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Interim director now the director at UC Center Sacramento

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Photo: Richard L. Kravitz mugshot
Photo: Richard L. Kravitz mugshot

As interim director of UC Center Sacramento, 嘿嘿视频 Professor Richard L. Kravitz led a review of the center鈥檚 mission and vision, oversaw the development of a strategic plan, and organized a scholarly competition addressing major public policy issues. Now, after serving in the interim role since 2013, he has been appointed to the position on a permanent basis.

 

SUMMER SPEAKER SERIES

UC Center Sacramento announced a full schedule of speakers through the summer. All talks are scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in LL3 (lower level 3), 1130 K St. Free and open to the public, with lunch included. If you鈥檙e planning to attend, please RSVP via the link provided for each event.

  • Thursday, June 18 鈥 鈥淯.S.-Mexican Relations: Why So Complex?鈥 Peter Smith, professor of political science, UC San Diego.
  • Wednesday, July 8 鈥 鈥淭he California Latino and Asian American Vote: Dramatic Underrepresentation in 2014 and Expected Impact in 2016,鈥 Mindy Romero, director, California Civic Engagement Project, 嘿嘿视频 Center for Regional Change.
  • Thursday, July 9 鈥 鈥淐ancer Screening: Evidence, the USPSTF Guidelines Process and Health Policy,鈥 Joy Melnikow, professor of family and community medicine, and director, Center for Health Policy and Research, 嘿嘿视频.
  • Thursday, July 16 鈥 鈥淧ublic Universities and Regional Development,鈥 Martin Kenney, professor of community and regional development, 嘿嘿视频.
  • POSTPONED: Thursday, July 23 鈥 鈥淚f We Want to Encourage Walking and Biking, We Need to Make it Safer,鈥 UC Berkeley鈥檚 David R. Ragland, adjunct professor emeritus of epidemiology, School of Public Health; and director, Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC), a joint project of the Institute of Transportation Studies and School of Public Health.
  • Thursday, July 30 鈥 鈥淓ffects of Agricultural Policies on Nutrition and Obesity,鈥 Julian Alston, distinguished professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 嘿嘿视频.
  • Tuesday, Aug. 4 鈥 鈥淪enate Bill 128 Debates: Problems with Legalizing Physician Assisted Suicide,鈥 UC Irvine鈥檚 Aaron Kheriaty, associate clinical professor of psychiatry, and director, Program in Medical Ethics, School of Medicine.
  • Thursday, Aug. 6 鈥 鈥淲hen and How Should Cities Implement Inclusionary Housing Policies?鈥 Ann Hollingshead, graduate student recipient, UCCS Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Public Policy Research. She recently completed her studies for a Master of Public Policy, UC Berkeley.
  • Thursday, Aug. 13 鈥 鈥淥nline Learning in Higher Education,鈥 Cameron Sublett, graduate student recipient, UCCS Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Public Policy Research. He is a doctoral candidate in education policy, leadership and research methods, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, UC Santa Barbara.

Questions? Contact Dee Powell by phone, (916) 445-5100, or email

is a systemwide program administered by 嘿嘿视频; Kravitz comes from faculty of the School of Medicine.

鈥淩ichard has crafted an exceptional vision for the center, and I am tremendously excited about the future of the center under Richard鈥檚 outstanding leadership,鈥 嘿嘿视频 Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter said.

UC Vice Provost Susan Carlson added: 鈥淗is energy is infectious, and his ambitions for the center are exciting to students, faculty, alumni and center supporters.鈥

The center鈥檚 2014 strategic plan, developed in collaboration with the UCCS Advisory Committee and UC leadership, covers such topics as increasing the number of students enrolling in the program, enhancing the student experience and building an active alumni network.

Kravitz established the in 2014, with support from alumni couple Kevin and Kim Bacon. Kevin's a 1972 graduate (bachelor's degree in political science), and Kim Peoples Bacon earned a teaching credential in 1979.

The winner of the competition presents his or her research at a public lecture at the center before a broad range of stakeholders, and the center disseminates the research broadly. See below for links to the inaugural year's lecture and research documents.

Researcher and communicator

Kravitz, who joined 嘿嘿视频 in 1993, served as director of the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research from 1996 through 2006. Today he serves as co-vice chair for research in the Department of Internal Medicine.

In his own research, he studies patients鈥 acting as agents for improving their own quality of care; the causes and consequences of physician behavior; and the improvement of mental health care in primary care settings.

He has written extensively for health foundations and federal and state agencies, and serves as co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Last year he received the George Engel Award from the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare, for research contributing to the theory, practice and teaching of effective health care communication and related skills.

Kravitz is a graduate of Stanford University and the UCSF School of Medicine. He completed additional clinical and research training at UCLA, where he served on the faculty until coming to 嘿嘿视频.

He is a fellow in the American College of Physicians and AcademyHealth.

WINNING WHITE PAPER

The winning entry in the inaugural UCCS Bacon Public Lectureship and White Paper Competition, 2014:

鈥淚mproving School Readiness: Formal versus Informal Pre-Kindergarten and Children in Immigrant Families,鈥 by Michael A. Gottfried, assistant professor, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, with Hui Yon Kim, UC Santa Barbara.

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