1970s

Lynn Goldman: Transformer of chemical safety policy to protect our nation’s children

Lynn Goldman MD, MPH, MS '79 is the dean at Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.…

M. Adhyatma: Dedicated Minister of Health who expanded health services for the people of Indonesia

M. Adhyatma MPH '74 served as Minister of Health of Indonesia from 1988 to 1993. He was previously Directorate-General of Communicable…

Susan Foerster: Advocator of healthy eating and healthy lifestyles worldwide

Susan Foerster MPH '71 is based at the Network for a Healthy California, at the California Department of Public Health. Working…

Steve Selvin: Renowned statistician who has generated breakthroughs in genetic problems, disease patterns, and environmental pollution

Steve Selvin PhD '70 is a statistician who serves as a professor of biostatistics at the UC Berkeley School of…

Richard J. Jackson: Leader who changed environments, including built environments, to protect health

"You cannot be healthy in an unhealthy community: the population pushes us away or toward health." Richard J. Jackson MD,…

Patricia B. Crawford: Scholar and marshaler of resources to confront America’s childhood obesity epidemic

Patricia B. Crawford DrPH '94, MPH '72 is the senior director of research at the Nutrition Policy Institute and an adjunct…

Meredith Minkler: Pioneer of community-based participatory research who has worked with marginalized communities to help secure policies that promote health and social equity

Meredith Minkler DrPH '75, MPH '70 is a professor emerita of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and a Fulbright…

Margaret H. Jordan: Upraiser of affordable, quality health care in Texas

"In the future, public health practitioners will face unprecedented challenges resulting from climate changes."   Margaret H. Jordan BSN, MPH…

Lisa F. Berkman: Internationally recognized social epidemiologist who confronts the challenges of an aging world

Lisa F. Berkman PhD MS '75, PhD '77 is an internationally recognized social epidemiologist whose work focuses on understanding inequalities in…

Linda Neuhauser: Designer and evaluator of large-scale health interventions, locally and globally

"My best Berkeley 'Aha moments' have come from learning from people very different from me: students, colleagues in other schools…