Larry Wallack
Dean - College of Urban and Public Affairs
Professor of Community Health
Phone: (503) 725-4043
Email: wallackl@pdx.edu

BA 1972 (urban studies) Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster PA; MS 1974 (alcohol studies) University of Arizona; MPH 1978 University of California, Berkeley; DrPH 1982 University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Wallack's primary interest is in the role of mass communication, particularly the news media, in shaping public health issues. His current research is on how public health issues are framed in print and broadcast news. He is principal author of Media Advocacy and Public Health: Power for Prevention (Sage Publications, 1993) and News for a Change: An Advocate's Guide to Working with the Media (Sage Publications, 1999). He is also co-editor of Mass Communications and Public Health: Complexities and Conflicts (Sage, 1990). He has also published extensively on topics relatedto prevention, health promotion, and community interventions. Specific content areas of his research and intervention work have included alcohol, tobacco, violence, handguns, sexually transmitted diseases, cervical and breast cancer, affirmative action, suicide, and childhood lead poisoning.