Education

Degree	Institution	Major
MPA	Syracuse University	Public Administration
B.A.	Smith College	English
Dr.P.H.	Columbia University	Public Health

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Rho Chapter Inductee	National Public Health Honor Society Delta Omega
Instructional Technology Faculty Development Grant Award 2000-2001	University Of Massachusetts
Awarded the Instructional Technology Faculty Grant	University of Massachusetts-Amherst
New York State Executive Leadership Fellow 1994-1995	Empire State Fellows Program
Fellow	National Institute On Aging /Brookdale Foundation
Doctoral Research Grant Award Winner 1986-1987	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Greater NY

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Voices from Inside, Writing Workshop Leader	Workshop/Conference	Writing Workshop Leader	External	National	2010
HealThy Self House Foundation, Hanover, NH	Advisory Committee	Vice Present	External	Regional	2006
State Health Care Cost Containment Committee	Advisory Committee	Executive Staff Member	External	State	2004	2008
State Health Promotion Subcommittee	Advisory Committee	Chair	External	State	2004	2008
Governor’s Connecticut Interdisciplinary Health Policy Team	Advisory Committee	Member	External	State	2004	2008
American Journal of Managed Care	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer	External	National	2004
Home Sweet Home Foundation of Hanover, New Hampshire	Community Service	Board Vice President	External	National	2003
Northampton Community Cooperative	Advisory Committee	Board of Directors Member	External	Local	2000	2004
Master’s Degree Program in Public Health Practice, University of Massachusetts School of Public Health	Advisory Committee	Founding Director	External	University	1999	2002
Public Health Practice, online MPH program	Education Committee	Director	External	University	1999	2002
CEPH Accreditation Committee	Education Committee	Member	External	University	1999	2002
School of Public Health Strategic Planning Committee	Education Committee	Member	External	University	1999
MPH Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts School of Public Health	Advisory Committee	Director	External	University	1999	2002
NIH/NIA SBIR Special Emphasis Review Panel	Study Section	Member	External	National	1999
CDC Summer Internships in Public Health Practice	Advisory Committee	Hoc Reviewer	External	National	1998	1999
Centers for Disease Control	Advisory Committee	Summer Intern Applicant Reviewer	External	National	1998
UMass-Amherst SPH Faculty Rep. to the Mass. Society of Professors	Advisory Committee	Member	External	University	1998
Long Term Care Facility Management Issues. November 23 1998, Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia.	Workshop/Conference	Digest Session Chair	External	National	1998	1998
SBIR NIH Review Panel on Technology, Educational Curriculi, Aging	Study Section	Member	External	National	1997	2004
UMass-Amherst School of Public Health (SHP) Computer Committee Member	Advisory Committee	Member	External	University	1997
NIH SBIR scientific review panel	Study Section	Member	External	National	1997	2004
Center for Education and Research in Women's Health Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization	Founding Member	External	University	1996	2005
SPHHS Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	External	National	1996	2005
SPH Strategic Planning Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	External	University	1996	2005
American Journal of Managed Care	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer	External	National	1996	2005
Federal Administration on Aging	Advisory Committee	Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer	External	National	1996	2005
Gerontological Association of America	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer	External	National	1996	2005
American Public Health Association	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer	External	National	1996	2005
Association of Schools of Public Health	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer	External	National	1996	2005
Women’s Health Panel	Advisory Committee	Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer	External	National	1996	2005
Saratoga Center for Meditation and Mindful Living	Advisory Committee	Director	External	Local	1995	1997
Is Alzheimer's disease ready for outcomes research? Gerontological Society of America; November 17, 1995	Workshop/Conference	Symposium organizer	External	National	1995	1995
American Public Health Association	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad Hoc Reviewer	External	National	1993
Alzheimer’s Association - NENY Chapter	Advisory Committee	Board of Directors Member	External	National	1992	1997
Gerontological Society of America	Professional/Scientific Journal	Ad Hoc, Abstract Reviewer	External	National	1992
Wanck, B. 1984. Two decades of involuntary hospitalization legislation. American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 141, no. 1, p. 33-38	Editorial Board	Member	External	National	1984	1984
Wanck, B. 1982. Reactive paranoid psychosis following an ambiguous cancer diagnosis. Psychosomatics vol. 23, no. 4, p. 439-440.	Editorial Board	Member	External	National	1982	1982
Gerontological Society of America	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	1980	1998
American Public Health Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	1980
American Association for the Advancement of Science	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	1980
Nash, D. 1980. Update: Cardiac Medications. State University of New York/Upstate Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, March 1980.	Editorial Board	Member	External	University	1980	1980
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). 1977. Anesthesia for Neurosurgery: Textbook and Self-Instruction Manual, May 1977	Editorial Board	Member	External	University	1977	1977

Journal Articles

Letters

Newsletters

Other

Reviews

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Pedagogy in Public Health and Teaching Online: Faculty Development and Innovation	Talk	Yale University School of Public Health Faculty	2001	New Haven, CT
Analysis of longitudinal outcomes in a long term care population using data from the MDS and MDS 2.0	Talk	GSA Annual Meeting	1998	Philadelphia, PA
Use of long term care administrative datasets in health services research	Talk	GSA Annual Meeting	1998	Philadelphia, PA
What public health professionals need to know about Alzheimer's disease	Poster	American Public Health Association Annual Meeting	1995	San Diego, CA
Consumers and policy-makers: crucial partners in reforming the long term care service system	Talk	APHA Annual Meeting	1994	Washington, DC
Consolidated long term care assessments: reform through automation	Talk	American Public Health Association Annual Meeting	1994	Washington, DC
ADL dependency in the older population of the United States, 1962-1984: Evidence of an increase in proportion dependent	Talk		1992
Increases in the proportion of the older population of the United States dependent in ADLs	Talk	Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Scientific Conference	1989	Minneapolis, MN
Local initiatives in long term care: designing a long term care program that people will pay for	Talk	American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Conference	1989	Chicago
Marketing long term care programs: barriers to development	Talk	APHA Annual Conference	1989	Chicago, IL
ADL dependency: Evidence of change over a twenty-two year span	Talk	APHA Annual Conference	1987	New Orleans, LA
Development of a self-insured health and long term care insurance plan for college and university retirees	Talk	APHA Annual Conference	1985	Washington, DC
Inpatient treatment for adolescent drug abusers: demography, family history, and treatment issues	Talk	APHA Annual Conference	1984	Anaheim, CA
Alzheimer's disease: physical disease or mental illness?	Talk	APHA Annual Conference	1983	Dallas, TX
Alzheimer's disease: care of the patient, support for the family	Talk	APHA Annual Conference	1982	Montreal, Canada
Long term mental health care: supporting the social network	Talk	APHA Annual Conference	1981	Los Angeles, CA
The interdisciplinary approach to long term care	Talk	APHA Annual Conference	1981	Los Angeles, CA