Hall of Fame Inductees
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Hall of Fame was established in 2002 to honor alums with outstanding career accomplishments in public health, as well as those who have volunteered time and talent in their communities in support of public health activities. Inductees exemplify the Fielding School's commitment to teaching, research and service.
2023 Inductees
EMERGING PROFESSIONAL AWARD INDUCTEES
Ana Mascareñas
Thinh Toan VuHALL OF FAME AWARD INDUCTEES
LESTER BRESLOW LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD INDUCTEES
2019 Inductees
INDUCTEE
Goleen Samari
Dr. Goleen Samari is a public health demographer and an assistant professor at Columbia University...
LESTER BRESLOW LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ludlow B. Creary
Sander Greenland2018 Inductees
INDUCTEE
Emily J. Feher, MPH
Michael Prelip, DPA, MPH
Myat Htoo Razak, MBBS, MPH, PhD
Vonthanak Saphonn, MD, PhD, MS2017 Inductees
INDUCTEE
Elaine E. Batchlor, MPH
Elizabeth M. Yano, PhD, MSPH
Rachel A. Hornstein, MPH
2016 Inductees
INDUCTEE
Billie P. Weiss, MPH
Neal M. Lonky, MD, MPH
Ralph G. Brindis, MD, MPH
2015 Inductees
INDUCTEE
Doris Browne, MD, MPH
Dr. Doris Browne is the President and CEO of Browne and Associates, Inc., a self-owned business...
Fred Wasserman, DrPH, MBA, MPH
Dr. Fred Wasserman formed a group practice of community physicians in Hawthorne, California, in...
Mario Ricardo Calderon, MD, MPH
Dr. Mario Ricardo Calderon is a physician executive and educator with over 25 years experience in...
2014 Inductees
INDUCTEE
Emmett Chase, MD, MPH
Emmett Chase and Eva Smith have worked together throughout their careers to serve the Indian...
Eva Smith, MD, MPH
Emmett Chase and Eva Smith have worked together throughout their careers to serve the Indian...
Kristin Kalla, MPH
Kristin Kalla is the Senior Program Officer at the Trust Fund for Victims, which supports the...
2013 Inductees
INDUCTEE
Anthony D. Rodgers, MS
Anthony Rodgers has over 30 years of healthcare executive management experience in public and...
Lisa V. Rubenstein, MD, MS
Dr. Lisa Rubenstein is a professor of medicine and public health at VA Greater Los Angeles and UCLA...
Marc A. Strassburg, DrPH, MPH
In a career spanning three decades at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Dr...
2012 Inductees
INDUCTEE
Claire D. Brindis, DrPH, MPH
Brindis is director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and a professor of pediatrics and...
Frederick J. Angulo, DVM, PhD
A medical epidemiologist trained in veterinary medicine and public health, Angulo has served in a...
Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan, DrPH, MPH
Vichit-Vadakan is the founding dean of the Faculty of Public Health at Thammasat University in...
2011 Inductees
LESTER BRESLOW LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Arthur Southam, MD, MBA, MPH
As executive vice president of health plan operations for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Kaiser...
Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, MPH
Hall-Trujillo is the founding director of Birthing Project USA, a nonprofit organization dedicated...
Robert Black, MD, MPH
Black is the Edgar Berman Professor and Chair of the Department of International Health and...
Sam Downing, MBA, MPH, FACHE
Downing recently retired as president/CEO of Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, an...
YOUNG ALUMNUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Peter Long, PhD, MPH
In July 2010, Long became president and CEO of Blue Shield of California Foundation, the...
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2010 Inductees
Lester Breslow Lifetime Achievement Award
- Lisa Bohmer, MPH '94 (Community Health Sciences)
- D. Peter Drotman, MD, MPH '75 (Health Policy & Management)
- Nancy Hessol, MSPH '82 (Epidemiology)
Young Alumnus Achievement Award
- Ignacio Ferrey, MPH '04 (Community Health Sciences)
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2009 Inductees
Lester Breslow Lifetime Achievement Award
- Rod Lew, MPH '88 (Community Health Sciences)
Young Alumni Achievement Award
- Manal Aboelata, MPH '01 (Epidemiology)
- Nicole Monastersky Maderas, MPH '03 (Community Health Sciences)
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2008 Inductees
- Betsy Foxman, PhD '83, MSPH '80 (Epidemiology)
Professional Achievement Award
- Linda M. Yu Bien, MSPH '79 (Health Policy & Management)
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2007 Inductees
- Paula Diehr, PhD '70, MS '67 (Biostatistics)
- Jean Le Cerf Richardson, DrPH '80, MPH '71 (Community Health Sciences)
- Michele Yehieli, DrPH '95, MPH '89 (Community Health Sciences)
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2006 Inductees
- Stanley Lemeshow, PhD '76 (Biostatistics)
- Barry R. Wallerstein, DEnv '88 (Environment Health Sciences)
- Zunyou Wu, MD, PhD '95, MPH '92 (Epidemiology)
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2005 Inductees
Professional Achievement
- Linda Burhansstippanov, MSPH '72, DrPh '74 (Community Health Sciences)
- James W. LeDuc, MSPH '72, PhD '77 (Epidemiology)
- Kenneth B. Wells, MD, MPH '80 (Health Policy & Management)
Community Service
- Wendy Arnold, MPH '82 (Community Health Sciences)
- Francine M. Coeytaux, MPH '82 (Community Health Sciences)
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2004 Inductees
Professional Service
- Stanley P. Azen, PhD '69 (Biostatistics)
Community Service
- Robert Kim-Farley, MD, MPH '75 (Community Health Sciences)
- Angela E. Oh, JD, MPH '81 (Community Health Sciences)
- Irwin J. Shorr, MPH '72, MPS-ID (Community Health Sciences)
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2003 Inductees
Professional Achievement
- Harold M. Goldstein, DrPH '97, MSPH '89 (Health Policy & Management)
- Richard A. Goodman, MD, JD, MPH '83 (Epidemiology)
- Keith S. Richman, MD, MPH '83 (Health Policy & Management)
- Pauline M. Vaillancourt Rosenau, PhD, MPH '92 (Health Policy & Management)
- Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH '68 (Health Policy & Management)
- Shiing-Jer Twu, MD, PhD '91, MPH (Epidemiology)
Community Service
- Mark Gold, DEnv '94 (Environment Health Sciences)
- Nancy Halpern Ibrahim, MPH '93 (Community Health Sciences)
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2002 Inductees
Professional Achievement
- Donna Bell Sanders, MPH '81
- Diana M. Bonta, RN, MPH '75, DrPH '92 (Community Health Sciences)
- Virginia A. Clark, PhD '63 (Biostatistics)
- Suzanne E. Dandoy, MD, MPH '63 (Epidemiology)
- Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH '76 (Epidemiology)
- Jessie L. Sherrod, MD, MPH '80, FAAP (Health Policy & Management)
Community Service
- Ira R. Alpert, MSPH '66 (Health Services)
- Raymond D. Goodman, MD, MPH '76 (Health Policy & Management)
- Carolyn F. Katzin, MSPH '88, CNS (Community Health Sciences)