Lark Eloise Galloway-Gilliam
EDUCATION
1975 University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Bachelor of Science, Biology
1977 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Master of Public Administration
1982 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Completed all course work towards Doctorate in Public Administration
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2013-2015 Principal Investigator
A Community Collaborative Effort to Reduce the Burden of Heart Disease
US National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
2012-2015 Principal Investigator
REACH-Demonstration Project
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2012-2014 Principal Investigator
Community Transformation Grant-Small Communities Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2000-2012 Principal Investigator
African Americans Building a Legacy of Health.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention REACH US
1999-2000 Principal Investigator
Planning Grant
African Americans Building a Legacy of Health.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention REACH 2010
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2003 Guest Lecturer
UCLA School of Public Health
2004 Guest Lecturer
USC Department of Planning, Policy and Development
2004 Guest Lecturer
USC School of Family Medicine
2004 Guest Lecturer
USC School of Medicine
2005 Guest Lecturer
Pomona College
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015 California Black Women’s Health Project Award for Woman Who Dared Award
2012 Office of Minority Health, Health Equity Champion
2007 Southern California Public Health Association
2007 Assembly Empowerment Congress
2005 Durfee Foundation Sabbatical
2004 APHA, Latino Caucus Community Organization Award
1998 US DHHS Healthcare Financing Administration
PUBLICATIONS – Peer-Reviewed
**L Galloway-Gilliam Community Partnership strategies: Let’s Share the Same Playbooks Partnership Progress in Community Health Partnership; Research, Education and Action Volume 5, Issue 3, Fall 2011 pp. 213-214 | 10.1353/cpr.2011.0037
**L. Lewis, et al. Transforming the Urban Food Desert From the Grassroots Up: A Model for Community Change Family & Community Health 2011; 34: S92-S101.
**Stephen Fawcett, PhD, et al Constructing an Action Agenda for Community Empowerment at the 7th Global Conference on Health Promotion in Nairobi, Global Health Promotion December 2010 17: 52-56,
**D. Sloane et al. Assessing Resource Environments to Target Prevention Interventions in Community Chronic Disease Control Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2006; 17: S146-S158.
**L. Lewis et al. African Americans Access to Healthy Food Options in South Los Angeles Restaurants American Journal of Public Health April 2005 95(4).
**D. Sloane et al. Improving the Nutritional Resource Environment for Healthy Living Through Community-based Participatory Research Journal of General Internal Medicine 2003; 18: 568-575.
Contributor
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Division of Community Health. A Practitioner?s Guide for Advancing Health Equity Community Strategies for Preventing Chronic Disease. Atlanta, CA: US Department of Health and Human Services. 2013.
Professional Reports
**C. China, A. Park, L. Galloway-Gilliam (2012) Health Professional Shortage Areas: A History & Guide to Proposed Revisions.
**R. Cunningham, A. Park, L. Galloway-Gilliam (2012) Dialogues with South Los Angeles Safety Net Users on Health Reform. Prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
**F. Morales, S. Vasquez, L. Galloway-Gilliam (2012) Bridging the Health Divide: Designing the Navigator System in California. Prepared for the California Endowment.
**N. Bassford, L. Galloway-Gilliam, G. Flynn, B.N.Morrison (2012) Fast Food Restaurant Report: Promoting Healthy Dining in South Los Angeles. Prepared for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).
**N. Bassford, L. Galloway-Gilliam, G. Flynn (2010) Food Desert to Food Oasis: Promoting Grocery Store Development in South Los Angeles. Prepared for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).
**M. Paredes, L. Galloway-Gilliam (2010) Bridging the Health Divide: California?s Certified Application Assistants. Prepared for the California Endowment.
**A. Park, N. Watson, L. Galloway-Gilliam (2008) South Los Angeles Health Equity Scorecard. Prepared for the California Endowment, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, UCLA Center for Community Partnerships.
**L. Galloway-Gilliam, G. Flynn (2008) Does Race Define What?s in the Shopping Cart? Prepared for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).
**L. Galloway-Gilliam. Community Health Dialogues (1999), Prepared for Long Beach Community Health Council.
**D. Sloan, L Galloway-Gilliam (1999) Community Health Research Study, prepared for the Long Beach Community Health Council.
**D. Sloan, L Galloway-Gilliam (1996) Community Health Research Study, prepared for the LBCC
PRESENTATIONS AND EXPERT TESTIMONY
**L Galloway-Gilliam (presenter) ?A Model for Community Partnerships, Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program, July 18, 2014
**L Galloway-Gilliam (presenter) Improving Park Access for Underserved Communities, Park Equity Forum 2014
**L Galloway-Gillam (presenter):Bridging the Gap between Park-Poor Communities and State Parks; Parks Forward October 17, 2013
**L Galloway-Gillam (presenter) Joint Center for Economic Development, Washington DC.; Race and Place Matter: Designing Policies to End Health Disparities (Plenary Session); October 1, 2013
**L Galloway-Gillam (presenter) Policy and Advocacy to Increase Accessibility Charles Drew School of Medicine and Allied Health; September 27, 2012
**L Galloway-Gilliam (presenter) CDC; Weight of the Nation Conference May 7-9, 2012L Galloway-Gilliam Community Empowerment WHO World Conference on Health Promotion in Nairobi, Kenya. October 25 – 30, 2009. ”
**L Galloway-Gilliam (presenter) Raising the Bar: Obesity Prevention Requires Addressing Health Disparities Success Stories from REACH, July Center for Disease Control Division of Nutrition Physical Active and Obesity Weight of the Nation CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, July 27-29, 2009,
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2014-Present City of Los Angeles ReCode Zoning Advisory Committee
2014-Present City of Los Angeles Park Program Park Advisory Committee
2014-Present Community Commons IP3 Board of Directors
2004-Present California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Taskforce Steering Committee
2004-Present National Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Coalition Board of Directors
2010-2014 Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Center for Disease Control and Prevention – ?Community Transformation Grant? Leadership Advisory Committee
2010-2013 Children’s Law Center of California Board of Directors
2007-2009 Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Center for Disease Control and Prevention ?Communities Putting Prevention to Work? Leadership Advisory Committee
2002-2014 Kaiser Permanente Arbitration Oversight Board
California Budget Project Board of Directors
2008-Present South Los Angeles Alliance of Neighborhood Councils
2007- 2014 Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Council
California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Advisory Group
Los Angeles County Department of Health Service Health Care Policy Advisory Committee & Quality Data Committee
2003-2007 City of Los Angeles Commission for Children, Youth and Families
California Attorney General?s Charity Care Advisory Committee Los Angeles Health
Collaborative Steering Committee
2005- 2007 Martin Luther King Medical Center Hospital Advisory Board
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