UCLA School of Public Health Newsletter - Spring 1999

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UCLA

SCHOOL OF

PUBLIC HEALTH

NEWSLETTER

BIOTECH BIOSTATISTICIANS: NUMBERS ARE RIGHT FOR ALUMS IN BOOMING INDUSTRY

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HEN KEN RESSER (M.S. '86, pictured above) WAS HIRED AS A BIOSTATISTI-

CIAN AT THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF.-BASED AMGEN INC. IN OCTOBER 1988, THE FLEDGLING BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY HAD APPROXIMATELY 400

IN THIS ISSUE ... 2 NEWS Alumna Tabbed for Top Post. .. Commencement. .. HMO Lawsuits .. . Favorite Health Web Sites

EMPLOYEES AND A TWO-PERSON BIOSTATISTICS DEPARTMENT. BARELY

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MORE THAN A DECADE LATER, RES SER HEADS A 4 7-PERSON DEPART-

STUDENTS Jobs in SPH Classrooms and Research Centers

MENT AT A COMPANY WITH NEARLY 6,000 EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE. IT'S SAFE TO SAY THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY IS BOOMING.

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MOREOVER, AS A TRIO OF UCLA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

FACULTY The Center for Health Policy Research

ALUMNI WHO HOLD PROMINENT POSITIONS AT THREE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING BIOTECH COMPANIES WILL ATTEST, THE MARKET FOR BIOSTATISTICIANS IN BIOTECH IS STRONG EVEN BY THE STANDARDS OF THIS FLOURISHING INDUSTRY.

9 FRIENDS Meis Challenge .. .Foley &Lardner Fellowships ... Campaign UCLA Update

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THEY AGREE THAT THERE COULD HARDLY BE A MORE EX CITING ENVIRONMENT FOR APPLYING THEIR EXPERTISE THAN A co111i11uerf on page

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ALUMNI Networking ... Class Notes


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