CURRENT POSITION
Director, Health Data Research Center
Community and Organization Research Institute
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Telephone: (805) 8933143 (Office), (805) 6874910 (Home)
Email: rwilliams@omni.ucsb.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Economics) University of California, Santa Barbara,
1974
B.A. (Physics) University of Michigan, Flint,1961
A.A. (Engineering) Flint Community College,1958
Dissertation: "OutcomeBased Measurements of Medical
Care Output: The Case of Maternal and Infant Health
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
1976 Research Economist, Community and Organization
Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
1975 1976 Lecturer, Department of Economics, University
of California, Santa Barbara
1972 1974 Associate Specialist, Community and Organization
Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
1969 1971 Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of
Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara
OTHER EXPERIENCE
1988 Consultant, Connecticut Department of Health
1987 Consultant, Rhode Island Department of Health
1985 Consultant, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
1984 1986 Consultant, Southern California Kaiser Permanente
1983 1985 Consultant, Michigan Department of Public Health
1980 1987 Consultant, Los Angeles County Department of
Health Services
1980 1982 Consultant, Santa Barbara County Health Care
Services
1980 1981 Consultant, Appalachian Regional Commission
1977 1978 Consultant, SysteMetrics, Inc.
1976 1980 Consultant, California Department of Health Services
1962 1969 Senior Scientist, EG & G Inc., Santa Barbara,
CA
1961 1962 Staff Physicist, Bendix Corporation, Ann Arbor,
Ml
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
Graduate Summer Session of Statistics, School of Public Health,
University of California, Berkeley (1973)
HONORS
NSF Graduate Fellowship
University of California,1973
Arrow Society
University of Michigan,1960
Regents Scholarship
University of Michigan,1960
Phi Kappa, Flint Community College,1958
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Public Health Association
California Perinatal Association
PUBLICATIONS
Williams RL, Crouch RL: The adjustment speed of neoclassical
growth models. Journal of Economic Theory 4: 552556,
1972.
Williams RL: Explaining a health care paradox. Policy Sciences
6: 91101, 1975.
Williams RL: Intrauterine growth curves: Intra and international
comparisons with different ethnic groups in California. Preventive
Medicine 4: 163172, 1975.
Williams RL: Measuring the effectiveness of perinatal medical
care. Medical Care 17: 95110, 1975.
Petitti D, Olson RO, Williams RL: Cesarean section in California:
19601975. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
133: 391397, 1979.
Williams RL, Hawes WE: Cesarean section, fetal monitoring, and
perinatal mortality. American Journal of Public Health 69:
864870, 1979.
Williams RL, Cunningham GC, Norris FD, Tashiro M: Monitoring perinatal
mortality rates: California 1970 to 1976. American Journal
of Obstetrics and Gynecology 136: 559567, 1980.
Williams RL: Partitioning declines in perinatal mortality rates
in California. (Abstract) Clinical Research 28: 103A, 1980.
Williams RL: California's progress in reducing perinatal mortality
rates. Periscope: October, 1980.
Williams RL: Large Scale Perinatal Data Systems Using Vital Statistics.
In: Proceedings of the First National Conferences on Perinatal
Data Systems, pp. 95145. Milwaukee, Wl: Wisconsin Association
for Perinatal Care, 1980.
Phibbs CS, Williams RL, Phibbs RH: Newborn risk factors
and costs of neonatal intensive care. Pediatrics 68: 313321,
1981.
Williams RL, Cunningham GC, Hawes WE, Norris FD, Tashiro M: Fetal
growth and perinatal viability in California. Obstetrics and
Gynecology 59: 624632, 1982.
Williams RL: Large Scale Perinatal Data Systems Using Vital Statistics.
In: Harris, TR (ed.): Use of Computers in Perinatal Medicine.
New York: Praeger Scientific, 1982.
Williams RL, Marinko JA, Chen PM: An Automated Vital Statistics
System. In: Harris, TR (ed): The Use of Computers in Perinatal
Medicine. New York: Praeger Scientific, 1982.
Williams RL: Identifying the sources of the recent decline
in perinatal mortality rates in California during the 1970s. New
England Journal of Medicine 306: 207214, 1982.
Williams RL: Evaluating the effectiveness of perinatal
regionalization in California during the 1970s. Journal of
the Perinatalogy 2: 6571, 1982.
