UCLA School of Public Health Newsletter - Winter 1999

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PUBLIC HEALTH NEWSLETTER

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) From the Desk of Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Ph.D. Dean, UCLA School of Public Health

Re: MEMOS FROM THE FIELD Never in our school's history have more faculty, alumni and students played such vital roles in important public health activities locally, statewide, nationally and internationally. To provide our readership with a small sampling of these efforts, I have asked six of these individuals to share their recent experiences on the front lines of different public health issues.

Their memorandums appear beginning on page 4.

The topics on which they report are vastly different: grading restaurants in Los Angeles County; covering previously uninsured children in California; improving education for Latino children through a White House Initiative; promoting public health messages in television content; assessing the community impact of the potent antiretroviral HIVI AIDS treatment; and developing a local-initiative Medi-Cal managed care plan. But I believe that in each case, all of us with an interest in promoting healthier communities can draw valuable lessons, and can take pride in the contributions our school is making toward a healthier society.

NEW JOINT DEGREE PROGRAM: P.H./ ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES The nation's first joint degree program in Asian American studies and public health has been established at UCLA. The concurrent program, designed to provide students who have an academic interest in Asian Dr. Marjorie Kagawa-Singer (1.) , director of the American studies with new degree program , with student France Nguyen. a professional career path in public health , will award an M.A. in Asian American studies and an M.P.H. from the School of Public Health's Department of Community VOLUME 18, NU MBER 1 Health Sciences.

WI NTER 1999 "Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are ALBERT CARNE SALE , Ph.D. the fastest growing population in the United Cliun<·ellor States, and they comprise more than 10 percent ABDELMONEMA. AFIFI , Ph.D. of California's population, " notes Dr. Marjorie Deun Kagawa-Singer, the program's director, who has EDITORIAL BOARD a joint appointment in the school and the Asian ABDELMONEM A. AFIFI , Ph.D. American Studies Center. "Yet, the paucity of /Jean academic knowledge about these communities, J UDlTHM. SIEGEL, Ph .D. socially and medically, restricts the ability of Associat e Deo uJOr Academic Pr·og rams community health leaders to develop and define MI CHAEL S. GOLD STEIN, Ph.D .

Asstwiate DeanfOr S1ude 11 t Affair s programs to meet the increasing health needs of V. CALE WINTINC this heterogeneous population."

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LAUREL WRUBLE APPOINTED TO ASSIST SCHOOL'S DEVELOPMENT, ALUMNI RELATIONS EFFORTS Laurel Wruble has joined the UCLA School of Public Health as assistant director of development and alumni relations. In her new position, co-sponsored by campus Development, Wruble will focus on enlarging the base Laurel Wruble of support for the school and its departments through improved and expanded annual giving, special gifts, and recognition programs. She will also provide additional staff support to the School of Public Health Alumni Association, and to departmental alumni activities.

"We are fortunate to gain the benefit of Laurel's breadth of experience and many talents as we seek to strengthen our alumni programs and meet and surpass our goals for Campaign UCLA," said Assistant Dean for External Affairs John D. Miller in announcing the appointment.

Wruble is a familiar face on the UCLA campus, having served as director of development at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies from 1992 to 1996. She recently completed two years ' service as director of development of the Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project. She can be reached at (310) 206-2117 , or by e-mail: <laurelw@support.ucla.edu>.

JOHN D. MILLER Assistant Dean.for Ex te rnol Afl"a irs

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PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN - Al its July 1998 board meeting in Jackson Hole , Wyo. , the Children 's Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC) agreed to enter into a public service partnership with the UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH). CHEC is a grassroots , nonprofit organization of parents and care-givers who gather and disseminate information about protecting children from environmental health risks in their homes , schools , and communities. COEH , wh ich conducts occupational and environmental training and

research in the areas of industrial hygiene , med icine , nursing , toxicology, epidem iol ogy, ergonomics, health education and policy, will assist CHEC by providing information for its Web site , <www.checnet.org>, regarding toxicology and related health risks , as well as policy developments. Pictured , left to right: Assistant Dean for External Affairs John Miller, CHEC nationa l spokesperson Olivia Newton-John , CHEC co-founder Nancy Chuda , COEH director John Fro ines, CHEC co-founder Jim Chuda , and CHEC executive director Elizabeth Hauge Sword .

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Left: U.S. Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary of Health David Satcher delivers the 1999 Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture at the UCLA School of Public Health. Above: Satcher with Breslow (front row, left) , Dean Abdelmonem A. Afifi (front row, right) , and officers of the school 's Public Health Students Association during his visit in January.

SATCHER CALLS FOR GREATER COMMITMENT TO HEALTH PROMOTION ; U.S. SURGEON GENERAL VISITS SCHOOL, GIVES BRESLOW LECTURE

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n overflow crowd turned out to see Dr. David Satcher, U.S. surgeon general and assistant secretary of health, deliver the 1999 Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture at the school.

Approximately 400 people - the largest attendance in the 25-year history of the Breslow Lecture - came to see the nation's top health spokesman at the event's silver anniversary. The Breslow Lecture is sponsored each year by the School of Public Health Alumni Association in honor of the school's second dean and current professor emeritus , who was a pioneer in identifying the relationship between healthy lifestyles and longevity.

Satcher, a former faculty member of the UCLA School of Medicine and the Charles Dre w Medical School, paid homage to Breslow in his speech, which was titled " Legacy and Vision in the Fight for a Healthier America." Commenting on his own career - among his many accomplishm e nts , Satcher helped to forge the continuing partnership b e twee n Drew and UCLA and , more recently, completed a successful stint as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - he said: " I have been able to combine with

some r e ally outstanding p eople, and Lester Breslow is one of those p eople."

He then suggested with dismay that the current generation of young p eople is the most physically inactive in American history. " As a nation , we don' t promote healthy lifestyles," h e said. " We glamorize bad nutrition, cigarette smoking and ir r esponsible sexual b ehavior.

"What we ne e d is a balan ce d community h ealth system , and that tak es a national commitment - something we don't currently h ave ."

"What we need is a balanced community health system, and that takes a national commitment."

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U.S. SURGEON GENERAL

Satcher , who was appointed b y Presid ent Clinton and confirmed b y the U .S. Senate in F ebruary 1998 , fo cu sed on the problems of lack of a ccess to h ealth care , pointing particularly to the n eed to eliminate ethnic disparities . H e concluded: " When we target the most vul-

n er able among us, everyone benefits ."

