Tribute to the Life & Public Health Contributions of

Antronette (Toni) Yancey, MD, MPH

Nationally renowned for her contributions to the science and practice of public health…

…in obesity prevention, physical activity, and reduction of health disparities

Antronette (Toni) Yancey Nov. 1, 1957 Born in Kansas City, KS

Education1975-1979 Northwestern University

B.A., Biochemistry/Molecular Biology 1979-1982 Duke University School of Medicine

M.D.1982-1984 Duke University Medical Center

Psychiatry (Internal Medicine) 1990-1991 University of California Los Angeles

Preventive Medicine Residency/M.P.H

1985-1990 Sheltering Arms Children Service, NYAdolescent Medicine Director

1985-1989 Manhattan Medical Care, NY General Practitioner

1990-1991 University of California Los Angeles Preventive Medicine Residency/M.P.H.

1992-2013 UCLA School of Public HealthUCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer CenterProfessor

1996-1998 City of Richmond, VADirector of Public Health

1999-2001 Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Director, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion

2004-20092009-2013

UCLA Center to Eliminate Health Disparities UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health EquityCo-Director

1990-1992 Culturally Sensitive Videotape Presentation to Expand Cancer Screening and Follow-Up--Research Supplement to Cancer Prevention Research Unit (NCI-P01) Principal Investigator of Supplement

1991-1996 Enhancing Health Behavior Adherence in the Underserved (NCI-K08) Principal Investigator

1993-1996 African-American Physicians and Smoking Cessation Counseling (UNC-Chapel Hill/CDC) Co-Principal Investigator

1994-1997 Fitness Funatics, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (California Department of Health Services) Principal Investigator/Program Director

1996-2000 African-American Women Fight Cancer with Fitness (NCI-RO1) Principal Investigator

2000-2003 Community Steps to Minority Youth Fitness, UCLA (NICHD-R01) Principal Investigator

Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CDC) Co-Principal Investigator

Joining Forces with a Key Community to Reduce Obesity DisparitiesJoining Forces with Key Community to Reduce Obesity Disparities: WORKING-2(NCMHD/NIH-R24)Principal Investigator

REACH U.S.: Centers of Excellence in Eliminating Disparities (CDC) Principal Investigator

UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity (Kaiser Permanente) Co-Director

Healthy-By-Default REACH National (CDC) Principal Investigator

2005-20082008-2013

2007-2012

2009

2004-2014

2012-2017

Fighting Cancer with Fitness (NIH-R01) UCLA - Assistant Professor City of Richmond, VA - Director of Public Health LA County Div. of Chronic Disease Prevention - Director

1996-2000

Rock! RichmondCity of Richmond, VA Director of Public Health

• Community-level fitness promotion initiative of Richmond City DPH and Medical College of Virginia

1996-1998

REACH (CDC) Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (Physical Activity and Healthy Nutrition - National)

WORKING (NIH-NCMHD - R24s) Working Out Regularly Keeps Individuals Nurtured and Going (Worksite Health Promotion)

2007-2014

2005-20082008-2013

Instant Recess®

In faith… In the workplace…

In schools… In sports…

• Created 38 exercise videos

2007

2011 Kaiser Permanente South Bay Health Center

• Launched Instant Recess® in 2011

• Reduced Sick Days and Injury Rates

Meta-Volition Model A dynamic bio-psychosocial ecological theory of population health behavior change

Yancey, AK. The meta-volition model: organizational leadership is the key ingredient in getting society moving, literally!

Yancey, AK. The meta-volition model: organizational leadership is the key ingredient in getting society moving, literally!

Meta-Volition Model A dynamic bio-psychosocial ecological theory of population health behavior change

Yancey, AK. The meta-volition model: organizational leadership is the key ingredient in getting society moving, literally!

Meta-Volition Model A dynamic bio-psychosocial ecological theory of population health behavior change

Meta-Volition Model A dynamic bio-psychosocial ecological theory of population health behavior change

Yancey, AK. The meta-volition model: organizational leadership is the key ingredient in getting society moving, literally!

2010 Instant Recess: Building A Fit Nation 10 Minutes at a TimeAuthor

“Dr. Yancey writes on a topic about which she is both passionate and knowledgeable. Instant Recess is doable in just about any setting. It could get America moving again.”

--David Satcher, MD, PhD 16th Surgeon General of the US

2010 Partnership for a Healthier America Supporting First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Campaign Board of Directors

Overview of Research Accomplishments

Made Very Important and Substantive Contributions to Advancing the Science of Obesity Research -- Focus on Physical Activity and Reducing Disparities

• Close to 100 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, etc

• Over 200 scientific presentations at professional meetings

• Continuous research grant funding since 1990, from NIH, CDC, foundations, State, County, etc. (millions of $$)

• Last CDC $20 million grant submitted in August, 2012 (in the midst of cancer treatment)….FUNDED!

Model, Poet & Spoken Word Artist

An Old Soul with a Young Spirit: Poetry in the era of desegregation recovery, 1997 A Renaissance Woman/Race Woman, 2001

A Momentous Occasion, 2008