Williams RL, Marinko JM, Chen PM: Correcting the serious
shortcomings of the nation's vital statistics system through a
lowcost, microbased ANS MUMPS system. MUG Quarterly
11: 3840, 1982
Williams RL, Chen PM: Decline in perinatal mortality. (Letter)
New England Journal of Medicine 307: 6364, 1982.
Williams RL, Marinko JM: Toward a national vital statistics
system. MUG Quarterly 12: 1622, 1982.
Williams RL: Testimony regarding new trends in infant
mortality. Congressional Record. US Senate, Senate Hearing
98255, 1983.
Williams RL, Chen PM: Controlling the rise in cesarean
section rates by means of vital records information dissemination.
American Journal of Public Health 73: 863867, 1983.
Norris FD, Williams RL: Perinatal outcomes among medicaid
recipients in California. American Journal of Public Health
74: 11121117, 1984.
Williams RL: Using birth and death certificates to describe maternal
& child health risk in California. Mobius 4: 81 93,
1984.
Dorchester W, Redmann R, Freeman R, Mondanlou H, Williams
R: Outreach education program. Contemporary Obstetrics and
Gynecology, 1985.
Binkin NJ, Williams RL, Hogue CJR, Chen PM: Black neonatal mortality:
How can it be reduced? Journal of American Medical Association
253: 372375, 1985.
Rivara FP, Culley GA, Hickok D, Williams RL: A health program's
effect on neonatal mortality in eastern Kentucky. American
Journal of Preventive Medicine 1: 3540, 1985.
Williams RL, Binkin NJ, Clingman EJ: Pregnancy outcomes among
Spanish surname women in California. American Journal of Public
Health. 76: 387391, 1986.
Thorpe LJ, William RL: Geocoding public health information. MUMPS
Users' Group Quarterly, 16: 8892, 1986.
Williams RL, Chen PM, Marinko JA: The automated vital statistics
system: A progress report of continued development and implementation.
MUMPS Users' Group Quarterly 16: 9497, 1986.
Phibbs CS, Williams RL, Phibbs RH. Analysis of factors associated
with costs of neonatal intensive care. (Abstract) Clinical
Research 28: 103A, 1980.
Phibbs CS, Phibbs RH, Pomerance JJ, Williams RL. Alternative to
diagnosis-related groups for newborn intensive care. Pediatrics
78. 829-839, 1987.
Binkin NJ, Rust KR, Williams RL. Racial differences in neonatal
mortality: What causes of death explain the gap? American Journal
of Diseases of Children 142: 434-440, 1988.
Pomerance JJ, Morrison A, Williams RL, Schifrin BS. Anencephalic
infants: Life expectancy and organ donation. Journal of Perinatalogy
9: 3337, 1989.
RESEARCH REPORTS
"Final Report: Perinatal Mortality and Health Services
Productivity" (with Llad Phillips). For the Bureau for
Health Services Research and Evaluation, DHEW (1974).
"Intrauterine Growth and Neonatal Risk in California."
For the State of California, Department of Health (1975).
"Measuring the Effectiveness of Perinatal Medical Care."
For the Bureau of Community Health Services, DHEW (1977).
"Acute Care Hospital Utilization Under Professional Standards
Review Organizations: Inferences from a Sample of Hospital Discharge
Abstract Data" (with B. Steinhardt, et al.). For the
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Legislation, DHEW (1977).
"Final Report: MCH Statistical Data Base." For the State
of California, Department of Health (1978).
"Final Report: Augmenting and Maintaining the MCH Statistical
Data Base." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1979).
"Vital Record Data for Use in the Planning of Perinatal Health
Services. For the State of California, Department of Health Services
(1980).
"Measuring the Effectiveness of Perinatal Medical Care."
For the Bureau of Community Health Services, DHHS (1980).
"1978 California Birth Cohort: Perinatal Statistics Organized
by Hospital and Geographic Area." For the State of California,
Department of Health Services, (1981).
"AVSS: An Automated Vital Statistics System." For the
Santa Barbara County Health Services (1981).
"19781980 California Perinatal Statistics." For
the State of California, Department of Health Services (1982).
"19781981 Maternal and Child Health Data Base."
For the State of California, Department of Health Services (1983).
"19781980 Michigan Perinatal Statistics." For
the State of Michigan, Department of Public Health (1983).
"19781982 Maternal and Child Health Data Base."
For the State of California, Department of Health Services (1984).
