The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program at the University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley, draws upon the strengths of two campuses. The UC-San Francisco side of the program, based in the Center for Health and Community, offers the resources of an outstanding health sciences campus, with top-ranked schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy, as well as strong pre and post-doctoral programs. The UC-Berkeley side of the program, centered in the School of Public Health, utilizes the rich resources of a broad research-oriented arts and sciences campus.

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  • Irene Yen, PhD, MPH became an Associated Editor at the

    Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

  • Laura Gottlieb, MD, MPH was featured in Maggie Mahar’s Health Blog on 5/4/11. The Health Beat Blog is a project of The Century Foundation. read blog

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    Aric A. Prather, PhD
    Cohort 8 Scholar
    

    
    We all know the feeling of a restless night sleep and the sluggish day that follows.  Sleep is a precious commodity in short supply for many Americans and an emerging predictor of poor physical health.  

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  SPRING SEMINAR SERIES
  

  
  A Systems Approach to Curbing Childhood Obesity
  
  Kristine A. Madsen, MD, MPH
  Assistant Professor, Public Health Nutrition
  Division of Community Health &
  Human Development, School of Public Health, UCB

  May 16, 2013
  Location: UCSF, Laurel Heights Campus
  Conference Room 474
  Time: 12:00 - 1:30 pm
  
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