The Breslow Lecture brought together the sch ool 's exten ded family like few other gatherings have - more than 100 students attend ed , as did a strong representation of fac ulty and a number of community members known to Satcher a nd Breslow throu gh t heir work to establish the Drew!UCLA joint program.

During his visit, Satch er met with the school's stu d ents, prospective students , fa culty, volunteers an d donors. Linda Lee, a fellow in the school's Career Based Outrea ch P rogr am , expressed the consen su s when sh e said of the event: "I was both awest r u ck and inspired. I felt very fortunate to have met him, and could not help but feel genuin e pride that UCLA's School of P ublic H ealth had been able to attract such a powerful speaker.

"As a college student interested in the fi eld , I 've gai n e d m ore knowledge in the careers of p u b lic h ealth professionals, and a s a citizen of this country I realize the r esponsibilit y and power that we h ave through resources mobilized by our stron g p u blic health leaders and organizations."

A video of the complete Breslow Lecture is a v aila b le on the school's Web site, <www.ph.ucla .edu /media>.

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From the Desk of Anthony D . .Rodgers, M.P.H, '75 (pictured) CEO, L.A. Care Health Plan trodgers@earthlink.net

.Re: Medi-Cal Managed Care In 1994, CaHfomia Passed legislation mandating that nearly 2 million Medi-Cal beneficiaries be converted from fee fo, seroice to managed ca,e. That action has spa,ked a continuing debate on the merits of managed care for Medi-Cai beneficia,ie,, Hanl!y noticed was a significant PUblic Policy shift, The legislation autho'iZed boa,ds of supervisors in 11 of the state's most populous counties to c'eate L0ca1 Initiative Health Autbotities. As a '•suit, illne counties - Los Angeles included - established local initiatives to compete With the state's contracted commercial health plans for managed care enrollees.

Although health authorities as special-purpose Public health sennces entities file not new, What is diffe,ent about the local initiatives is that they am specifically C'•ated to compete With comme,cia] Plans fo, Medi-Cai, Medica,e and othe, Uninsu,ed populations. Whethe, intended o, not, this Policy shift is a '•cognition that PUrnly mfilket-d,iven managed ca,e fo, VU!ne,able pop. ulations does not adequately ensme access, quaJity, ot protection of choice - and that market drivers in managed care can actually undermine the safety-net health system that serves the uninsured and medically needy.

L .A Care Health Plan is the Local Initiative Health Autho,ity fa, Los Angeles County. We have a stakehoide, boa,d of govemorn, '•P,esenting consumern, physicians, community clinics, hospitals, the county health department and even managed care organizations. There are thrne health Policy adviso'Y committees and I I '•gionaJ adviso'Y councils composed of commumty membern and health Prnfessfonals. These advisocy committees make recommendations on consumer issues, children's health care Policy, and issues of concern to safety-net and community health care providers. The local stakeholders have Worked to improve access, quality and choice, While successfully competing against a commercial health Plan.

Local Initiative Health Plans have at their h eart a public health mission, not a P<ofit motive, thus ensuting local accountability to cons umers and community Providers.

Compe tition to, b e neficia,y enmliment ensu,es that these Plans '•main CUstome, focused and '•sponsive to quality issues. Does this model of managed competition Provide the best of both Worlds, stimulating continuous quality improvement and customer r e spons ive ness While cont<ol!Ing cost? In the final a n a lys is , that;, to, consume rs and provide rs to judge - as it s h ould b e .

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Re: The Hollywood Connection UCLA School of Public Health Over the past three yea_rs, . d 'nto one of the bestfaculty have bee~ maki~;sn;::;el:~: Hollywood. With a known commumties m l hS . es grant from the California Department of Hea t _ e~i;he nization Branch, and the collaboration o of Film and Television, we . l0 bbyi'ng effort wit fully initiated a direct . to work . l wn · ion . d roducers of pnme-time te evis ers, directors an P t about the importance of shows to get the message ou . timely immunizations across the hf_espan. torytelling Since entertainment television is as atermedium in which writers constantly look for new m

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From the Desk of Jonathan E. Fielding, M.D., M.P.H.

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Re: Grading Restaurants A little over a year ago, an expose by a television news investigative team revealed serious problems in the food facility inspection program conducted by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS).

While embarrassing, these revelations of problems with some of the restaurants inspected permitted DHS, with the approval of the Board of Supervisors, to make important improvements in this regulatory program.

Our objectives were to provide useful information to consumers and to change the incentives of the restaurant owners. A restaurant grading program was established that gives the more than 20,000 restaurants in Los Angeles County deductions from a starting score of 100.

These scores were translated into A (90-100), B (80-89) and C (70-79), with lower grades given only as numbers.

Restaurants were required to post these grades and have the actual inspection report available to anyone requesting it. In addition, closure rates rose dramatically.

The other innovation was to provide incentives for restaurant owners to pay maximum attention to sanitary practices and standards at all times. Before, facili-

ties would be given time to correct deficiencies , and their principal concern was preventing closure for serious inspection violations. Now, owners know that the grade they receive at the time of the unannounced in spection will remain until the next inspection, usually in 4-6 months . The only exception is that once every 12 months , a restaurant owner unhappy with his or her score can, the next day, request reinspection within 10 days . However, in this event the owner must pay for two inspections, with the second unannounced inspection being held 30-60 days after the initial follow-up.

Consumers can find the latest grade of any restaurant on the DHS Web site: <www.dhs.co.la.ca.us>.

This experience highlights two important lessons.

First, public health must be prepared to take advantage of natural opportunities, even if unanticipated, to further the public health assurance function. Second, public health lacks a strong constituency to support needed improvements. When important issues come before the Board of Supervisors, more outside experts and supporters need to voice their opinions.

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In Ma,ch 1998, Education Secrnta,y Richa,d Riley rnquested my assistance on behalf of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence fo, Hfapanic Ame,;. cans. In 1993, President Clinton had issued Executive Q,det 19900, calling on all fedetaJ agencies to 'espond to the education ctisis of Hi'Fanic Ameticans charnctetized by a hfatmy of neglect and denial of opponunity Dispa,;ties can be found thmughout the education continuum. For example, less than 15 Percent of Latinos Participate in preschool Programs, though such p rograms have proven to be high Predictors of educational attainment. Large numbers of Latino students are en'Olled below g'ade level, and most attend "rnsou,c e Poor " schools . Hispanic American students drop out earlier and at unacceptably high rates . In the words of the P,esident's AdViso'Y Conun;,sion, "The cumulative effect of such neglect;, obviou,ly detrimental not onJy to Hispanics, but t o the nation. "

I was asked to assist the new executive director for the White House Initiative in developing a Stiategic Plan fo, iniplementing Executive Q,det 19900 acm,, the fedetal govemment. hevious experience With the administiation and in conducting intetagency effons on behalf of the DeFanment of Health and Human Sennces Proved to be valuable assets in tackling this assignment. We established an interagency council composed of deputy sec<etaries of all fedetal agencies, developed education Policy seminarn fo, legislative staff, and Put toge the, a Public communication Stiategy to rnach Latino Parnnts With info,mation they need to bettet a•sist their children in using the educational system.

