Faculty Honors & Service

From the Spring/Summer 2018 Magazine

Sudipto Banerjee

has been elected as Fellow of the International Society for Baysian Analysis (ISBA).

Elizabeth Yano

has received a 2018 Disabled American Veterans Special Recognition Award from the organization Disabled American Veterans.

Kenneth B. Wells

has received the 2017 Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Field of Mental Health from the American Public Health Association.

Richard Sinaiko

has been appointed chair of the Board of Governors for the Cedars-Sinai Health System.

Jack Needleman

has been appointed to the National Quality Forum Scientific Methods Panel.

Otoniel Martinez-Maza

was elected a fellow of the Section of Medical Sciences of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Carol Mangione

was selected as the 2018 recipient of the John M. Eisenberg National Award for Career Achievement in Research by the Society of General Internal Medicine.

Gerald Kominski

served on a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee that released the 2018 report, “A Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health in the 21st Century.”

Ronald Hays

has been named among the most influential researchers in the social sciences by Clarivate Analytics.

Neal Halfon

has received the 2017 C. Anderson Aldrich Award for outstanding contributions to child development from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Hilary Godwin

has been named dean of the University of Washington’s School of Public Health.

Patricia Ganz

has received the 2018 Ellen L. Stovall Award and Lecture for Advancement of Cancer Survivorship Care from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the 2018 Giants of Cancer Care award in the supportive, palliative geriatric care category.

Chandra Ford

has received the 2018 Research on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award from the UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Jonathan Fielding

has been appointed chair emeritus of the advisory committee for Healthy People 2030, an initiative of the U.S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; adviser to UCLA Health’s Sound Body Sound Mind organization; adviser to the Harmony Project; and editor of the Annual Review of Public Health. He has also been appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on a National Strategy for Cancer Control in the United States and invited as inaugural speaker to the National Academies Environmental Health Matters Initiative.

Susan Ettner

has been appointed associate dean of UCLA’s Graduate Division.

David Eisenman

has been appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine as a member of the Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies. He has also been appointed by the National Academies as a member of the Committee on Evidence-Based Practices for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response.