Designs for Health

"Profiles in Leadership Featuring"

C. Anderson Johnson, PhD, School of Community and Global Health, Claremont Graduate University

"Lifestyle Medicine: Future Perspectives"

Wayne Dysinger, MD, MPH, LLU School of Medicine

"The X,Y, & B’s of Leadership"

David T. Dyjack, DrPH, Loma Linda University School of Public Health

"The Future of Medicine: A Focus on Whole Person Care"

Pejman Katiraei, DO, Loma Linda University Medical Center

Grassroots Leadership: You Don't Have to Have a Big Name to Be a Leader"

Don Kurth, MD, MBA, Mayor, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

"Healthy Communities Don’t Just Happen"

Acquanetta Warren, Mayor Pro Tem Fontana, CA

"Leadership in a Changing Health Care Environment"

Brad Gilbert, MD, Inland Empire Health Plan

"Homelessness in Orange County"

Paul Leon, RN, and Steve Schoger, MD, Illumination Foundation

"Venous Thromboembolism: A National Healh Crisis"

Laura J. Crass, PharmD, BCPS, Cardiovascular Regional Medical Liaison, US Medical Affairs, sanofi-aventis

"Moving Mecca Forward Through a Collaborative Planning Process"

Susan Harrington, MS, RD, Director, Riverside County Department of Public Health

"Christian Advocacy in the Public Square"

Roy Branson,PhD, LLU School of Religion

"Profiles in Leadership"

Ruthita J. Fike, MA, Chief executive officer and administrator, Loma Linda University Medical Center

"Leadership Styles and Ingredients for Success"

Larry Geraty, PhD, Retired President, La Sierra University

"American Health Care Congress: A Leadership Model"

Dora Barila, DrPH, Program Director, MPH in Health Policy and Leadership, Loma Linda University School of Public Health

"New Face of Leadership"

David S. Penner, PhD, LLU School of Public Health

"Risk Communication Skills: Tips & Tactics for stressful Times"

David T. Dyjack, DrPH, CIH, Dean, Loma Linda University School of Public Health

Leadership: Moving Public Health Forward"

Carlene H. Stoskopf, ScD, Dean, San Diego University Graduate School of Public Health

"The University's Leadership Role: Changes and Challenges"

Ronald L. Carter, PhD, Provost, Loma Linda University

"Peace Corps and Beyond: Building on the Toughest Job We'll Ever Love"

Kate Reinsma, MA, Coordinator, Peace Corps Master's International and Fellows Programs Loma Linda University School of Public Health, with guests Averill Strasser, Maria De Borba-Silva, and Katherine Jones

"Leadership"

Leslie Pollard, DMin, Vice President, Diversity, Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center

"Leadership and Social Justice"

James L. Kyle, II, MD, MDiv, Vice President for Medical Affairs, St. Mary Medical Center, St. Joseph Health System

"Implementing Sustainable Change: Programs to Policies"

Dora Barilla, DrPH, Program Director, MPH in Health Policy and Leadership, Loma Linda University School of Public Health

"Building Sustainable Communities: A Builder's Perspective on Policy"

Randall Lewis, Executive Vice President, Lewis Group of Companies

"Better Health, Better Policy: Integrating Policy into Public Health Practice"

Dora Barilla, DrPH, Program Director, MPH in Health Policy and Leadership, Loma Linda University School of Public Health

"Municipal General Plans: Blueprints for a Healthy Future"

Brian Judd, MA, Vice President, Community Planning and Design, The Planning Center

"Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?"

Ed McField, MSA, Executive Director, Latino Health Collaborative, Inland Empire

"An Integrative Model on Changing Policy"

John Clymer, Past President, Partnership for Prevention; Senior Advisor to the Alliance for the Healthiest Nation

"Swine Flu Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness"

David Dyjack, DrPH, CIH, Dean, School of Public Health
Maurice “Tony” Adkins, MPH(c), Pandemic Influenza Coordinator
Jesse Bless, MPH, Director, Center for Public Health Preparedness

"Health Care: How Will It Be Paid For and Who Will Pay For It?"

Christina Bivona Tellez, RN
Regional Vice President, Inland Area, Hospital Association of Southern California

"Public Policy Is Everybody's Business"

Mildred Thompson, MSW
Senior Director and Director of the Center for Health and Place, PolicyLink

"Arthritis and Obesity: The Links and How to Break the Chain"

Jennifer L. Batoon, MPH, CHES
Program Director, Arthritis Foundation, Inland Empire Branch

"The Growing Weight of  Poverty: Obesity as a Consequence of Social Injustice"

Eric Walsh, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine

"How Useful is a Vegetarian Diet for Weight Control? "

Joan Sabate, MD, DrPH &

Ella Haddad, DrPH

"The Relationship between Obesity and Cancer "

Wayne Dysinger, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine

"Pediatric Obesity: What is it and what we can we do about it?"

