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ALUMNI e-NEWS
Welcome to ALUMNI e-NEWS
Issue 7, October 2004
...with information about and for alumni. If you have news and information
to pass on to your fellow alumni, or have any questions, please write
to publichealth@support.ucla.edu.
News you will find here:
From the Dean's Desk
Wanted * 2005 Alumni
Hall of Fame
Public Health Alumni
Association (PHAA)
Connecting alumni with...
Invitation to a mixer
Words from the Newest
Alumni
Forget to order an
Alumni Directory?
SPH & Faculty in
the News
News from Alumni
If you…
From the Dean's Desk
On September 30 the School of Public Health had the privilege of addressing
approximately 200 members of the Board of Governors and Board of Councilors
of the UCLA Foundation. In light of our Nation's interest in healthcare,
our presentation focused on access, cost and quality of health care. Joining
me were SPH faculty members Drs. E. Richard Brown, Gerald Kominski
and Jack Needleman who shared their expert analysis as well as
data culled from our own research. From all accounts the presentation was
well received and served as a catalyst for many interesting conversations.
At a recent reception hosted by the School, faculty members had the opportunity
to meet Dr. Sandra Shewry, director of the California Department of Health
Services (DHS). With more than 20 years of experience, Shewry brings to
the position a long history of work in the health care field. We look
forward to continuing to develop relationships with the new leadership
of DHS.
Finally, in late September, Deans Roshan Bastani, Gerald Kominski
and I welcomed the Class of 2006 at student orientation. We are proud
of this incoming group of outstanding students who hail from all over
the United States and countries across the world. You'll have an opportunity
to meet this dynamic group at a mixer in late October – details
below. Hope to see you there!
Linda Rosenstock, M.D., M.P.H.
Dean
Wanted: Nominations...2005 Alumni Hall of Fame
The School boasts amazing alumni in all areas of Public Health. In the past
three years, 21 alumni have been elected to the Hall of Fame. This group
barely scratches the surface of the School's alumni who have performed remarkably
in their careers and communities.
Please nominate an alumna or alumnus who has made a significant contribution
to the field of public health. See the School's website at http://www.ph.ucla.edu/alumni_hall.html
for information on how to submit your nomination by Wednesday, October
27, 2004.
Public Health Alumni Association (PHAA)
Connecting alumni with alumni as well as with students and the
School is at the heart of PHAA programming for the coming year. Activities
organized by PHAA will include a mixer for alumni and students (invitation
below), alumni career events for students, and an educational forum on
bioterrorism preparedness hosted with the Department of Health Services,
Los Angeles. Details to follow.
At September's orientation for new students…
PHAA President Christopher Mardesich, JD, MPH '98
greeted the students and suggested they view alumni as a resource to access
information on internships, career directions and jobs. To underscore
this theme, an alumni panel with Kitty Lim, MS '02, Kynna
Wright, MPH '99, Bridget Flores, MPH ‘01 and Vicky Cuevas,
MPH '93, spoke on the influences that the School of Public
Health has had on their careers.
A mixer for you!
The UCLA School of Public Health Alumni Association Cordially invites
you to attend A student – alumni mixer Following Dean Linda Rosenstock's
State of the School Address for Students
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
UCLA Faculty Center * California Room
5:00 – 6:00 pm State of the School Address
6:15 – 7:30 pm Student – Alumni Mixer
Please RSVP by October 15, 2004, to phaa@support.ucla.edu
with your name, graduation year and department from which you graduated.
Please put “Mixer” in the subject line. Space is limited so
please reserve early.
For Directions: http://facultycenter.ucla.edu/access.htm
and
For Parking: http://www.transportation.ucla.edu/parking/sppark.htm
Words from the Newest Alumni
Genus Heidary, MPH '04 and Thomas Cruz, MPH '04
served as co-presidents of the Public Health Student Association (PHSA)
this past academic year. As PHSA leaders, they delivered the Students'
Address at their graduation ceremony in June. Their words were inspiring.