One might Wonder, Why would a Public health Profe'So, be intetested in this a'Signment? Wen, Healthy People 2000 contains an objective that;, often ignmed by the "health" P'Dfes,ion,, focusing specifically on educa tiona1 attainment. In our international public health work, we have long realized that improving educational levei. of a Population has g<and health status Payoffs.

Yet, we often oVe,look the mle of education in ou, domestic health policy discu'8ions_ With the steady growth of the Latino population in California and the nation, those Who are interested in Protecting and improving health in these populations must concern themselves With improving educational attainment.

FACULTY UPDATES

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS While space limits preclude a complete listing, the following list of research and training grants and contracts of $100,000 or more awarded in 1998 illustrates the variety of grant and contract activity at the school.

AFIFI, ABDELMONEM A.- "Public Health Traineeship," "Public Health Leadership Institute."

"'NDERSEN, RON"'lll M.- "UCLA/RAND Health

Services Research Training Program."

BAER, MARION TAYLOR- "Leadership Training in

Maternal and Child Nutrition."

BASTANI, ROSHAN- "VA UPBEAT, " "Adherence to

Follow-Up of Breast Abnormalities, " "Study of Black & White Men with a Family History of Prostate Cancer, " "Colorectal Cancer Screening in High Risk Individuals."

KAR, SNEHENDU B.- "A Partnership for Public

Health Practice Training."

KRAUS, JESS F.- "Continuing Studies Involving

Low Back Injuries Among Home Depot Employees, " "Community Intervention of Falls in the East L.A. Elderly, " "Work-Site Intervention to Reduce Work-Related Assault Injury," "Southern California Injury Prevention Research Centers."

LI, GANG- "Topics in Semiparametric Analysis of

Survival Data."

MAXWELL, ANNETTE- "Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening Among Filipino Women. " MORGENSTERN, HAL- "Chiropractic Versus

Medical Care for Low-Back Pain."

MORISKY, DONALD E.- "Comprehensive Commu-

BERMAN, BARBARA- "Underserved Children with

nity Based HIV/AIDS Prevention," "Behavioral Interventions for Control of Tuberculosis. "

Asthma: Reducing Passive Smoking. "

NEUMANN, CHARLOTTE G. - "Role of Animal

BOURQUE, LINDA B.- "Panel-Study of the Effects

Source Foods to Improve Diet Quality & Growth & Cognitive Development in East African Children," "Role of Animal Source Foods to Improve Diet Quality & Growth."

of El Nino on Los Angeles County Residents."

BROWN, E. RICHARD- "Study of Sexually Trans-

mitted Diseases Within Managed Care Settings, " "Proposal for Funding of Core Functions," ''Technical Assistance to Community-Based Organizations. "

SORENSON, SUSAN B.- "Domestic Violence Eval-

CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM G.- "Biostatistics Train-

uation Project."

ing for AIDS Research."

UPCHURCH, DAWN M.- "Contextual Effects of Adolescent Risk Taking and STD/HIV "

CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM- "The Effect on Health

Outcomes of Access to Medical Care for Persons with HIV Disease in the United States."

RICE, THOMAS H.- "The Impact of Medicare

Managed Care on the Medigap Market."

WINER, ARTHUR M.- "Development and Valida -

OABROWSKA, DOROTA- "Inference in Multistate

tion of Databases for Modeling Biogenic Hydrocarbon Emissions in California's Airsheds."

Survival Analysis Models."

YANCEY, ANTRONETTE K.- "African-American

DETELS, ROGER- "Interdisciplinary Training in

Women Fight Cancer with Fitness (FCF)."

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology, " "International Training Grant in Epidemiology Related to AIDS," "Natural History of AIDS in Homosexual Men." ENSTROM, JAMES E.- "Environmental Tobacco

Smoke and Mortality Among Cancer Prevention Study I." FIELDING' JONATHAN E. - "Development of an Ef-

fective Community Report Card," "Child Health and Immunization Network. " FROINES, JOHN R.- "An Evaluation of the Peer-

Reviewed Research Literature on Human Health, Including Asthma and Environmental Effects MTBE," "UCLA-Mexico Collaborative Training and Research Program."

GALAL, OSMAN- "Impact of Agricultural Develop-

ment Programs on Food Consumption Patterns Among Egyptians. " GANZ, PATRICIA A.- "Sexuality and Intimacy in

Breast Cancer Survivors," "A Phase IA and a Phase IB Clinical Trial of a Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator," "Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates."

GLIK, DEBORAH C.- "Final Immunization Curricu-

lum."

HALFON, NEAL- "The Interdisciplinary Maternal

and Child Health Training Program. " HINDS, WILLIAM

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"Industrial Hygiene Training

MICHAEL LU JOINS FACULTY DR . MICHAEL C. LU , who joined the faculty in 1998, is assistant professor of community health sciences in the School of Public Health and assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the School of Medicine , as well as associate director of the Child and Family Health Program and medical director of the UCLA Family Planning Program. His research focuses on reproductive health, maternal and child health , and access to care for vulnerable populations. Lu received an M.P.H. in epidemiology from UC Berkeley and an M.D . from UC San Francisco. While a medical student, he founded and served as executive director of The Suitcase Clinic , a health clinic for homeless and indigent people in Berkeley.

DR. WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM continues to be involved in the national HIV Costs and Service Utilization Study. A pap er on the sample and preliminary cost data, entitled "The care of HIVinfected adults in the United States ," was published in the Dec. 24, 1998 New England Journal of Medicine. wc unning@med icine.medsch.ucla.edu DR. ROGER DETELS heads several projects funded by the Fogarty Inte rnational Center of the National Institutes of Health, including "Documenting the Chang in g Prevalence of HIV Risk Factors in China," "Docu menting the Spread of HIV from Injection Drug Users Through Heterosexual Activities ," "Documenting the Molecular Epidemiology of HIV in Asia ," and "Trans lating 7 Research into HIV/AIDS FACULTY Control Policy in China." detels@admin.ph.ucla.edu DR. RALPH FRERICHS went to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia last De cembe r as part of a Un ited Nations consultancy on cost-effective strategies for the control of HIV in fe ction and STDs .

