David Hayes-Bautista
David Hayes-Bautista, PhD, an alumnus of UCSF, will be honored as one of three 2008 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award recipients by the California Wellness Foundation (TCWF).
An internationally recognized researcher on the culture and health of Latinos, Hayes-Bautista received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree and a doctorate in medical sociology from UCSF.
He will visit UCSF on Tuesday, June 10 to talk about the history of immigration in the US from noon to 1 p.m. in Health Sciences West, room 303, on the Parnassus campus.
He is currently a professor of medicine and health services and director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture (CESLAC) at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. An internationally recognized researcher on the culture and health of Latinos, Hayes-Bautista is also a teacher and mentor to underrepresented minority students.
“The peak year for underrepresented minority enrollment in medical schools was 1992, and since then, it has dropped off dramatically for Latinos, African Americans and American Indians,” said Hayes-Bautista. “My big message this year is the disappearing, underrepresented minority medical student. Our communities need those providers.”
TCWF will honor Hayes-Bautista at its sixth annual Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award ceremony in San Francisco on Monday, June 9. In recognition of his efforts to reduce entry barriers and to ensure the success of underrepresented minorities in the health workforce, he, along with the other honorees, will receive a cash award of $25,000.
Hayes-Bautista established CESLAC, which houses his research and provides an important resource for medical students, health care providers and public health officials working to care for Latino patients. He is also the director of Drew Center, which is dedicated to increasing the number of minority physicians in clinical and academic careers. He serves as a faculty adviser for the UCLA/Drew chapter of the Latino Medical Student Association and Chicanos/Latinos for Community Medicine.
Hayes-Bautista created the Médicos Para El Pueblo/Medical Professional Education Preparation (MedPEP) program, which works with community colleges from Fresno to Cerritos. He is also senior adviser to the California Latino Medical Association.
Hayes-Bautista has produced more than 80 publications, including books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles and editorials. He has received more than 50 commendations for his work, including the City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Award, the Lifetime Achievement in Health Sciences Eagle Award, the Surgeon General’s Hispanic/Latino Health Initiative Certificate, and the Gallagher Lectureship award from the Society for Adolescent Medicine.
TCWF is an independent, private foundation created in 1992 with a mission to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness education and disease prevention. The foundation prioritizes eight issues for funding: diversity in the health professions, environmental health, healthy aging, mental health, teenage pregnancy prevention, violence prevention, women’s health, and work and health. It also responds to timely issues and special projects outside the funding priorities. Since its founding in 1992, TCWF has awarded 5,061 grants totaling more than $623 million.
Source: The California Wellness Foundation