Kim Hamai, MD & Kiti Freier, PhD

"The Relationship between Obesity and Oxidative Stress"

Warren Peters, MD, Director, Center for Health Promotion, Loma Linda University

"Using the 'Enemy' to Increase Physical Activity"

Ernie Medina, Jr., DrPH, CHFS, Preventive Care Specialist, Beaver Medical Group

"Everyone's Talking about Obesity: Is There More Involved than Diet and Exercise?"

Serena Tonstad, MD, PhD, MPH, Program Director, Preventive Care, Loma Linda University School of Public Health

"WIC & nutrition in public health"

Besty Cline, RD, MPH, WIC & Nutrition/Healthy Communities Program Coordinator, San Bernardino County

"Health Promotion: Lessons learned from tobacco control"

Michele Jacknik, MSEd, CHES, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health

"Public health emergency preparedness"

Matt Baca, BS, Medical emergency planning specialist, Preparedness and Response Program, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health

"The role of public health laboratories"

Linda S. Ward, MA, PHM, Public Health Laboratory Director, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health

"Environmental health in San Bernardino County"

Corwin Porter, MPH, REHS, Supervising environmental health specialist, Safe Drinking Water Program, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health

"Communicable diseases"

Louise McNitt, MD, MPH, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health

"Public Health Issues in San Bernardino County"

Jim Lindley, MPA, Public Health Director, County of San Bernardino

"What is public health? An overview of public health core functions and essential services"

David T. Dyjack, DrPH, CIH, Dean, Loma Linda University School of Public Health

"Thinking outside the (prescription) bottle: Controlling the risk factors for environmentally related asthma"

David T. Dyjack, DrPH, CIH, Dean, Loma Linda University School of Public Health

"You deserve the best: Nutritional benefits of nuts"

Joan Sabate, MD, DrPH, Professor and Chair, LLU SPH Department of Nutrition

"Over the top behavior: An addicted society"

Mickey Ask, MD, Medical Coordinator, Addictions Treatment Program, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center

Exceeding prescription drugs: Understanding corporate commitment to public health"

Barbara DeBuono, MD, MPH, Executive Director, Public Health & Government, Pfizer, Inc.

Lifestyle and life expectancy: Findings from the Adventist Health Studies"

Gary Fraser, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator, Adventist Health Studies, Loma Linda University School of Public Health

"Public health practitioners: The phantom responders"

Andrea Champlin, MPH, Project Manager, Loma Linda University School of Public Health Center for Public Health Preparedness

"The invisible problem: Homelessness"

Eric Handler, Orange County Public Health Department; Paul Leon, Orange County Public Health Department

"Emerging issues in HIV/AIDS care"

Harvey Elder, MD, Professor, Loma Linda University School of Public Health; Loma Linda University School of Medicine

"Far beyond language: The advantages of developing cultural competencies to reduce health disparities"

Sharon Rushing, MPH, cultural and linguistic consultant; Assistant Professor, Global Health, Loma Linda University School of Public Health; Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management, Loma Linda University School of Public Health

"California's third world"

Jesse Bliss, MPH, Director, Loma Linda University School of Public Health Office of Public Health Practice

"Leveling the playing field: Oral health care for underprivileged children"

Carla Lidner-Baum, DDS, Chair, First 5 Riverside County Advisory Board; Assistant Professor, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry

"Poverty and associated environmental effects on children's health"

Sybil Carrere, PhD, Project Director, Center for the Promotion of Health Disparities Research and Training

"The Health Initiative of the Americas: Programs and services"

Lee Nattress, PhD, Executive Director, Independent Living Center

"What I don't tell my doctor: Herbal use among Latinos"

Juan Carlos Belliard, PhD, MPH, Associate Director, Loma Linda University Office of Diversity; Assistant Professor, Loma Linda University School of Public Health Department of Global Health

"A national reflection on lessons learned in addressing gang violence"

Ruben Gonzales, Center for the Study of Social Policy

"Health disparities: Closing the gap"

Susanne Montgomery, PhD, Director, Center for Health Research, LLU SPH
Carlos Casiano, PhD, Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Ed McField, PhD candidate, Executive Director, Latino HealthCollaborative