Frerichs conducted two workshops (one for local researchers and the othe r for political leade rs and policy-makers), and hel ped craft three sentinel surveillance prog rams - one for HIV, a second for STDs , and a th ird for high-risk sexual behavior. frerichs@ucla.ed u DR. SANDER GREENLAND has been named a fellow of the American Statistical Association .

Greenland was recognized by the association for "methodologic research bridging epidemiology and biostatistics on causal inference, misclassification , incomplete data and meta-analysis, and for contributions to public health research ."

DR. GAIL HARRISON spe nt part of her spring 1998 sabbatical le av e in Iran , working wi th UNICEF and the National Institute of Nutrition on issues related to national planning for food and nutrition security. Since then, she has been developing several research projects in collaboration with investigators in Iran . gailh@ucla.edu DR. DEAN JAMISON is takin g partial leave from UCLA to join the in comin g management team of Dr. Gro Harle m Brun dt land , who recentl y assumed the po sition of director-general of the World Health Organ izat ion (WHO) . Jamison now spends part of his time in Geneva as the director of WHO 's Econ omics Advisory Service . djamison@isop.ucla.ed u DR. SNEHENDU KAR has completed an edited volume entitled Substance Abuse Prevention: A Multicultural Perspective, scheduled to be published by Baywood Publ ishing Inc. of New York this year. Kar has received a three-year grant from Los Angeles County and the State of California to develop and evalu ate a strategy to "Empower Latina Mothers to Prom ote Tim ely Childhood Immunization" in underserved Los Angeles communities . kar@ucla.ed u continued on next page

UPDATES continued from previous page DR. JESS KRAUS received funding from the National Institutes of Health to study the effectiveness of infant swimming instruction, and from the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration to continue studies examining occupational back injuries. In the past year, he has participated in meetings for the World Health Organization Collaborating Centers on Brain Injury in Geneva, the International Task Force for Mild Brain Injury in Spain, and the World Injury Congress in Amsterdam.jfkraus@ucla.edu DR. SCOTI LAYNE was awarded a U.S. patent titled: "Method and Apparatus for Globally-Accessible Automated Testing," covering the notion of batch science via the Internet/Intranet. Layne is also organizing a National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine colloquium, "Automation in Threat Reduction and Infectious Disease Research : Needs and New Directions," scheduled for April 29-30 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.spl@lvik.ph.ucla.edu

8 FACULTY/ STUDENTS

DR. JOANNE LESLIE was the keynote speaker at the Girls, Generations, and Globalization Conference last year. She is the project leader of a five-year USAID Maternal and Child Health Technical Assistance Support Contract that was awarded to the school last September. jleslie@ucla.edu

1998 STUDENT AWARDS AIDS INSTITUTE CONFERENCE , BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD

Kwa Abakah Sey-Community Health Sciences CAREAMERICA SCHOLARSHIP

Patricia Enjoo Park-Health Services Paula Lynn Wilkinson-Health Services THE CELIA ANO JOSEPH BLANN FELLOWSHIP

Catherine Crespi Chun-Biostatistics EUGENE V. COTA-ROBLES AWARD

Majid Masso-Biostatistics ELEANOR J. DE BENEOICTIS FELLOWSHIP

Anne Bradford Harris-Community Health Sciences Dena R. Herman-Community Health Sciences DELTA OMEGA SOCIETY/AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION BEST STUDENT POSTER AWARD

Helaine Hatter-Community Health Sciences DISSERTATION YEAR FELLOWSHIP

Nagyee Jacqueline Law-Biostatistics Raymond Chavira-Environmental Health Sciences FAIR ANO OPEN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT AWARD

DR. GANG LI has received a FIRST award from the National Cancer Institute. The prestigious $350,000, five-year grant supports Li's research entitled 'Topics in Semiparametric Analysis of Survival Data." Li also received a UCLA Faculty Development Award for research support for the 1998-1999 academic year. gangli@sunlab.ph.ucla.edu

LtsA V. SMITH-Epidemiology FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP

Carolyn Anne Mendez-Community Health Sciences GOERKE AWARD FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE

Robert G. Nelson-Epidemiology DR. MARK LITWIN recently received a $700,000 award from the California Cancer Research Program to conduct a longitudinal cohort study of quality of life among men treated for early-stage prostate cancer with prostatectomy, radiotherapy, or interstitial brachytherapy. mlitwin@urology.medsch.ucla.edu

THE RAYMOND GOODMAN SCHOLARSHIP

Dara L. Coan-Community Health Sciences Prabha Siddarth-Biostatistics BEVERLEE A. MYERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

DR. DONALD MORISKY has been appointed by UCLA Chancellor Albert Carnesale to serve on the campus's Service-Learning Task Force. dmorisky@ucla.edu DR. CORINNE PEEK-ASA received two grants from the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration to examine the epidemiology of violent injury to taxicab drivers and to test violence de-escalation techniques in employees of drinking establishments. Her recent publications include an evaluation of random breath testing to reduce alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes (American Journal of Preventative Medicine) . cpeekasa@ucla.edu DR. THOMAS RICE received the "Article of the Year" award from the Association for Health Services Research at the association's annual meetings last June. Rice was honored for "Can markets give us the health system we want?" published in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law.trice@ucla.edu DR. MARION TAYLOR BAER, as director of the Public Health Nutrition Training Program in Maternal and Child Health, was awarded a second five-year training grant from the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The grant supports three nutrition students, two continuing education activities with a national scope, and the further development of curricula related to public health nutrition with a potential for school-wide significance. mbaer@chlais.usc.edu DR. PAUL TORRENS has received the "Alumni Award of Merit" from the Harvard University School of Public Health. The award is the highest honor awarded by the school for its alumni. torrens@admin.ph.ucla.edu DR . ROBERT VALDEZ is engaged in a number of projects aimed at implementing and evaluating state efforts to expand health insurance coverage for children. He is also working on a National Academy of Social Insurance panel investigating long-term financing options for Medicare. rvaldez@ucla.edu DR . STEVEN WALLACE was involved in two different areas of research during the past year. One involves his work on the equitable distribution of health resources to racial/ethnic minority elderly. Wallace's other area of research has involved assisting with the implementation of the Healthy Families program in California for low-income children, including the provision of data estimates to the state Legislature. swallace@ucla.edu

