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Creative Nonfiction

Fiction:

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Books:

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Additional Publications (Reports, Articles, Newsletters, Abstracts):

  • June 2006: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Expanding the Reach and Impact of Consumer e-health Tools.
  • December 2005: Yukon-Kuskokwim Alaska Regional Meeting Report. Alaska Native Science Commission.
  • October 2005: Northwest Alaska Regional Meeting Report. Alaska Native Science Commission.
  • Summer 2005: Listening and Learning. Alaska Native Science Commission. Volume 5.2.
  • Summer 2004: Listening and Learning. Alaska Native Science Commission. Volume 5.1.
  • Spring 2004: Hannibal K, Hsu LD, Forrow L. Case Study of The Hepatitis B Initiative. Harvard Medical School . Physician in Community. CN700.0.
  • November 2003: Hsu LD, Lam B, Hawks B. Designing a Health Information Web Site with the Community. San Francisco , CA , The American Public Health Association.
  • November 2003: Hsu LD. American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian Caucus Newsletter. American Public Health Association. Volume XVIII.
  • August 2003: Hsu LD et al. "Student Leadership in Public Health Advocacy: Lessons Learned from the Hepatitis B Initiative," The American Journal of Public Health
  • May 2003: Understanding Our Users: How to Better Deliver Online Health Information to Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders
  • March 2003: Hsu LD. American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian Caucus Newsletter. American Public Health Association. Volume XVII.
  • January 2003: Hsu LD. Protect Yourself and the Health of Your Family. KCPC English Ministry. Lightspring.
  • November 2002: Understanding Our Users: How to Better Deliver Online Health Information to American Indians and Alaska Natives
  • July 2002: Hsu L. Transforming Personal Tragedy into Support for Others. Newsletter of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. Volume 5. No.2.
  • July 2002: Hsu LD et al. Get out from behind your desk: Using the web or other strategies to bring Healthy People 2010 to the community and underserved populations, Philadelphia , PA , The American Public Health Association, November 2002.
  • February 2002: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Final Report-Toward a National Health Information Infrastructure.
  • December 2001: Surgeon General David Satcher. Expert Voices Essay-Eliminating Health Disparities. NIHCM.
  • December 2000: Baur C, Deering MJ, Hsu L. Defining, Assessing, and Implementing Quality Criteria in Online Consumer Health Information Services: Public Sector Approaches, Bethesda , MD , Science in a Digital World.
  • November 2000: Houston TK, Hsu L, Kaplan B, Kukafka, R. Evaluation in Consumer Health Informatics: Examples of Evaluations, How They Informed Their Projects, and How They Inform the Field. Los Angeles , California , AMIA.
  • June 2000: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Interim Report-Toward a National Health Information Infrastructure.
  • January 2000: Hsu LD, Baker D, Deering MJ. Evaluating and redesigning healthfinder.gov. Washington DC , Partnerships in the New Millennium.
  • December 1999: Hsu LD. Evaluating the Design and Content of healthfinder.gov. Bethesda , MD , NIH Health Communication Forum.
  • April 1999: Hsu LD, Baker D, Eng T, Deering MJ. Building Better Online Health Information Resources with Consumer Participation. Utah , Infofair.
  • November 1998: Teich J., Abookire S., Hsu LD., Bates D., Thomas D. Clinical Software Quality Review at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Orlando, Florida, AMIA.
  • July 1998: Tran MK, Hsu LD, and Nguyen DT. A Program that Encourages Hepatitis B Vaccinations Among Asian Young Adults in Boston by Providing Free Access and an Age- and Culture-Appropriate Outreach Campaign. Atlanta , CDC.
  • Winter 1995: Hsu LD. Snoozing in Class? UCLA. Health and Wellness Letter. Volume 2.
  • Spring 1995: Hsu LD. Link Between Diet and Cancer. UCLA. Health and Wellness Letter. Volume 2.
  • 1994: Erler BS, Hsu L, Truong HM, Petrovic LM, Kim SS, Huh MH, Ferrell LD, Thung SN, Geller SA, Marchevsky AM: Image Analysis and Diagnostic Classification of Hepatocellular Carcinoma using Neural Networks and Multivariate Discriminant Functions. Lab Invest 71: 446-451.
  • March 1994: Erler BS, Hsu L, Truong HM, Petrovic LM, Kim SS, Huh MH, Ferrell LD, Thung SN, Geller SA, Marchevsky AM: Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Neural Networks and Linear Discriminant Functions of Nuclear Image Analysis Data: A Multicenter Study. Chicago, Int'l Conf Conp Cytol and Histol Lab.
  • March 1994:Marchevsky AM, Erler BS, Truong HM, Hsu L: An Inexpensive, Windows-Based Integrated Image Analysis System for the Pathology Laboratory. Chicago, Int'l Conf Comp Cytol and Histol Lab.
  • March 1994: Erler BS, Hsu L, Truong HM, Petrovic LM, Kim SS, Huh MH, Ferrell LD, Thung SN, Geller SA, Marchevsky AM: Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Neural Networks and Linear Discriminant Functions of Nuclear Image Analysis Data: A Multicenter Study. San Francisco , IAP.
  • March 1994: Erler BS, Hsu L, Truong HM, Ferrell LD, Thung SN, Geller SA, Marchevsky AM: Nuclear Image Analysis and Expert System Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. San Francisco , IAP.
  • March 1994: Erler BS, Truong HM, Hsu L, Marchevsky AM: A User-Assembled Windows-Based Integrated Image Analysis System for the Pathology Laboratory. San Francisco , IAP.
  • March 1994: Hsu L, Truong HM, Tolmachoff T, Petrovic L, Marchevsky AM: A Rule Based Expert System for the Classification of Hepatic Lesions Using the CAS 200 System. Washington , A.J.C.P.
  • March 1993: Erler BS, Hsu L, Truong HM, Marchevsky AM: An Integrated Image Analysis System for the Pathology Laboratory: Analysis of Data with Neural Networks, Expert Systems, and Statistical Methods. New Orleans , IAP.
  • March 1993: Erler BS, Hsu L, Truong HM, Petrovic LM, Kim SS, Huh MH, Ferrell LD, Thung SN, Geller SA, Marchevsky AM: Image Analysis and Diagnostic Classification of Hepatocellular Carcinoma using Neural Networks and Multivariate Discriminant Functions. IAP.