"Final Report: Maternal and Child Health Data Base (MCHDB):
Development, Application, and Dissemination." For the State
of California, Department of Health Services (1985).
"Report on Maternal and Child Health Data Base for Los Angeles
County 1978 - 1982." For the State of California, Department
of Health Services (1985).
"Race-Specific Perinatal Mortality Statistics by County of
Residence and Occurrence: California, 1982." For the State
of California, Department of Health Services (1985).
"Pregnancy Outcomes for Residents Living Near the B.K.K.
Landfill: A Study of the 1978 - 1982 Birth Cohort." For the
State of California, Department of Health Services (1986).
"1979 - 1983 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1986).
"1980 1984 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1987).
"1981 1985 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1989).
"1982 1986 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1990).
"Source of Payment for Prenatal Care Using AVSS." Community
and Organization Research Institute (1991).
"1983 1987 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1991).
"1984 1988 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1992).
"1985 1989 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1993).
"1986 1990 Maternal and Child Health Data Base: Descriptive
Narrative." For the State of California, Department of Health
Services (1994).
EpiMCH, EpiBC User's Guide: An EpiInfo 6.0 Program For Importing,
Reporting, Graphing, And Mapping Birth Certificate Data (1994).
EpiCMR User's Guide: An EpiInfo 6 Application For Importing Data
And Generating Reports, Graphs, And Maps From Confidential Morbidity
Reports (1995).
AVSS Death Record Data Dictionary (1995).
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
1979 Journal Referee for the American Journal of
Public Health
1980 1992 Journal Referee for the American Journal
of Obstetrics & Gynecology
1981 1992 Editorial Board for the Journal of Perinatology
1983 1992 Journal Referee for the New England Journal
of Medicine
1984 1992 Journal Referee for Obstetrics and Gynecology
RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED
"A Discussion of Myopic Optimizing and Intertemporal
Optimality in Economic Growth." For the Western Economics
Association Meetings; Vancouver, B.C. (1971).
"A Discussion of a Cross-Spectral Analysis of Long Swings
in U.S. Economic Growth." For the Western Economics Association
Meetings; Vancouver, B.C. (1971).
"An Analysis of Hospital Costs in California: A Look at Maternity
Services" (with S Edison). For the Using CHFC Symposium;
Oakland, California (1978).
"Using CHFC Data to Understand the Variation in Hospital
Maternity Costs." For the Using CHFC Symposium; San Diego,
California (1979).
"Analysis of Factors Associated with Costs of Neonatal Intensive
Care" (with CS Phibbs and RH Phibbs). For the Western Society
for Pediatric Research; Carmel, California (1980).
"Partitioning Declines in Perinatal Mortality Rates in California."
For the Western Society for Pediatric Research; Carmel, California
(1980).
"Large Scale Perinatal Data Systems Using Vital Statistics."
For the Perinatal Data Systems Workshop, Medical College of Wisconsin;
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1980).
"Are Increased Cesarean Rates Associated with Better Perinatal
Outcomes?" For the Technological Approaches to Obstetrics:
Benefits, Risks, Alternatives II; San Francisco, California (1981).
"Computerized Direct Entry of Birth Certificate Data."
For the 109th Annual APHA Meeting; Los Angeles, California (1981).
"Vital Records Data For Perinatal Appropriateness Review."
For the 109th Annual APHA Meeting; Los Angeles, California (1981).
"An Automated Vital Statistics System." For the 19th
National Meeting on Records and Statistics; Washington, DC (1983).
"Use of Vital Records in Perinatal Care" (poster session).
For the 6th Annual California Perinatal Association Meeting; Monterey,
California (1984).
"Monitoring Changes in Infant Mortality in California."
For the 112 Annual APHA Meeting, Anaheim; California (1984).
"Overview of Record Linkage: Theory and Practice." For
the Design and Management Issues in the Creation of a Maternal
and Child Health Database: IMCHIS Workshop; Providence, Rhode
Island (1985).
"Statistical Trends in California's Perinatal Data."
For the 1985 Clinical Conference of the National Perinatal Association:
Workshop; Orlando, Florida (1985).
"Time Trends in Perinatal Mortality Rates from California's
Linked Records." For the National Infant Mortality Surveillance
Conference, Centers for Disease Control; Atlanta, Georgia (1986).
"Geocoding Public Health Information" (with LJ Thorpe).
