Joanne Leslie
Research Scholar since 2005
jleslie@ucla.edu

Panelist--The Health of Africa: A Look into the 21st Century. The Commonwealth Club of  California, San Francisco, August 7, 2006.

Leslie, J., and Paolisso, M. (Eds.)  Women, Work, and Child Welfare in the Third World. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1989.

Jamison DT, Leslie J, and Musgrove P. Malnutrition and dietary protein. In Musgrove, P. (Ed.) Health Economics in Development. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2004.

Leslie, J., Powell, D., Jackson, J., and Searle, K. (2001).  The Relationship Between Maternal Work Patterns, Infant Feeding Practices and Infant Nutrition in Jamaican Female Headed Households. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 40 (3), 215-252.

Yancey AK, Leslie J, Abel EK. (2006) Obesity at the crossroads: feminist and public health perspectives. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 31 (2), 425-443.

Joanne Leslie, ScD, recently retired from the Community Health Sciences Department of the UCLA School of Public Health, where she taught courses in nutrition and women's health. Dr. Leslie’s research focused primarily on household factors related to hunger and malnutrition. She worked for many years on nutrition and health issues in francophone West Africa. Dr. Leslie has served as a staff member or consultant for several development organizations including: the World Bank, WHO, UNICEF, and the International Center for Research on Women. She continues her work in international nutrition as a trustee of Freedom From Hunger. See www.freedomfromhunger.org

Dr. Leslie is a founder of the Pacific Institute for Women's Health in Los Angeles and co-directed the Institute during its early years. A major focus of Dr. Leslie's work in the past decade has been the application of lessons learned from international health to local health and nutrition problems, particularly nutrition and fitness promotion in undeserved communities. For the past five years she has served as a member of the Steering Committee for the federal Bright Futures for Women’s Health and Wellness initiative. For more about this initiative visit www.hrsa.gov/womenshealth

Dr. Leslie also an ordained deacon and serves on the Bishop’s Commission for Peace and Justice of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. She has established innovative nutrition and fitness programs working with a range of faith organizations to promote improved health for their congregations and surrounding communities. For examples of this work see www.jubileeconsortium.org