - Professor In-Residence in Epidemiology
Gloria E. Mao - Assistant Professor In-Residence in Epidemiology
Jack Needleman - Associate Professor in Health Services
Thomas M. Priselac - Adjunct Professor in Health Services
In addition, new visiting professors include:
Miriam Cotler - Visiting Professor, Health Services
Geoffrey Joyce - Visiting Assistant Professor, Health Services
2003-04
Miriam Laugesen - Visiting Assistant Professor, Health
Services 2003-04
Lori Pelliccioni - Visiting Assistant Professor, Health
Services 4/1/03-6/30/04
Maren Scheuner - Visiting Associate Professor, Health Services
Paula Tavrow - Visiting Associate Professor in Center for
Health Sciences 1/1/03-12/31/03
Walter Zelman - Visiting Professor, Health Services 2003-04
I am pleased to announce that Dr. E. Richard Brown will receive the 2003 Sedgwick Award
at the American Public Health Association (APHA) this year. The Sedgwick Memorial Medal
for Distinguished Public Health is APHA's oldest and most prestigious award. The
citation notes his roles as past President of APHA, founder/director of our UCLA Center
for Health Policy Research, development of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS),
and his involvement in advising several U.S. Senators and the White House on health care reform.
And speaking of the APHA Meeting, I hope you will join the School's faculty and your
colleagues in San Francisco and meet us at the UCLA reception (see below). I look
forward to seeing you in person.
With warm regards,
Linda Rosenstock, M.D., M.P.H.
Dean
'04 Nominations Accepted - Alumni Hall of Fame
Just a few weeks are left to submit nominations for outstanding alumni in
the areas of professional development and community service.
To nominate your favorite alumnus/a with distinctive achievements in the field of public
health, please review instructions and download the nomination form from the School's home
page http://www.ph.ucla.edu/index.html. Please
submit your nomination(s) by Wednesday, October 29, 2003. For questions or any additional
information, contact Susan Kanowith-Klein at 310-825-6464 or publichealth@support.ucla.edu.
New Alumni Directory
Even if you are unable to attend the UCLA Reception @ APHA (above) and it
has been years since you last made contact, you can still reconnect with
long-lost colleagues and friends from the School.
We are currently compiling an Alumni Directory with the Harris Publishing Company, the
leading publisher of alumni directories in the U.S. This directory will be a valuable
resource containing personal, academic, and business information on all of the School's
alumni. With this directory you will be able to locate and network with colleagues and
friends in your specialty, geographic area, or class.
Don't miss your chance to be included. Complete and return you directory questionnaire as soon it arrives in late October.
UCLA Reception @ APHA
The APHA Meeting, November 15 - 19 in San Francisco, is quickly approaching.
Come and enjoy conversation with colleagues, faculty, and friends at the
UCLA Reception on Monday, November 17, 6:30 - 8:00 pm at the Westin St.
Francis Hotel, Elizabethan Room C.
Lester Breslow2 (Lester Breslow x Lester
Breslow) = A Special Celebration
2004 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture.
To celebrate this important milestone, Dr. Lester Breslow has graciously
welcomed the request to be the honored speaker!
Save the date…mark your calendar:
THE 30TH ANNUAL BRESLOW DISTINGUISHED LECTURE AND DINNER
LESTER BRESLOW, M.D., M.P.H., SC.D.
Professor Emeritus, Health Services, and
Dean Emeritus, UCLA School of Public Health
will speak on
"The Third Revolution in Health: Implications for Public Health"
Monday, April 19, 2004
UCLA Covel Commons * Grand Horizon Room
6:00 pm Reception, 7:00 pm Dinner
Public Health Alumni Association (PHAA)
A Mission Statement... in Development
The Public Health Alumni Association seeks to build and strengthen personal and professional
connections between the School of Public Health and its current students and alumni. The
Association aims to raise the visibility and profile of the School, thereby increasing its
reputation, value, and involvement within the public health, health care, and local and
international communities. Likewise, the Association strives to increase public health
awareness in the lay community.
To foster these goals, the Association supports and strengthens alumni participation in programs that promote
the School's research, education, and community service. These programs include public health lectures and forums,
networking activities, alumni contributions, and student career and mentoring programs.
For this academic year, PHAA board members and committees are planning activities that will focus on educational programs,
coupled with social time for alumni and held in off-campus locations, and activities to provide career information and alumni
networking opportunities for students.
Are you interested in helping out? Please write phaa@support.ucla.edu.
Ray Goodman Founds the Medical Reserve Corps
Raymond D. Goodman, M.D., M.P.H. '72, is doing it again. Having established
the Breslow Distinguished Lectureship and having helped to found the Public
Health Alumni Association, he has now conceived a new program to enlist
retired physicians and nurses into a Medical Reserve Corps.
After nearly one year of working with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Goodman is
engaged as the Medical Director of the Medical Reserve Corps of Los Angeles, a unit recognized by the
Office of the Surgeon General of the United States. He is organizing a cadre of public health officials
to train retired physicians and nurses as first responders in the event of a major disaster and assist as
volunteers in public health activities such as mass vaccination programs.
If you wish to participate in this program, you can contact Dr. Goodman at 213-240-8121 or by e-mail at rgoodman@dhs.co.la.ca.us.
Career Services
Are you looking for and/or exploring a new position in public health? In
addition to your personal connections at the School, UCLA offers support
through the UCLAlumni Association (http://www.uclalumni.net/Careers/)
and UCLA Career Center (http://career.ucla.edu/alum/AlumniAssociation.asp).
For information on how to receive this assistance, check the links given
here for job search tools, networking, and career resources and counseling.
Continuing Public Health Education
SPH courses are being offered through UCLA Extension. You can find information
about courses on disaster relief for this quarter at http://www.uclaextension.edu.
Check the online catalogue for future course offerings throughout the year.
News From You
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to pass on to your fellow alumni, or have any questions, please write to
publichealth@support.ucla.edu
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