Lisa V. Smith-Epidemiology NACIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF MEXICO

Angelica Castaneda-Jimenez- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES PRA AWARD (for dissertation research in Mexico) Kanan Patel Coleman-Environmental Health Sciences PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENTS ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR TEACHING ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR

Nell Griffith Forge-Community Health Sciences ANN G. QUEALY MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP IN HEALTH SERVICES

Gretchen A. Case Kevin C. Heslin

Barron N. Lee Allysunn Williams

MILTON AND RUTH ROEMER FELLOWSHIP FOR DR.P.H. STUDIES IN HEALTH SERVICES

Farhad A. Hagigi Shaheen Kassim-Lakha

Jennifer Robin Kincheloe

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION RUTH F. RICHARDS OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARDS

Bernadette Cuyugan- Health Services Melissa A. Gorman-Epidemiology Jennifer L. Musick-Community Health Sciences Brian R. Ramos-Biostatistics Shih-Wei Tsai- Environmental Health Sciences CHARLES

F. Scarr FELLOWSHIP

Joel Alexander Pedersen- Environmental Health Sciences WAYNE SooHoo M EMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Jainming Wang-Biostatistics UC MEXUS DISSERTATION GRANT

Kanan Patel Coleman- Environmental Health Sciences U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY STAR FELLOWSHIP

Derek Garth Shendell- Environmental Health Sciences

JUNEAL MARIE SMITH FELLOWSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL NUTRITION ESTABLISHED

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University in 1975 , s h e urdon and Mary joined the P eace Corps and Ann Smith have eswent on to live in Malaysia tablished the J uneal for two years , after which Marie Smith Fellowshe traveled to India , Nepal ship in International Nuand Thailand. Before comtrition at the UCLA School ing to UCLA, she earned an of Public Health in memory M.P.H. in nutrition from of their daughter, a public the University of Hawaii, health nutritionist who lived and went on to work for and worked in several counCatholic Relief Services as tries over the course of her Juneal Marie Smith director of the r efu gee nudistinguished career, and who received her M.P.H. and Ph.D. de- trition programs in five camps at varigrees from the school in 1992 and 1995, ous locations in Thailand. She eventurespectively. The fellowship will be used ally returned to the United States to to support students who are pursuing ca- take a public h ealth nutritionist po sition with the Indian Health Service in r eers in international nutrition.

Juneal Marie Smith was born in 1954 Zuni, N.M. After completing h er studin Neurenberg, West Germany, the ies at UCLA , she became an as sistant daughter of American educators. professor in the Department of P ediShortly after obtaining her bachelor's atrics at the University of Arkansas for degree from California Polytechnic Medical Sciences.

LOBBY RENAMED IN RECOGNITION OF MAJOR GIFT BY OPPENHEIMERS

Walter Oppenheimer with Dean Abdelmonem A. Afifi

Walter and Helga Oppenheimer have given a major, unrestricted gift to support the UCLA School of Public Health - and in recognition of the gift, Dean Abdelmonem A. Afifi has

announced that the Dean's Office Lobby will be renamed The Walter and Helga Oppenheimer Lobby.

"We are very grateful to the Oppenheimers for this unrestricted gift, which will give our school added flexibility in supporting our priority areas," said Afifi.

Walter Oppenheimer and his wife, Helga, are retired from careers in the fashion industry, where they owned and operated Helga, Inc., a women 's clothing company. The Oppenheimers are avid art collectors and travelers.

"I first met Dean Afifi a number of years ago and became very interested in what he and the school stand for," said Walter Oppenheimer. "I like the fact that they're doing something that's very important for the general community, not just for individuals, and that the school is teaching students who will also contribute to the well being of the community during their careers. "

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9 FRIENDS

ALAN HOPKINS JOINS DEAN'S ADVISORY BOARD ALAN HOPKINS (M.S. '74, Ph.D.) is senior director of the Center for Biostatistics and Dat a ba se :,,t.

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Genentech , Inc., a leading biotechnology company lo ca t ed i n San Fra n ci sco . H e i s r esponsible for statistical support of clinical trials, clinical database management and clinical applicat i o n s pro gr a mmin g, includin g clinical electronic r egulatory submissi on s . Hopkin s receive d h is M.S. fr om the school in biostatistics a nd a Ph.D. in bio statistics from UC Berkeley. " Biotec hnolo gy ha s gr own to beco m e a c ru c ial part of th e h ea lth fi el d ," sa id Dr. A bd e lmonem A . Afifi , the school's d ean. " We a re d eli ghted to have one of our distinguish ed alumni re presenting that field on the board. "

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imin g to rai se $ 1.2 billion by Jun e 3 0 , 2002 , Ca m paign UCL A wa s laun c h e d i n May 1997 a s the most ambitiou s private fund-raising effort in the hist ory of public high er education. As p art of th e c ampaign , th e S chool of Pub lic Health has se t a goal of r a i sin g $ 15 million. As one-half of the cam paign p eriod has elapsed , n early t wo-thirds of the school's goal has b een raised.

DONORS

Dean's Council

The follo~1~ report a~~iowledges gifts made from·l/11'8.'.to 12/31/~. The UCLA School of Public Health thanks all of its donors for their

The Ahmanson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Factor Mrs. Carol beth Korn

fmancial support.

Although space limi tations allow only the listing of Dean's Cou ncil donations of $100 or more and spe-

cial gifts of $1,000 or more, contribution s of every amount are of great importance to the school and are deeply appreciated.

It is important to us that we ack nowledge you properly. We would appreciate yo ur informing us of any errors or omission~ in listing your name or gift.

5Q?Q \ CV'\u.l'I~ You may contac t Jftfti.ee G1u1te; Development Office, UCLA School of Public Health , Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, (310) 825-6464.

Distinguished Advocates:

Advocates: Mr. and Mrs. Ira R. Alpert Mr. and Mrs. Terry 0. Hartshorn Mr. and Mrs. Lester A. Meis

Grand Sponsors: Distinguished Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Abdelmonem A. Afifi Dr. Roslyn B. Allin-Slater and Dr. Grant G. Slater Ms. Sylvia E. Barr Dr. and Mrs. John E. Coulson Dr. Geraldine L. Dickinson Dr. Bertell W. Ferguson Dr. Ronald J. Halbert Mr. Mark J. Howard Ms. Susan Hull Dr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Kahane Ms. Joyce A. Page

Sponsors:

Friends- $100-$249 •Acknowledgment in School of Public Health publications • Receive UCLA School of Public Health Newsletter Distinguished Friends - $250-$499 • All of the above Sponsors - $500-$999 • All of the above plus ...

