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June 28, 2001

School of Public Health


SPH holds awards and scholarships banquet

The School of Public Health held its annual awards and recognition banquet beginning at 6:30 p.m. on June 3 at Wong Kerlee International Conference Center. Pictured above are the winners of the Ralph & Louise McCleary Health Administration Scholarship, including (from left) Sabrina L. Cyril; Karl J. McCleary, PhD, assistant professor of health administration; Jessica A. Sagoe, Kyla C. Gordon, Seth A. Wiafe, Idamae L. Rolle, Linda S. Jin, Lenise S. Pye, and S. Eric Anderson, PhD, chair and associate professor of health administration.

Selma Andrews Award

Oluwatoyin Akinpelu
David Alfon
Khaled Bahjri
Thalia Beeles
Leslie Bramson
Lorri Castro-Aguilera
Chun-Ching Chen
Lie Hong Chen
Lily Cheung
Gemali deLeon
Nilima Desai
Heather Diaz
Raechelle Dow
Tracy Franklin
Amanda Frye
Joyce Fiammattei
Linda Giang
Lory Giddings
Heather Guhl
Judi Hordynski
Aguinaldo Jezuino
Iyanrick John
Tamarra Jones
Gifford Kim
Jennifer Law
Katherine Le
Peter Le
Vichuda Lousuebsakul
Laurie Mazzie
Monica McKenzie
David Meyer
Astrid Mickens
Claudine Mitchell
James Neergaard
Stacey Nishikawa
Stephen Nozaki
Disep Obuge
Jisoo Oh
Celeste Phillip
Timothy Radak
Brook Reitman
Sharon Rushing
Carolyn Sallion
Suzette Smith
Maya Tauber
Ramu Thiagarajan
Karen Tringale
Beatrice Wiafe
Seth Wiafe
Jacqueline Wosinski

Joan Sabaté, MD, DrPh (left), chair and professor of nutrition, presents Michelle A. Wien with the Kathleen Zolber Memorial Scholarship. Dr. Zolber, who passed away several years ago, was a faculty member and administrator in the School of Public Health department of nutrition. Also receiving the award was Karen Tringale.

Hulda Crooks Award

Harold Fain
Beverly Hall
Susan Hall
Katherine Le
Olivia Moses
Denise Smart
Leila Srour
\Mishelle Wien

ACHE Health Administration Scholarship

Wylie deVera
Xenia Kalincsak
Alan Lines
Jessika Sagoe
Harpreet Takhar

S. Eric Anderson Health Administration Scholarship

Michael Bartell
Mary Louise Brower
James Gorbenko
Linda Jin
Kenneth Kim
Thomas Pham
Rita Qureshi
Renee Shandil
Medhat Yacoub
Amy Young

Albert S. Barnett Health Administration Scholarship

Alan Lines

Becky Bushman Scholarship

Tamalisa Carlson

Phil S. Carney Jr. Health Administration Scholarship

Jhasmine Buack

C. Joan Coggin Health Administration Scholarship

Jessika Sagoe

Zaida Cordero-MacIntyre Scholarship

Tracy Franklin
Enrique Martinez

Delta Omega

Elvira Arzaga-Molnar
Sabrina Gandhi
Rajashree Gottimukkula
Heidi Guttschuss
Susan Hall
Linda Jin
Tamarra Jones
John Kelly Jr.
Gifford Kim
Rebecca Morsch
Thomas Pham

Wilton L. Halverson Health Administration Scholarship

Wylie deVera

Health Administration Faculty Scholarship

Candace Kwong
Sanjosh Singh

Gladys Hewes Health Administration Scholarship

Xenia Kalincsak

Jan Hirsch Health Administration Scholarship

Patrick Ventura

Jude Jean-Baptiste Health Administration Scholarship

Kyla Gordon

Alexander & Maria Kirk Health Administration Scholarship

Harpreet Takhar

Ann C. Lee Health Administration Scholarship

Jenny Chi
Vivien Tran

Foster G. McGraw Health Administration Scholarship

Michael Bartell

Teri S. Tamayose Health Administration Scholarship

Katherine Cartagena

Women in Health Administration Scholarship

Rita Qureshi

TLC Special Achievement Award

Tun Myint
Naphtal Rucibwa

Weissman Scholarship

Suzette Smith

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School of Public Health advisory boards meet

