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EVENTS ART \| SCI LECTURES CAA / LEONARDO SESSIONS ARCO ‘06 ARTE CONTEMPORANEO RELATED EVENTS	October 24, 2005, 6 pm, EDA UCLA ART \| SCI CENTER PRESENTS: MEDIA & MEDICINE: ENVIRONMENT AND THE MIND -> Return to the speaker overview Loretta Jones Loretta Jones, MA, is the founder and Executive Director of Healthy African American Families (HAAF) II. As a "Community Gatekeeper," Ms. Jones has dedicated her entire life towards the hope and healing of community and society-at-large. Her career as a civil rights activist, health policy advocate, and social architect has spanned more than 30 years. In an effort to level the playing field for all people, Ms. Jones continues her unyielding commitment as a change agent against disparities in human health, development, and opportunity. She is a co-investigator of the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health (NIH)/University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)/RAND Center for Research on Quality in Managed Care; the National Institute on Aging, NIH/UCLA Center for Health Improvement in Minority Elderly (CHIME); and the NIH Drew/UCLA Project EXPORT, as well as a recipient of numerous Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants and contracts. Ms. Jones is a member of the UCLA Institutional Review Board for protection of human subjects. She was also recently honored by the CDC as its first recipient of an award for public leadership in overcoming health disparities. -> more info about the Katrina project

Art \| Sci Center	NEWS MISSION EVENTS PROJECTS PEOPLE RESOURCES CONTACT SUBSCRIBE

EVENTS ART \| SCI LECTURES CAA / LEONARDO SESSIONS ARCO ‘06 ARTE CONTEMPORANEO RELATED EVENTS	October 24, 2005, 6 pm, EDA UCLA ART \| SCI CENTER PRESENTS: MEDIA & MEDICINE: ENVIRONMENT AND THE MIND -> Return to the speaker overview Loretta Jones Loretta Jones, MA, is the founder and Executive Director of Healthy African American Families (HAAF) II. As a "Community Gatekeeper," Ms. Jones has dedicated her entire life towards the hope and healing of community and society-at-large. Her career as a civil rights activist, health policy advocate, and social architect has spanned more than 30 years. In an effort to level the playing field for all people, Ms. Jones continues her unyielding commitment as a change agent against disparities in human health, development, and opportunity. She is a co-investigator of the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health (NIH)/University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)/RAND Center for Research on Quality in Managed Care; the National Institute on Aging, NIH/UCLA Center for Health Improvement in Minority Elderly (CHIME); and the NIH Drew/UCLA Project EXPORT, as well as a recipient of numerous Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants and contracts. Ms. Jones is a member of the UCLA Institutional Review Board for protection of human subjects. She was also recently honored by the CDC as its first recipient of an award for public leadership in overcoming health disparities. -> more info about the Katrina project