Elizabeth J. Wilk-Rivard (Jagielska)
Physician, internist, epidemiologist
Born Apr. 21, 1943, Cracow, Poland; came to U.S., 1983; daughter of Aleksy and Maria (Piekoszewska); married Ronald Rivard; child: Michael.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), 1966, Ph.D., 1976, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, Cracow; Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), Columbia University School of Medicine, New York City, 1991; Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) certificate, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate, 1993.
Career: assistant prof. (medicine and epidemiology), Jagiellonian University, 1968-81; head physician, El Fataiah Derna Cement Plant, Libya, 1981-83; graduate research and teaching assistant, Columbia University, 1986-88; fellow, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven (CT), 1989-91; lecturer (epidemiology), 1992 -, internal medicine resident, 1994 -, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington.
Author: 17 publications in the field of epidemiology and public health.
Member of: editorial committee member, Wspolczesne problemy organizacji zarzadzania i kierowania w systemie opieki zdrowotnej, 1977; president, Solidarity Committee for Elderly Needs, Cracow, 1980-81; American Federation in Aging Research, 1982-89; Women in Medicine.
Honors: Best Background in Public Health & Epidemiology, Alumni Association of Columbia University, 1987; fellowship, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 1989.
Affiliation: Democrat. Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, German, Latin, Arabic.
Hobbies: classical music, sports, gardening.
Home: 6 Maplevale Road, East Haven, CT 06512.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.