•Invitation to selected school lectureships and other special events Distinguished Sponsors-$1,000-$2,499 •All of the above, plus...

•Eligibility for courtesy campus parking permit • Personalized plaque with year plates for home or office • Invitation to annual Dean's Dinner Grand Sponsors-$2,500-$4,999 •All of the above, plus...

• Membership in UCLA's Women & Philanthropy program, with additional benefits, for women donors of $1,500 or more Advocates-$5,000-$9,999 •All of the above, plus ...

•Circle Membership in UCLA's Women & Philanthropy program for women donors Distinguished Advocates- $10,000+ •All of the above

Mr. Lester E. Boston, Jr. Ms. Victoria F. Corbell Dr. Bruce N. Davidson Mrs. Ruth B. Evans Ms. Pamela J. Garrison Mrs. Jennie S. Jing Dr. Gerald Kominski Mr. Kenneth E. Lee Dr. Maureen Mangotich Mr. Lester E. and Dr. Joanne E. Mantell Dr. Judith M. Siegel Mr. Richard E. Sinaiko Mr. David M. Souleles Mr. Doug B. Ziegeler

Distinguished Friends: Mrs. Marlene D. Belstock Ms. Dorothy K. Breininger Mrs. Jeanette Brennan Mr. Charles E. Cable Mr. Steven S. Cohn Dr. Tomas Ganz and Dr. Patricia Ganz Dr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Goodman Dr. John A. Kaufmann Mrs. Annette W. Kleeman Mr. and Mrs. Steven S. Lewis Dr. James H. Meyer Dr. Hal Morgenstern Mrs. Dolores B. Ross Dr. H. Jeffrey Rostami Dr. Constance M. Vadheim Mr. Mel Ziontz

Friends: Mr. Craig M. Acosta Mr. Alexander M. Adeleke Mr. James P Agronick Dr. Julie B. Akabogu-George Dr. Leslie M. Alexandre Mr. Hugo A. Almeida Dr. Carlos A. Alvarado Dr. Richard F. Ambrose Mrs. Dixie L. Arneal Dr. Sandra Aronberg Ms. Mary E. Ashley Dr. Stanley P Azen Dr. Samuel H. Barboo, Jr. Mr. Robert Barile Mrs. Claire S. Bellin Ms. Patti J. Benson Dr. Emil Berkanovic Mr. Michael K. Berry Dr. Robert M. Bersin Mr. Roy P Betancourt Ms. Gisele Biamby Mrs. Susan K. Blackwell Mr. Carl A. Blomquist, Jr.

Dr. Stewart N. Blumenfeld Dr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Borok Dr. Claire Brindis Mrs. Merle L. Brodie Ms. Gretchen A. Brown Dr. E. Richard Brown Ms. Carol W. Buitrago Dr. Shelton X. and Ms. Bing Z. Cai Mr. Lawrence E. Carlson Mr. Larry W. Chapman Mrs. Leslie I. Chew Dr. Joan M. Chow Dr. Alein T. Chun Dr. Virginia A. Clark Dr. Douglas B. Clarkson Ms. Betty T. Cohart Dr. Sharon E. Conrow Mrs. Linda Cottingham-Safir Mr. William H. Craig Dr. Olivia A. Crookes Ms. Jing L. Dai Dr. Steven T. Danney Ms. Teresa K. David Dr. Jo Ann Dawson Mrs. Elizabeth C. De Lamater Ms. Daryl V. Dichek Dr. Brian P Dolan Dr. L. Donald Duke Dr. Olive J. Dunn Dr. Elaine D. Eaker Ms. Ellen R. Eiseman Mr.Sam Elrod Ms. Virginia K. Essink Mrs. Agnes K. Eubanks Mr. Bing Z. Fang Mr. David Farabee Dr. Thomas B. Farver Mr. Jeffery E. Flocken Ms. Felicia A. Flores-Workman Dr. Andrew J. Forster Mr. Donald F. Foy Dr. Ralph R. Frerichs Mr. Jeffrey S. Friedman Ms. Lei-Chun Fung Ms. Linda Rieder Gardner Mr. Emile M. Gauvreau Dr. Robert B. Gerding Dr. Robert P. Ghirelli Mr. David M. Gittelman Dr. Harold M. Goldstein Dr. Alisa M. Goldstein Mrs. Susan R. Goodgame Dr. Jean M. Goodwin Dr. Mark E. Granoff Ms. Rochelle'S. Green Dr. John G. Griffith Dr. and Mrs. David J. Guzzetta Dr. Ann S. Hamilton Dr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Hansen Dr. Saul H. Helling Mr. Thomas J. Hesselmann Mr. Horace W. Hinkston Dr. John A. Hirshleifer Dr. Gordon D. Honda Dr. Carl E. Hopkins Dr. and Mrs. Der C. Hsieh Dr. Jack H. Hudes Dr. Larry H. Iida Dr. Stephen B. lnkeles Dr. Robert A. Jackson Ms. Judy L. Jawer Mr. James L. Jenifer Ms. Susan R. Johnson Dr. David G. Jones Ms. Cheryl T. Kane Dr. Ronald A. Kass Dr. James W. Kee Mr. Michael D. Kerr Ms. Diana L. Kiel Ms. Nancy J. Kingston Dr. and Mrs. Leonard E. Kleinman Mr. Masao Koketsu Dr. Barbara J. Komas Dr. James J. Korelitz Dr. Pamela L. Kotler Dr. Joel W. Kovner Dr. Dorine G. Kramer Mrs. Ellen R. Krasnosselski Dr. Calman Kurtzman

