Class of: 2008

Departments: Health Policy and Management

Young Alumnus Achievement Award

In July 2010, Long became president and CEO of Blue Shield of California Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Blue Shield of California. He previously…

Class of: 1971

Departments: Health Policy and Management

Lester Breslow Lifetime Achievement Award

Downing recently retired as president/CEO of Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, an integrated network of health care programs,…

Class of: 1976

Departments: Epidemiology

Lester Breslow Lifetime Achievement Award

Black is the Edgar Berman Professor and Chair of the Department of International Health and director of the Institute for International Programs at the Johns…

Class of: 1976

Departments: Community Health Sciences

Lester Breslow Lifetime Achievement Award

Hall-Trujillo is the founding director of Birthing Project USA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the birth outcomes for women of…

Class of: 1984

Departments: Health Policy and Management

Lester Breslow Lifetime Achievement Award

As executive vice president of health plan operations for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Southam has national…

Class of: 1981

Departments: Community Health Sciences

Inductee

Vichit-Vadakan is the founding dean of the Faculty of Public Health at Thammasat University in Thailand, where she has been instrumental in developing the school’s educational…

Class of: 1995

Departments: Epidemiology

Inductee

A medical epidemiologist trained in veterinary medicine and public health, Angulo has served in a variety of scientific and leadership positions related to food safety, anti-microbial…

Class of: 1973

Departments: Community Health Sciences

Inductee

Brindis is director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and a professor of pediatrics and health policy at UC San Francisco, where she is also director of…

Class of: 1975 and 1981

Departments: Epidemiology

Inductee

In a career spanning three decades at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Dr. Marc Strassburg has held positions including Director of Web Informatics, Chief…

Class of: 1981

Departments: Health Policy and Management

Inductee

Dr. Lisa Rubenstein is a professor of medicine and public health at VA Greater Los Angeles and UCLA, and a senior natural scientist at RAND. She directs the VA Center for…

Class of: 1976

Departments: Health Policy and Management

Inductee

Anthony Rodgers has over 30 years of healthcare executive management experience in public and private health plans, hospital systems, and State and Federal Government. He is…

Class of: 1992

Departments: Community Health Sciences

Inductee

Kristin Kalla is the Senior Program Officer at the Trust Fund for Victims, which supports the International Criminal Court in The Hague to restore dignity for survivors of genocide, war…

Class of: 1990

Departments: Epidemiology

Inductee

Emmett Chase and Eva Smith have worked together throughout their careers to serve the Indian community. Eva Smith is the Medical Director for the K'ima:w Medical Center. She began her work as Medical…

Class of: 1990

Departments: Community Health Sciences

Inductee

Emmett Chase and Eva Smith have worked together throughout their careers to serve the Indian community. Dr. Chase was the founding CEO for the Tribal Health Program and Medical Director…

Class of: 1984

Departments: Health Policy and Management

Inductee

Dr. Mario Ricardo Calderon is a physician executive and educator with over 25 years experience in public health, workforce/leadership development, and international…

Class of: 1972 and 1976

Departments: Health Policy and Management

Inductee

Dr. Fred Wasserman formed a group practice of community physicians in Hawthorne, California, in 1973 and developed one of the early Federally Qualified HMOs. The HMO…

Class of: 1968

Departments: Community Health Sciences

Inductee

Dr. Doris Browne is the President and CEO of Browne and Associates, Inc., a self-owned business that addresses health disparities through education and training. In 2000, she…

Class of: 1972

Departments: Community Health Sciences

Inductee

Dr. Ralph Brindis, Chief Medical Officer of the American College of Cardiology's National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Philip…

Class of: 1997

Departments: Health Policy and Management

Inductee

Dr. Neal Lonky, an entrepreneur-inventor who has developed several surgical tools and devices, is a Clinical Professor of OB/GYN at the University of California, Irvine…

Class of: 1981

Departments: Epidemiology

Inductee

Ms. Billie Weiss, Executive Director Emeritus and Founder of the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles and Co-chair of Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth (UNITY), has…