Past Wellness Lectures By Lecture Title:

"Achieving Wellness for all Californians: The General Health Policy Model"

Robert M. Kaplan, Ph.D., Professor of Community and Family Medicine, UC San Diego (1991)

"Adolescent Sexuality and Health Care Reform"

Adele Dellenbaugh Hofmann, M.D., Adjunct Professor and Director of Adolescent Medicine, UC Irvine (1993)

"Ancient Genomes, Wise Bodies, Unhealthy People: Limits of a Genetic Paradigm in Biology and Medicine"

Richard C. Strohman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley (1992)

"Beyond Choice: Myths and Facts About Adjustment to Abortion"

Brenda N. Major, PhD, Professor of Psychology, UC Santa Barbara (1997)

"California Smokers' Helpline: An Accessible Service for a Diverse Population"

Shu-Hong Zhu, Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, UC San Diego (1996)

"The Causes and Prevention of Degenerative Diseases Associated with Aging"

Bruce N. Ames, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley (1991)

"Community Food Security: A Basic Strategy for Community Health"

Robert Gottlieb, Adjunct Professor, Department of Urban Planning, UC Los Angeles (1996)

"Community Participation, Empowerment, and Health: Development of a Wellness Guide for California"

S. Leonard Syme, PhD, Professor Emeritus, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley (1997)

"Creating and Maintaining Healthy Environments: Toward a Social Ecology of Health Promotion"

Daniel Stokols, Ph.D., Professor of Social Ecology, UC Irvine (1991)

"Crime, Shame, and Community: Mediation Against Violence"

Thomas J. Scheff, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, UC Santa Barbara (1996)

"Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Programs in Community Dwelling Elderly -- The Challenge of the 21st Century"

John C. Beck, M.D., Professor of Medicine, UC Los Angeles (1993)

"Disease Prevention versus Health Promotion: Pitfalls of Preventive Care in the Geriatric Population"

Andrew Duxbury, M.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, UC Davis (1993)

"Ethical Challenges for Health Promotion in the 1990s"

Meredith A. Minkler, Dr.P.H., Professor of Community Health Education, UC Berkeley (1993)

"The Hardiness Enhancing Lifestyle Program (HELP) for Improving Physical, Mental, and Social Wellness"

Salvatore R. Maddi, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, UC Irvine (1994)

"Health Care Quality Report Cards: Are They Accurate and Useful?"

Andrew B. Bindman, M.D., Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, UC San Francisco (1995)

"Healthy Environment, Healthy Community: Promoting Community Health in California Through Effective Environmental Protection, Regulation, and Education"

Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Politics, UC Santa Cruz (1995)

"Heart Disease in Women: Myths and Controversies"

Amparo C. Villablanca, M.D., Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, UC Davis (1994)

"Immigrants May Hold Clues to Protecting Health During Pregnancy: Exploring a Paradox"

Sylvia Guendelman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley (1995)

"Injuries: Personal and Policy Options for Prevention"

Garen J. Wintemute, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Family Practice Medicine, UC Davis (1991)

"Knowledge Among Dental Professionals of Child Abuse and Neglect: Recognition and Prevention"

Francisco J. Ramos-Gomez, DDS, MSc, MPH, Assistant Professor, School of Dentistry, UC San Francisco (1996)

"Linking the Public into the Emergency Public Health Care System: A University-Community Partnership"

Odelia Braun, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco (1993)

"Mandatory Reporting of Domestic Violence: What Do Patients and Physicians Think?"

Michael A. Rodriguez, MD, MPH, Assistant Clinical Professor, UC San Francisco (1997)

"Media Advocacy: A Strategy for Advancing Policy and Promoting Health"

Lawrence Wallack, Dr. P.H., Professor, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley (1994)

"Medical and Science Issues in Sustaining Community Living of the Very Old"

Colleen L. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor in Residence of Medical Anthropology, UC San Francisco (1992)

"Methods for Health Promotion in the Prevention of HIV Disease in African Americans"

Vickie M. Mays, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, UC Los Angeles (1992)

"A Model of Health Promotion in Ethnic Minority Families"

Kathy Sanders-Phillips, Ph.D., Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Medicine, UC Los Angeles (1991)

"Occupational Injury Among California Migrant Hispanic Farm Workers: Fighting the Invisible Epidemic"

Stephen A. McCurdy, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, UC Davis (1997)

"Physical Inactivity: The Neglected Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factor"

David Cosca, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Practice, UC Davis (1992)

"Pregnancy Prevention Opportunities Focusing on Younger Sisters of Childbearing Teens"

Patricia L. East, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Department of Pediatrics, UC San Diego (1996)

"Preventing AIDS Among Migrant Latino Workers: An Intervention and Model"

Ross F. Conner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Ecology and Medicine, UC Irvine (1992)

"Prevention, Policy, and Paradox: What Is the Value of Future Health?"

Theodore G. Ganiats, M.D., Associate Professor, Family and Preventive Medicine, UC San Diego (1994)

"Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion Are Overdue in the Agricultural Workplace"

Marc B. Schenker, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, School of Medicine, UC Davis (1995)

"The Psychology of Harm Reduction: Comparing Alternative Strategies for Modifying High-Risk Behaviors"

Robert J. MacCoun, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley (1996)

"Race and the Cancer Research Literature: The Impact on Health Care Delivery and Policies"

Mack Roach III, M.D., Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, UC San Francisco (1994)

"Reducing and Preventing Youth Violence: An Analysis of Causes and an Assessment of Successful Programs"

Pedro Noguera, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Education, UC Berkeley (1995)

"The Relationship Between Economic Factors and Gang Violence in Los Angeles: Policy Considerations"

Demetrios N. Kyriacou, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UC Los Angeles (1997)

"A Research Trajectory on Health Promotion Among Impoverished Women of Color"

Adeline M. Nyamathi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Nursing, UC Los Angeles (1994)

"The Role of Advertising in Promoting Adolescents to Start Smoking"

John P. Pierce, Ph.D., Professor, Family and Preventive Medicine, UC San Diego (1993)

"Smoking Cessation: Community Intervention for Latinos"

Eliseo Perez-Stable, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco (1991)

"Strategies for Reducing Youth Violence: Media, Community, and Policy"

Lawrence Wallack, DrPH, Professor, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley (1997)

"University-Community Partnerships to Promote Wellness in Children, Youth and Families"

Philip R. Nader, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Child and Family Health Studies, UC San Diego (1992)

"Violence Prevention: An Educational Approach to Change Health Care Professionals' Behaviors"

Stuart Slavin, M.D., M.Ed., Assistant Clinical Professor, UC Los Angeles, and Michael S. Wilkes, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, UC Los Angeles (1995)