Dr. Hwai-Tai C. Lam Dr. Barbara M. Langland-Orban Dr. Jong-Song D. and Ms. Shu-Ji Y. Lee Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Lee Dr. Pierrette Lefebvre Mr. Frank H. Leone Dr. Kung J. Lui Dr. Eva Lydick Dr. Roberta E. Madison Mr. Michael R. Manuel Ms. Ana M. Marin Mrs. Ann R. Mason Mr. Raymond D. Mattingly Ms. Patricia S. Maysent Mrs. Nancy F. McCall Dr. William A. McGann Mr. Marcelo E. Mendoza Mr. Robert W. Merwin Dr. Jean L. Mickey Dr. Ruth M. Mickey Mr. James A. Modecki Mr. David S. Moehring Dr. Ruth A. Mohr Ms. Linda L. Moraga Mr. Marc D. Moser Ms. Gael R. Murphy Dr. Robert A. Murray Ms. Denise Myers Dr. John F. Newport Ms. Sharon L. Nichols Mrs. Wilma P Nicholson Ms. Nelly A. Nigro Dr. Robert P Nugent Dr. Atoz E. Okamoto Dr. Philip M. Oravetz Mrs. Rosaleen M. Ostrick Dr. Ernesto 0. Parra Ms. Margaret S. Patricelli Ms. Dorothy M. Paynes Dr. Corinne L. Peek-Asa Dr. Carl E. Pierchala Dr. Robert S. Plourde Dr. Edward M. Postlethwait Dr. Shane S. Que Hee Ms. Caroline R. Rao Mr. Don A. Rasmussen Mrs. Irene Realyvasquez Mrs. Betty S. Regdon Mrs. Carolyn R. Rehder Mr. Joshua A. Reilly Ms. Ruth F. Richards Dr. Jean L. Richardson Mrs. Rosalyn R. Riguis-Trapp Dr. David L. Rimoin Dr. Elena V. Rios Mr. Craig N. Robinson Ms. Naomi S. Rosen Dr. and Mrs. Howard L. Rosenfeld Mr. Curtis J. Rozas Mr. and Mrs. Alan Samuels Ms. Sandra W. Sanchez Dr. Alan P Sandler Mr. Khachik Z. Saradjian Dr. Kenneth P Satin Ms. Miriam Schocken Ms. Kathryn D. Scott Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Scribner Mr. Richard A. Senko Dr. Atsuko Shibata Ms. Jill L. Shoemaker Dr. William Shonick Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Shubert Dr. Jerald F. Sigala Mr. James B. Simpson Dr. Clifford J. Smith Dr. Daniel F. Smith Dr. William E. Smith , Jr. Dr. Paul E. Smokier Dr. Herbert N. Snow Dr. Arthur M. Southam Ms. Roopa G. Srinivas Dr. Howard M. Staniloff Dr. Elaine J. Stone Dr. Dennis W. Strum Dr. Joseph H. Sugerman Dr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Sullivan Mrs. Annette M. Swezey Mr. James B. Tehan

Dr. Walter A. Thistlewaite Dr. Paul R. Torrens Mr. and Mrs. Marco L. Torres Mr. Citron Toy Mr. Dan F. Trammell Mr. Manuel Vanegas Mrs. June W. Vavasseur Dr. Suebelle S. Verity Ms. Jeanne C. Waite Dr. Steven P. Wallace Mrs. Laurie G. Wallach Ms. Nancy C. Wallis Mr. Albert B. Wang Mr. Thomas P. Weil Mr. Cordell R. Welcome Ms. Joanne Wellman-Benson Dr. Kenneth B. Wells Dr. Graeme A. Williams Dr. Arthur M. Winer Dr. Florence L. Wong and Dr. Richard Sposto Dr. John A. Yacenda Ms. Eleanor D. Young Mr. Gerald L. Zack Mr. Lee Zusman

Other Organizations: The Cutting Edge Landscape Maintenance Company Medical Transcription Associates Rubin-Kurtzman Family Trust Ryan Associates San Diego Foundation Brodie Family Fund

Matching Companies: Amgen Foundation Avery Dennison Corporation Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Chevron U.S.A. Indymac Mortgage Holdings KPMG Peat Marwick Foundation Pfizer Foundation TRW Foundation Tenet Healthcare Wells Fargo Bank

Department of Biostatistics Amgen

Department of Health Services Dr. Ronald M. Andersen Dr. Lester Breslow Dr. Tomas Ganz and Dr. Patricia A. Ganz Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Kominski Dr. Thomas H. Rice and Ms. Katherine Desmond Dr. Milton I. Roemer

Environmental Science and Engineering Program Individuals: Mr. and Mrs. James R. Adams Dr. Richard F. Ambrose Mr. Roger Atkinson and Ms. Janet Arey Ms. Anne-Christine Aycaguer Dr. Lisette A. Bauersachs Dr. Michael T. Benjamin Mr. Paul G . Beswick Mr. Matthew S. Buffleben Dr. Dwight L. Carey Mr. Raymond P. Chavira Dr. Chia-Yang D. Chou Mr. Yong J. Chung Dr. Pablo Cicero Fernandez

ProfessorYoram Cohen Dr. Lynn W. Creelman Dr. L. Donald Duke Dr. Curtis D. Eckhert Dr. Janet L. Fahey Dr. John R. Froines Mr. Scott Fruin Dr. Eric M. Fujita Ms. Katherine A. Gabor Dr. Robert B. Gerding Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Ghirelli Dr. Malcolm S. Gordon Dr.Jerry Ho Dr. Ronald F. Hudson Dr. Donald B. Hunsaker, Jr. and Dr. Carolyn T Hunsaker Dr. Stephen W. Kahane and Ms. Janet A. Wells-Kahane Dr. John F. Karlik Dr. Robert K. Kawaratani Mr. Stanley K. King Dr. Margaret M. Krustka Dr. Alice Kwan Dr. Ash Lagari Mr. Erik S. Larsen Dr. Gero Leson Dr. Donald A. Lewis Mr. Emmanuel C. Liban Mr. Jonathan P. Lilien Ms. Cindy J. Lin Dr. Chung S. Liu Ms.Mary Lui Mr. Spencer D. Mac Neil Mr. James H. Mace Ms. Felicia A. Marcus Dr. Jon B. Marshack Ms. Teri L. Mc Laughlin Dr. Michael P. Meltzer Dr. Paul M. Merifield Dr. Gary M. Meunier Mr. Alexander W. Miller Mr. John D. Miller Dr. and Mrs. Conrad F. Newberry Dr. Francis H. Palmer Mr. Mario Panaqua Dr. Pankaj Parekh Dr. Richard L. Perrine Dr. Diane M. Perry Dr. Veronika Pesinova Ms. Petra Pless Dr. Shane S. Que Hee Dr. Alireza Rabizadeh Mr. Charles C. Rairdan Dr. Hamid Rastegar Ms. Valerie Riggs Mr. Marc Schillinger Dr. A. Henry Schuyler Dr. Robert Scofield , Jr. Ms. Kathleen A. Shaver Dr. Estelle N. Shiroma Dr. Steven R. Sim Ms. Lynda A. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Smokier Dr. Bart B. Sokolow Dr. Nancy L. Steele Dr. Eric D. Stein Professor Michael K. Stenstrom Dr. Mark F. Sudol Dr. Irwin Suffet Dr. Xavier Swamikannu and Dr. Laveeza Bhatti Ms. FarinazTabatabai Ms. Mitzy L. Taggart Dr. Terry R. Thomas Mr. Keith D. Thomsen Ms. Marcia Torobin Dr. and Mrs. Richard P. Turco Ms. Namita Verma Dr. Diana Vorsatz Dr. Arthur M . Winer Dr. Jack R. Witz Dr. Janice S. Yonekura