Here are a few excerpts:
Fundamentally, public health is not just about improving societies' health….At
its core, public health is about achieving social justice….[S]ocial
injustices must be remedied through empowering the public through information,
building bridges between communities and public advocates, and when no other
action can be made to change the system where it is broken…..As future
public health leaders, regardless of what discipline we are from, we must
be prepared to take action…. In being public health professionals,
we are fundamentally social advocates…. Our Community, Our Voice,
and Our Future was the motto of our Public Health Student Association at
UCLA. In this spirit of this motto, we look forward to your leadership as
you improve the health and social justice of our community.
First Alumni Directory Still Available
A limited number of School of Public Health Alumni Directories are still
available on a first come-first serve basis. Please phone Harris Customer
Service at 800-877-6554 or e-mail inquiry@bcharrispub.com.
New from...
The Department of Health Services
The School welcomes Robert Kaplan, Ph.D. as the new chair
of the Department of Health Services. Dr. Kaplan is an internationally
recognized scholar in health services, well-known for his work in quality
of life and health outcomes assessment. Alexander Ortega, Ph.D.
also joins the department as associate professor. He is one of the leading
young scholars in the area of the health of Latino populations; his main
research interest is in the area of child health policy.
Ronald Andersen, Ph.D., Wasserman Professor and previous
department chair, will be retiring as of October 31, 2004, but will continue
as an active emeritus faculty member.
SPH and Faculty in the News -- Snapshot
in Time
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research: Youth Health Plan
Grows, Los Angeles Times, 6-22-04
Susan Cochran: Confronting Lesbian Health Problems, Boston
Globe, 6-22-04
Steven Wallace: Many Uninsured Children Qualify for Medi-Cal
or Healthy Families, KPCC-89.3 FM, 7-15-04
E. Richard Brown: No Insurance Is a Roll of the Dice,
Los Angeles Times, 8-16-04; Domino Effect Feared from Closures of Emergency
Rooms, Los Angeles Times, 8-24-04; No Quick, Cheap Fixes for Health Care,
Los Angeles Times, 8-25-04; County Feels Symptoms of Health Crisis Relapse,
Los Angeles Times, 8-29-04; Pushing for Health Care Shift from the Inside,
Los Angeles Times, 9-9-04; Health Costs Soar as Sharply as Candidates'
Plans Diverge, Los Angeles Times, 9-20-04
Thomas Rice: More Choice, At a Cost, Los Angeles Times,
8-16-04
Linda Rosenstock: Hidden Threat (Asbestos), KCBS-Channel
2, 8-23-04
Rick Greenwood: Symptoms of West Nile Virus, Contra Costa Times,
8-26-04; Health Officer Wasn't Told of Sewage Spill, Sacramento Bee, 9-24-04
Pamena Gorbach: Knowing if Partner Is Faithful Predicts STD Risk,
Reuters Health, 8-30-04
Robert Kim-Farley: Virus Precautions (West Nile) and
Immunity, KFI-AM640, 9-2-04
John Froines: County Cancer Pockets Are a Puzzle, Los
Angeles Times, 9-3-04
Marjorie Kagawa-Singer: Study: 2 Groups of Asian-Americans Less
Likely to be Screened for Cervical Cancer, San Jose Mercury News, 9-8-04
News from you...
Mary A. Bare, MSPH ‘85, RN chose the School's
MSPH program to enhance her research in epilepsy. Since her graduation,
Ms. Bare has continued to focus on epilepsy and is now the Epilepsy Surgery
Coordinator at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. She publishes her
work, most recently in the September 3, 2004 issue of Pediatrics, and
presents at international conferences. Involved as a volunteer with the
Epilepsy Foundation for more than 30 years, Ms. Bare is a member of the
Foundation's National Professional Advisory Board. She states, “I
owe much of the advancement of my career to my education at UCLA.”
Diana Hilberman, DrPH '98 has been appointed to
the Board of the Commission on Accreditation for Health Management Education
(CAHME), the successor organization to Accreditation Commission on Education
for Health Services Administration (ACEHSA).
Joshua Ofman, MD, MS '96 was named Amgen's Vice President,
Reimbursement and Payment Policy and is responsible for the design and
execution of Amgen's reimbursement and payment strategy. He will help
to ensure the integration of reimbursement needs into the product development
and commercialization process.
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