WHAT IF WE HAD THE CAPACITY to respond to emerging infectious diseases immediately in one of the most critical disease hotspots in the world? How many pandemics might be prevented? How many millions of lives might be saved?
Kathryn Atchison recently led a team that prepared a 2017 report for the Roundtable on Health Literacy within the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The title of the report is “Integrating Oral Health, Primary Care and Health Literacy: Considerations for Health Professional Practice, Education and Policy.”
“I believe in the pursuit of truth by whatever means are available to know the truth. I believe in the dignity of all persons. I believe in social justice. I believe in human rights everywhere and for everyone. I believe in a democratic society.”
— Dr. Raymond Goodman
DR. RAYMOND D. GOODMAN (MPH ’72), a renowned public health physician dedicated to advancing population health and a Fielding School champion through his philanthropy and leadership, passed away at the age of 97 on February 19.
Honor Roll 2017
“We need to effectively communicate the problems and conditions, but also the solutions to public health professionals, community-based organizations, community members and policymakers.”
— Dr. Dawn Upchurch
STUDENTS IN THE FIELDING SCHOOL-BASED Reproductive Health Interest Group (RHIG) are gaining hands-on experience in research and advocacy while addressing an important public health concern on the UCLA campus: support for students, staff and faculty who are breastfeeding.
“Knowing how to advocate will enable students to ensure that individuals whose voices most need to be heard are represented.”
— Dr. Julie Elginer
Assessing the Effects of Sediment Augmentation on the Marsh Plain and Tidal Creeks at the Seal Beach Wetland
Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service & Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association, $151,678 for two years
Ron Brookmeyer Named Interim Dean
KATE CRESPI (MS ’91, PHD ’04) believes the most important quality for any academic in mentoring students is empathy. And as someone who trained in the Fielding School’s Department of Biostatistics before joining the department’s faculty, where she is now professor in residence, Crespi can easily identify with her students’ experiences.