BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Appointments and Professional Experience
| 1970-1975 | Director, Idaho Division, Mountain States Regional Medical Program, Boise, Idaho |
| 1975-1978 | Director, Health Policy Analysis Division and Coordinator, Regional Medical Program Orderly Transition Study, Health Policy Analysis and Accountability Network, Inc., Boise, Idaho |
| 1978-1980 | Chief, Bureau of Health Planning and Resource Development, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Boise, Idaho |
| 1980-1983 | Director, Division of State Health Planning and Development, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Juneau, Alaska |
| 1983-1986 | Pew Health Policy Fellow, RAND-UCLA Center for Health Policy Study, Los Angeles, California |
| 1986-1987 | Assistant Field Services Supervisor, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California |
| 1986-Present | Consultant, RAND Corporation, Social Policy Department, Los Angeles, California |
| 1987-1990 | Assistant Professor, UCLA, School of Public Health, Los Angles, California |
| 9/90-12/91 | Consultant to RAND Corporation |
| 1990-2000 | Associate Professor (tenured in 1994) and Director, Master of Science in Public Health and Certificate in Public Health Sciences Programs, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado |
| 2001-Present | Professor and Director, Master of Science in Public Health and Certificate in Public Health Sciences Programs, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado |
Other Activities and Honors
| 2001-2006 | Program of Excellence Award, Colorado Commission on Higher Education |
| 2000 | Special Recognition Award, Department of Preventive Medicine & Biometrics |
| 1991 | Teaching Award, UCHSC/DPMB |
| 1988 | Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society |
| 1983-1986 | Pew Health Policy Fellow |
| 1977 and 1983 | Who's Who in Health Care |
| 1973 and 1976 | Outstanding Young Women of America |
Societies
| 1990-Present | Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine |
| 1988-Present | National Academy of State Health Policy |
| 1975-Present | American Public Health Association |
| 1987-Present | Association of Health Services Research |
| 1991-Present | Colorado Public Health Association |
| 1994-Present | International Association of Technology Assessment in Health Care |
| 2000-Present | American College of Healthcare Executives |