About the Dean
Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH
Dean, UCLA School of Public Health
Dr. Linda Rosenstock is Dean of the UCLA School of Public Health, one of
the nation's top ranked schools with 700 graduate students and more than
200 faculty. She holds appointments as Professor of Medicine and Environmental
Health Sciences and is a recognized authority in occupational and environmental
health and broad areas of public health and science policy.
Before coming to UCLA in 2000, Dr. Rosenstock served as Director of the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for nearly
seven years. As Director of NIOSH,
Dr. Rosenstock led a staff of 1500 at the only federal agency with a mandate
to undertake research and prevention activities in occupational safety
and health. During her tenure, Dr. Rosenstock was instrumental in creating
the National Occupational Research Agenda, a framework for guiding occupational
safety and health research. She expanded the agency's responsibilities,
staff size, and budget – doubling the Institute’s annual appropriations.
In recognition of her efforts, Dr. Rosenstock received the Presidential
Distinguished Executive Rank Award, the highest executive service award
in the government.
Dr. Rosenstock received her M.D. and M.P.H. from The Johns Hopkins University.
She conducted her advanced training at the University of Washington, where
she was Chief Resident in Primary Care Internal Medicine and a Robert
Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar. At the University of Washington, Dr. Rosenstock
was active in clinical practice of both general internal medicine and
occupational and environmental medicine.
Internationally, Dr. Rosenstock has been active in teaching and research
in occupational and environmental health. She has served as an advisor
to the World Health Organization, taught in many developing countries,
and conducted health effects studies in Latin America. Dr. Rosenstock
also chaired the United Auto Workers/General Motors Occupational Health
Advisory Board. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
and a member of the Society of Medical Administrators and the National
Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine. Dr. Rosenstock has conducted
research and written extensively about many areas of public health and
medicine.
Dr. Rosenstock currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Lee Bailey
and their two children, Adam Lee Bailey and Matthew Lynn Bailey.
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