On May 9, the School of Public Health department of health promotion and education hosted the annual meeting of its community advisory board for the maternal-child health program. Attending the 6:00 p.m. dinner and meeting were board members, faculty, and students (from left): Joyce Neergaard, DrPH candidate; Gary Hopkins, DrPH, director of the Center for Adolescent Health Behavior Research, Andrews University, and adjunct LLU professor; Gail T. Rice, EdD, associate professor of health promotion and education; Linda Levinson, program manager, perinatal & adolescent life section, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health; Lorayne Barton, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics and neonatology, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles; Neda Movahed, coordinator, Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program, Riverside County Department of Public Health; Barbara A. Anderson, DrPH, professor and chair of international health, LLUSPH; Christine Neish, PhD, associate professor and chair, health promotion and education, LLUSPH; Gwen Knotts, Knotts Group Home, Colton; Veleata Scott, director, Option House Domestic Violence Outreach Services, San Bernardino; Betsy Cline, director, Women/Infant/Child (WIC) Services, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health; Kent Paxton, network officer, Children’s Network, San Bernardino; and Dr. Paxton’s son, Ian.

On May 24, the community advisory board for the School of Public Health department of international health met at 6:00 p.m. in the Miracle Room of Wong Kerlee International Conference Center. Attending the dinner and meeting were (from left): T. Allan Darnell, MD, MPH, assistant professor of international health, LLUSPH; Christine Gailey, PhD, chair and professor, department of women’s studies, University of California, Riverside; Sharon Rushing, master’s student in international health, LLUSPH; Robert Frye, Dr. Anderson’s son; Dr. Barbara Anderson; Gene Anderson, PhD, adjunct professor, LLUSPH; David T. Dyjack, DrPH, associate professor and chair, environmental and occupational health, LLUSPH; Bruce Smith, MD, MPH, director of maternal child health, San Bernardino County Department of Health; Jayakaran S. Job, MD, DrPH, associate professor of international health, LLUSPH; Emmanuel M. Rudatsikira, MD, assistant professor of international health, LLUSPH; Harvey Elder, MD, professor of medicine, LLU School of Medicine; Jay Edison, MD, director of health, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA/International), Silver Spring, Maryland; Kalenga P. Munongo, master’s student in international health, LLUSPH; James Neegaard, MPH, doctoral student in international health, LLUSPH; and Solomon Wako, PhD, director of evaluation, ADRA/International.

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School of Public Health hosts PLANET campaign kickoff

In celebration of International Day of Families (May 15), Loma Linda University and Population Action International hosted a dinner on May 21 to introduce the PLANET campaign.

Held on the LLU campus at Wong Kerlee International Conference Center, the event launched a series of programs slated to occur throughout the greater San Bernardino area. These programs will focus on the PLANET campaign, a national effort to raise public awareness about the importance of family planning programs in developing countries.

Keynote speaker at the dinner, Amy Coen, is president of Population Action International, one of six organizations which are sponsoring the PLANET campaign.

Other organizations involved in the campaign include CARE, Communications Consortium Media Center, the National Audubon Society, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Save the Children.

The PLANET campaign is being funded by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Loma Linda University presenters included Barbara A. Anderson, DrPH, professor and chair of international health, School of Public Health; and David T. Dyjack, DrPH, associate professor and chair of environmental and occupational health. Richard H. Hart, MD, DrPH, University chancellor and dean, School of Public Health, also spoke during the dinner.

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