Tracy Finlayson, Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award Winner
posted 10/09/08
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Tracy Finlayson |
Tracy Finlayson, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, has been named the 2008 winner of the Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award. This award will be presented to Dr. Finlayson at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association being held here in San Diego. The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday evening, October 28th at 6:30 PM at the San Diego Convention Center in Room 6 C/F.
Dr. Finlayson has been on the faculty of the Graduate School of Public Health for one year. She received her PhD from the University of Michigan. Dr. Finlayson's research focuses on exploring the psychological and social determinants of oral health disparities and improving access to care for vulnerable populations. She is also interested in evaluation of health policies. Current research activities include studies on access to dental care among California immigrants, the oral health of migrant farm workers in California, and tobacco policy research. She is a Co-Investigator on a recently NIH-funded community-based clinical trial thath will test the effectiveness of a new preventive dental sealant for preschool aged children. She is currently teaching two required courses in the Health Services Administration master's program: Public Health (PH) 641, Introduction to Health Services, and PH 648 Health Policy, a new course offered for the first time in fall semester 2007.
Award Description
The Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award was established to recognize the career of a promising young public health professional or student. The award was officially established in March 1979 by Peter Drotman, MD, MPH in memory of his late brother and is presented annually by the American Public Health Association.
Jay S. Drotman, MSPH, was a 27 year-old health planning consultant who was killed in a commercial airline mid-air collision in 1978. An honors graduate in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, Mr. Drotman received his master's degree from Harvard University School of Public Health. He was an active member of APHA and his last paper was delivered posthumously at the 1978 APHA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.
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