For the MUMPS Users' Group Annual Meeting; San Diego California
(1986).
"The Automated Vital Statistics System: A Progress Report
of Continued Development and Implementation" (with PM Chen,
JA Marinko). For the MUMPS Users' Group Annual Meeting; San Diego,
California (1986).
"Progress on the Automated Vital Statistics System (AVSS)"
(with PM Chen, JA Marinko). For the 114th Annual APHA Meeting;
Las Vegas, NV (1986).
"Twinning Rates Derived From California's Vital Records"
(with KR Rust, P Giannoni). For the 114th Annual APHA Meeting;
Las Vegas, NV (1986).
INVITED LECTURES
"Applied Multiple Regression Techniques." For the
Center for Health Statistics, State of California, Department
of Health Services; Sacramento, California (1977).
"The Maternal and Child Health Statistical Data Base at U.
C. Santa Barbara." For the University of Southern California
Medical Center; Los Angeles, California (1978).
"Evaluating Neonatal Intensive Care." For the Children's
Hospital; Los Angeles, California (1979).
"Perinatal Mortality Study." For the VenturaSanta
Barbara Hospital Planning Committee; Ventura, California (1979).
"A Description of the MCH Data Base." For the MCH Directors
of Southern California; Los Angeles, California (1979).
"Evaluation of Quality of Health Care from Perinatal Mortality."
For the Neonatal Fellows Conference Cardiovascular Research Institute,
University of California; San Francisco, California (1979).
"Monitoring Perinatal Mortality in Los Angeles County."
For the Public Affairs Meeting The National FoundationMarch
of Dimes; Los Angeles, California (1979).
"A Review of MCH Data Resources." For the MCH Directors
of Northern California; Oakland, California (1980).
"Vital Records and Health Planning." For the HSA/OSHPD
Workgroup; San Francisco, California (1980).
"Using Vital Record Data for Use in Planning of Perinatal
Health Service." For the Southern California HJSF Workshop;
Santa Ana, California (1980).
"Using Vital Record Data for Use in the Planning of Perinatal
Health Service." For the Northern California HSA Workshop;
Berkeley, California (1980).
"Quality of Perinatal Services Assessment in Appropriateness
Review Process." For the Orange County Medical Association,
Hospital Council of Southern California; Orange, California (1984).
"Direct Entry of Birth Certificates." For the Vital
Statistics Users Committee (1981).
"Measuring Perinatal Care Effectiveness: Hospital by Hospital
Analysis." For the Perinatal Advisory Council; Los Angeles,
California (1981).
"A Statewide Perinatal Surveillance System Based on Vital
Records." For the MCH Director's TriRegional Workshop; San
Diego, California (1981).
"Using COSTAR in Public Health." For the Michigan Department
of Public Health; Lansing, Michigan (1981).
"Evaluation of a Perinatal Care System." For the Planning
for Regionalization of Perinatal Care in Los Angeles, California;
Los Angeles, California (1981).
"Using Vital Records to Produce Intrauterine Growth Curves
and Fetal Viability Measures." For the University of Southern
California School of Medicine; Los Angeles, California (1981).
"Effectiveness of Perinatal Regionalization." For the
PAC/LAC 1982 Regional Perinatal Conference; Los Angeles, California
(1982).
"Software Development for Vital Statistics." For the
Health Officer's Association of California Conference on Computers;
Sacramento, California (1983).
"Data Collection: Why and How?" For the 1983 PAC/LAC
Regional Perinatal Workshop; Los Angeles, California (1983).
"Using Birth Certificates to Describe Public Health Risks."
For the California Conference of Local Health Officers; San Diego,
California (1983).
"Michigan Perinatal Effectiveness Index." For the Michigan
Department of Public Health; Lansing, Michigan (1983).
"UCSB's Automated Vital Statistics System." For the
National Center for Health Statistics; Hyattsville, Maryland (1983).
"California's Maternal and Child Data Base." For the
California Department of Health Services; Berkeley and Sacramento,
California (1984).
"Public Health Surveillance Using Vital Records: Computer's
Go Public." For the Symposium on Data for Health Departments;
Sacramento, California (1984).
"Perinatal Data Systems." For the Graduate School of
Public Health; San Diego State University (1984).
"Maternal and Child Health Data Systems and the Need for
Cooperation in Data Collection, Management, and Dissemination."
