JUNE 2001 - UCLA School of Public Health

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2 dean’s message IN THIS FIRST ISSUE of the new UCLA Public Health Magazine, we have captured many of the year’s successes. The School is in a strong position — ranked 7th in the nation among schools of public health — and is poised to meet the challenges of the 21st century. UCLAPUBLIC HEALTH UCLA School of Public Health Since my arrival on November 1, 2000, I have been working to not only ensure our continued prominence in the field, but to elevate the School to an even higher level. In these first seven months we have made a great deal of progress. The School is in the middle of a strategic planning process that will help clarify our vision for the future. The final plan, which will be available in the fall, will incorporate input from internal and external audiences. We are also undertaking an administrative review to help us ensure that the School is running most efficiently. While specific goals and objectives will be articulated through the strategic plan, we have already begun to make progress in a few broad areas that I emphasized throughout my recruitment process. One is to increase the visibility of the School and the field of public health. To that end, we have developed a logo for the School (below left) and produced documents such as a new School brochure, new SPH magazine, and a reformatted newsletter to help us better communicate with our many partners. Another area for emphasis is increased extramural research funding. The School has been successful in securing extramural funds (see the graph on next page). Of the UCLA professional schools, the School of Public Health currently has the third-largest extramural research budget. As new state money becomes less of a certainty — especially in light of the California energy crisis — our ability to secure other sources of funding is not only important to enable us to conduct cutting-edge research and training, but also necessary to ensure the growth and sustainability
DEAN’S ADVISORY BOARD 3 ANDREW ALLOCCO, JR.* IRA ALPERT* LINNAE ANDERSON DIANA BONTÁ* LESTER BRESLOW ROBERT DRABKIN TOM EPLEY GERALD FACTOR, Vice Chair ROBERT GILLESPIE ROGER F. GREAVES JOANNE HALE TERRY O. HARTSHORN* of the School. To assist the School in increasing its extramural ALAN HOPKINS* funding by finding new opportunities and facilitating faculty STEPHEN W. KAHANE* grant-getting success, I have created a new Associate Dean for CAROLYN KATZIN,* Chair CAROLBETH KORN* Research position. EDWARD J. O’NEILL* I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome three WALTER OPPENHEIMER new members to the Dean’s Advisory Board: Linnae Anderson, FRED WASSERMAN* Tom Epley, and Joanne Hale. They join our Board (see the entire * SPH Alumni list on this page) just as we begin one of our most ambitious projects — raising $30 million for a new School of Public Health Building. The current building suffered significant damage in the 1994 Northridge earthquake and will be replaced as part of the overall seismic rebuilding of the Center for the Health Sciences. In addition to the seismic issues posed by the current facility, we have simply outgrown our current space. Working with the university, we have accelerated the planning of a new building. Based on available funding and continued planning, a new School of Public Health Building will be located adjacent to a new Medical Education Building across Westwood from the TOTAL EXPENDITURES new hospital. This proximity to the new medical school will allow for continued Grants and Contracts academic collaboration and sharing of resources. The new state-of-the art building will play a critical role in ensuring the School’s continued success, helping to State Generated Funds maintain our research competitiveness and attracting the best talent to the School. Gifts and Other I look forward to keeping you posted on the School’s activities, and invite you to communicate your thoughts on our strategic planning process or other activities through our Web site at www.ph.ucla.edu. Linda Rosenstock, M.D., M.P.H. Dean Fiscal Year 1999-2000 = $24 million UCLAPUBLIC HEALTH
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Page 11 and 12: The Healthcare Collaborative at UCL
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