Wieslaw (Winslow) Ignacy Klaskala
Epidemiologist, sociologist
Born Jul. 16, 1949, Wroclaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1985; son of Ignacy and Wanda (Ciazynska); children: Angela, Melanie.
Education: Master of Science (M.S.), A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan (Poland), 1977; University of Florida, Gainesville, 1978-79; Ph.D., University of Warsaw (Poland), 1985; certified training in applied epidemiology and public health, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta (GA), 1987-89; certified computer software operator.
Career: fellow, Polish Institute of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw, 1976-77; researcher, University of Gorkovo, Charkov (Ukraine), 1978; lecturer, research scholar, University of FIorida, 1978-79; doctoral fellow, lecturer, A. Mickiewicz University, and University of Warsaw, 1980-85; program manager, Office of Disease Control and Prevention, Dade County Department of Public Health, and Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Medical Center (FL), 1986-89; epidemiologist, coordinator, State of Florida Health and Rehabilitation Services Headquarters, Tallahassee, Miami and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Disease, Atlanta (GA), 1989-93; epidemiology - research consultant, Health Technological Services, Inc., Miami, 1990-92; founder, president, Family Education and Rehabilitation Center, Homestead (FL), 1991 -; associate director, health educator, Fogarty International Research Center, 1992 -, director, Women Health Initiative, and assistant prof., 1994 -, Department of Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Coral Gables (FL); operation and management consultant, Dade County Department of Public Health, Miami, 1993 -.
Author: The Origin of Social Conflict in Latin America (doctoral dissertation), 1985; various pamphlets and articles on general public health issues, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and AIDS, since 1987; operations manuals for STD/HIV surveillance program, 1988-90; development and implementation of HIV seroepidemiology and risk behavior research projects in Miami Metro, Colombia, Jamaica. Czechoslovakia, Brazil and Argentina, since 1992.
Member of: American Sociological Association; Florida Public Health Association; South Florida AIDS Network.
Honors: S. Czarnecki Annual Award in sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland), 1977; Primus Inter Pares medal, A. Mickiewicz University, 1978; scholarship, University of FIorida, 1978-79; certificates of appreciation for outstanding services, State of Florida, 1987, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1991, and U.niversity of Miami, 1992; listed in Who's Who in Worldwide.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, Spanish.
Hobbies: music, computer, travel.
Office: University of Miami, School of Medicine, PO. Box 016069, R-669, Miami, FL 33101.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996