For the BiRegional Institute on Current Issues and Future
Trends in Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children; Salt
Lake City, Utah (1984).
"Analyzing Perinatal Mortality Statistics in the Final Decades
of the 20th Century." For the 1984 Director's Meeting of
Designated State Centers for Health Statistics; Minneapolis, Minnesota
(1984).
"Pregnancy Outcomes of MexicanHispanic Women."
For the Patterns of Care: Binational MCH Educational Workshop:
California/Baja California; Santa Barbara, California (1985).
"A Perinatal Data System Using California's Automated Vital
Statistics System." For the Perinatal Data System Project
Advisory Meeting; Salt Lake City, Utah (1985).
"Using AVSS to Monitor Community Perinatal Health."
For the San Francisco Department of Public Health and San Francisco
Perinatal Forum; San Francisco, California (1985).
"Implementing AVSS in Alameda County." For the Highland
General Hospital; Oakland, California (1985).
"How to Interpret the MCHDB, What Does It Mean to Individual
Hospitals?" For the Fifth Annual Regional Perinatal Conference,
PAC/LAC; Los Angeles, California (1985).
"Understanding the Components of a Family Health Services
System Using California's MCHDB as a
Model." For the Moving Towards A Family Health Services Data
System; Honolulu, Hawaii (1985).
"Development of an Automated Vital Statistics System."
For the Moving Towards a Family Health Services Data System; Honolulu,
Hawaii (1985).
"MCH Uses of Vital Records: California's MCH Data Base as
a Model." For the BiRegional Institute on Perinatal
Health Care; San Francisco, California (1985).
"How the Maternal and Child Health Data Base Can Be Used
to Monitor the Progress of Regionalization Efforts" (with
CS Phibbs). For the Regional Perinatal Systems Program Workshop,
Stanford University; Stanford, California (1985).
"How the Automated Vital Statistics System Can Address Data
Problems in Perinatal Health Care Systems." For the Regional
Perinatal Systems Program Workshop, Stanford University; Stanford,
California (1985).
"How the Automated Vital Statistics System Can Be Implemented
in a Small State." For the New Hampshire Department of Health;
Concord, New Hampshire (1986).
"How the Automated Vital Statistics System Can Assist in
Generating Health Statistics at the Local Level." For the
California Conference of Local Health Statisticians Annual Meeting;
Sacramento California (1986).
"Interfacing AVSS and EPI-INFO." For the Fifth Annual
Public Health Computer Conference; Napa, California (1990).
"Using AVSS and EPI-INFO to Produce Timely MCH Data."
For the California Conference of Local Maternal, Child, and Adolescent
Health Directors Annual Meeting; Santa Barbara, California (1990).
"Using AVSS and EPI-INFO to Monitor Communicable Disease
at the Community Level." For the Sixth Annual Public Health
Computer Conference; Napa, California (1991).
"Using California's Maternal and Child Health Data Base to
Improve Hospital Special Perinatal Outcomes." For the California
Association of Hospitals and Health Systems Sponsored Conference
on Health Care Data: Sources, Uses, Needs; Sacramento, California
(1991).
"Academic Perspective on Data Systems." For the Centers
For Disease Control MICHP Data Conference; Atlanta, Georgia (1992).
"Perspective on the Maternal and Child Health Data Base."
For the Community Perinatal Network; Los Angeles, California (1992).
"Using AVSS and EPI-INFO for Producing MCAH Reports."
For the Institute For County MCAH Directors and Their Data Associates;
San Diego, California (1992).
"AVSS Approach to the Electronic California Birth Certificate."
For the Sacramento County Health Department; Sacramento, California
(1992).
"The Maternal and Child Helath Data Base." For the Sansum
Medical Research Foundation; Santa Barbara, California (1992).
"Vital Records Automation: The AVSS Perspective." For
the California Conference of Local Health Data Managers Annual
Meeting; Sacramento, California (1993).
"State Vital Records Data." For the Charles R. Drew
University of Medicine and Science Minority Health Workshop; Los
Angeles, California (1993).
"The Use Of AVSS And EpiInfo." For FHOP Quantitative
Needs Assessment Workshops; Sacramento and Los Angeles, California
(1994).
"EpiMCH and EpiBC, EpiInfo Programs For Analyzing Birth Certificate
Data." For Public Health Information Systems In An Era Of
Managed Care; Napa California (1994).