Matching Gift Companies: ARCO Southern California Edison Company Southern California Gas Company TRW Foundation

Corporations: Aerojet Propulsion Division Aspen Environmental Group Ken Margolis Associates Meredith/ Bali and Associates Music 'N Kids Ornest Family Foundation Radian International, LLC Walt Disney lmagineering Information Research Center

Health Policy and Management Alumni Association Scholarshi~ Fund Individuals: Dr. John C. Affeld!

Mr. and Mrs. Ira R. Alpert Dr. Ronald M. Andersen Mr. James D. Barber Dr. Michael J. Belman Mr. James R. Brown Mr. William B. Caswell Ms. Elsie A. Chiang Dr. Jodi Cohn Ms. Denika B. Cole Ms. Alexandra E. Collins Mr. Jeffrey M. Conklin Mr. Douglas L. Constant Ms. Victoria F. Corbell Ms. Julie E. Croner Mr. Layton R. Crouch Mr. Sam W. Downing Mr. Edwin L. Ermshar Ms. Rosalind Essner Mr. Jay W. Evans Dr. Connie J. Evashwick Dr. Daniel J. Fink Mr. Jeffery E. Flocken Ms. Carol J. Gilbert Mr. Steve Gomble Dr. Gail P. Grant Ms. Marilyn W. Grunzweig Ms. Elisabeth Hansen Ms. Sarah H. Harlan Mr. William F. Haug Mr. Joe W. Hilberman and Dr. Diana W. Hilberman Ms. Susan D. Hollander Mr. W. Mark Jasper Mr. Avram W. Kaplan Ms. Karen P. Kennedy Ms. Nina R. Kleinert Dr. Gerald Kominski Mrs. Jennifer L. Kozakowski Mrs. Gail C. Larson Mr. Andrew B. Leeka Mr. and Mrs. John H. Libby Mr. And Mrs. Richard Lipeles Mr. James E. Ludlam Mr. Sidney G. Marantz Dr. Melvin D. Morgan Mr. Craig G . Myers Ms. Thanh-Thien Nguyen Ms. Nina L. Niu Dr. Philippa K. Orecklin Mr. and Mrs. William D. Parente Ms. Mary K. Payne Dr. Thomas H. Rice Dr. Milton I. Roemer and Ruth J. Roemer, J.D. Mr. Martin G. Roseman Dr. Martin B. Ross Mr. John R. Schlosser, Jr. Ms. Dorothy M. Seleski Ms. Lisa B. Shaw Mr. Richard E. Sinaiko Dr. Auri J. Spigelman Ms. Stephanie A. Spoerl Dr. David B. Tillman Ms. Ayako Utsumi Mr. Barton Wald Mr. Carl A. Williams Ms. Sandra 0. Wolff

Matching Companies: Amgen Foundation

Coopers & Lybrand Foundation K P M G Peat Marwick Foundation Korn/Ferry International Musick Peeler and Garret

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St. Joseph Health System Tenet UCLA Alumni Association Uni health Witt/Kieffer Ford Hadelman and Lloyd

~qo3 3~ Jr. rank /ri/1 . assey, Memorial Fund Professor and Mrs. Ralph H. Turner

t)\'13 Richard Sanville Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Gibbs

S~ecial

Gifts

Corporations: Blue Cross of California Brain Injury Association Dole Food Company Glaxo Wellcome Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger, LLP Nestle U.S.A. Oncology Nursing Press Ortho-Mc Neil Pharmaceuticals Pasteur Merieux Connaught Tenet Healthcare US Borax

Western Consortium for Public Health

Foundations/Associations: American Industrial Hygiene Association Foundation Fred H Bixby Foundation CIGNA Foundation The California Endowment California HealthCare Foundation The California Wellness Foundation Commonwealth Fund Drabkin Family Foundation Iowa Foundation for Education , Environment and the Arts The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Oncology Nursing Foundation Shell Oil Company Foundation The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Thrasher Research Fund

Individuals: Dr. and Mrs. Lester Breslow Dr. James E. Enstrom Mr. Barry E. Gerber Dr. Mildred Massey Dr. Charlotte G. Neumann Mr. and Mrs. Walter Oppenheimer Dr. Shane S. Que Hee Mr. Robert Steiner Mr. Zhuang Tantiwasadakran& Ms. Uchumas Suphavarodo

Others: Annette Blann Living Trust Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau Metropolitan Water District Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains

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First Century Society members are alumni, faculty, staff and friends who have made provision for UCLA in Will, Trust, or other planned giving arrangements. With generosity and foresight, the following members have designated the School of Public Health as a beneficiary: Lester and Devra Breslow R<.c Robert and Diana Ghirelli Carl E. and Florence C.W. Ef\'le,""t+1 Hopkins Gerald F. Kominski , Ph.D. {de Jean L. Mickey, Ph.D. ÂŁ111triti Lester and Geneva Meis ~fl\3 Walter and Helga Oppenheimer Jeannette V. Orel Anne S. Reher-Livio Gurdon F. and Mary Ann Smith Dr. Suebelle and David Verity

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In celebration of the establishment of the Eleanor J. De Benedictis Fellowship in Nutrition, the school presented a symposium on the study of nutrition at UCLA last October. The fellowship, which provides support for nutritionists or dietitians pursuing graduate degrees in any of the school's departments, was established by Aldo De Benedictis in memory of his late wife, Eleanor, a regis· tered dietitian and alumna of UCLA's Department of Home Eco· nomics. Pictured above: Aldo De Benedictis with De Benedictis fellows Dena R. Herman (left) and Anne Bradford Harris (right).

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