"Using AVSS/EpiBC". CCLDMCAH Statewide Meeting, Santa
Barbara, California, 1994. and CCLMCAH Statewide Meeting, Asilomar,
California (1994).
"The AVSS Approach To The Registration Of Deaths." Current
Issues In Vital Statistics And Other Public Health Data. Center
For Health Statistics, Sacramento, California (1995).
TEACHING
1975: Microeconomics, Econometrics, Department of Economics,
University of California, Santa Barbara
1976: Statistics, Econometrics, Department of Economics, University
of California, Santa Barbara
THESIS SUPERVISION
1975: Member, Thesis Committee, Leonard Drabek Ph.D.
candidate, Economics.
1976: Member, Thesis Committee, Dickson Hingson M.A. candidate,
Sociology
1977: Advisor, Gretchen Wheelwright Ph.D. candidate, Education
1979: Chairman, Thesis Committee, Steven Edison M.A. candidate,
Urban Economics
1980: Member, Thesis Committee, Peter Lufkin M.A. candidate.
Political Science
1993: Member, Thesis Committee, Susan Kennedy Ph.D. candidate,
Geography
PUBLIC SERVICE
1978: 1980 Member, Data Subcommittee, Ventura/Santa
Barbara Health Systems Agency
1978: Provided testimony for AB2152, Health Committee, California
State Legislature
1979: 1980 Member, Perinatal Task Force, Ventura/Santa
Barbara Health Systems Agency
1979: Member, Finance Committee, Amigos de las Americas,Santa
Barbara Chapter
1980:1986 Consultant, Perinatal Advisory Council, Los Angeles
County
1980: Consultant, Vital Statistics User's Committee, State of
California
1981: 1983 Member, OB Access Advisory Panel, Department
of Health Services, State of California
1981: 1983 Member, Data Coordinating Committee, Department
of Health Services, State of California
1983: Elected member, Coordinating Council, California Perinatal
Association
1984: Member, Quality Assurance Task Force, Perinatal Advisory
Council, Los Angeles Communities
1985: 1988 Consultant, Massachusetts Department of Public
Health, Rhode Island Department of Health
1985: 1988 Reviewer of grant proposals, Department of Health
and Human Services
1985: 1988 Reviewer of grant proposals, March of Dimes,
Birth Defects Foundation
1987: Member, Special Review Committee, Social and Demographic
Research on Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight, National Institutes
of Health
1991: Member, Policy Advisory Board Management and Outcomes
of Childbirth, Rand Corporation
1992: 1994 Member, Assembly Bill 99 Data Subcommittee,Department
of Health Services
1992: 1994 Chairman, Assembly Bill 99 Linkage/Confidentiality
Workgroup, Department of Health Service
1992: Chairman, AVSS Technical Advisory Group
1992: 1995 Member, Assembly Bill 524 Technical Advisory
Committee, California Health Policy and Data Advisory Commission
1992: Member, Steering Committee, California Pregnancy
Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Department of Health Services
1992: Acting Director, Community and Organization Research Institute
1993 1996: Member,Advisory Committee,Family Health Outcomes
Project, University of California, San Francisco
RECOGNITION
1977: "Newborn Survival, Hospitals Linked." Bob
English, UC Clip Sheet, Vol. 53, October 4, 1977
1977: "UCSB Study Shows Newborn's Survival, Depends in Part
on Type of Hospital." David Saxon, Report of the President
of the University of California to the Regents, October 21,
1977
1979: "Health Care Evaluations: Focus on the Present and
the Past." David S. Saxon, Report of the President of
the University of California to the Regents, November 16,
1979
1981: Recognition of service in helping the March of Dimes, achieve
its goal the prevention of birth defects. Presenter: Harry
A. Timm, Certificate of Appreciation, July 15, 1981
1982: "U. S. Infant Mortality Declines 50 Percent",
Bob English, UC Clip Sheet, Vol. 57, February 23, 1982
1982: "Economist Presents Findings on Births, and Infant
Deaths." David S. Saxon, Report to the President of the
University of California to the Regents, May 19, 1982
1986: "Latina Women and Infant Mortality Rates Studies"
David S. Saxon, Report to the President of the University of
California to the Regents, May 16, 1986
1992: Outstanding service on AB/99 Data/Outcome Subcommittee,
Molly Joel Coye, Director Department of Health Services, December
17, 1992
Updated September 18, 1996 by RL Williams