Awards:

  • Alaska Writers Guild Scholarship (2010)
  • Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award (2008-2009)
  • "Good Neighbors" by Mary Harris workshopped and revised in my creative writing course won the UAA Student Showcase (2009)
  • USUAA Travel Grant and UAA's Graduate Student Association Scholarship (2006-2007)
  • Honorable Mention, 25th Annual Anchorage Daily News/UAA Creative Writing Contest (2006)
  • Assistant Secretary for Health's Award for innovative community engagement in improving healthfinder.gov for specific populations (2002)
  • OPHS Special Recognition Award for creative contributions to surgeongeneral.gov and healthfinder.gov , resulting in improved service to the public (2001)
  • Service Award for initiative in reaching out to Hispanic audiences (2001)
  • Hammer Award for www.healthfinder.gov , National Partnership for Reinventing Government (2000)
  • Superior Accomplishment Award for outstanding service in leading the evaluation of www.healthfinder.gov (2000)
  • Secretary's Award for Distinguished Service for Healthy People 2010 (2000)
  • Office of Public Health and Science outstanding Surgeon General's website (www.surgeongeneral.gov) team (2000)
  • Albert Schweitzer Award for reverence for life (1998)
  • The first New England Regional Office, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Young Leader in Public Health Award for outstanding dedication to the health and well being of the community and demonstration of initiative and advocacy in public health (1998)
  • Sun Memorial Award for exemplifying a commitment to improving the health and well-being of people in underserved populations (1998)
  • The first National Award for Excellence in Public Health Leadership, Public Health Foundation Enterprises (1997)
  • Prior to 1997: Member of UCLA Student Honors Program, Mortar Board, Golden Key, Alpha Lambda Delta. Distinguished Scholar Award, McDonnell Douglas Scholarship for leadership and academic achievement (4yrs), UCLA Alumni Association Achievement Award (3yrs), Rose and Sam Gilbert Honors and Bette Don Prell Honors Scholarship.

Select Readings/Speeches:

  • Introduced Dr. Howard Koh, the Assistant Secretary for Health at the US Department of Health and Human Services, at HBI-DC's Benefit Gala and Award Dinner. Arlington, Virginia. October 23, 2011.
  • Keynote address. HBI-DC Hep B Free DC Gala. Arlington, Virginia. 2010.
  • "Canyonlands" and "Of Dragons and Moon Cakes." Pacific Rim Conference on English and Rhetoric. Invited reader for Creative Writing Panel. Anchorage, Alaska. 2008.
  • Keynote address. Gilead. Invited speaker for HBV Advocacy Advisory Board. New York, New York. 2008.
  • Guest Speaker. University of Alaska Anchorage. Women's Studies Seminar. 2008.
  • Keynote address. Invited speaker for National Asian American English Ministry Pastor's Conference. Vienna, Virginia. 2006.
  • Keynote address. Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. Invited speaker for Fundraising Reception. Boston, Massachusetts. 2004.
  • Keynote address. Bristol Myers Squibb. Invited speaker for AIM for the B: Awareness, Involvement, and Mobilization of chronic hepatitis B. Washington, D.C. 2004.
  • Keynote address. Hepatitis B Initiative-DC. Invited speaker for D.C. , Maryland, and Virginia area Korean Americans Pastors Luncheon. Washington, D.C. 2004.
  • Testimony. White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Invited speaker for President's Advisory Commission on AAPI. Washington, D.C. 2003.
  • "Designing a Health Information Web Site With the Community." American Public Health Association. Invited as a panelist. 2003.
  • The National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health. Office of Minority Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington , DC . 2002.
  • "Get out from behind your desk: Using the web or other strategies to bring Healthy People 2010 to the community and underserved populations." American Public Health Association. Invited as a panelist. 2002.
  • National Institute of Health Knowledge Management Interest Group. 2001.
  • Partnerships in the New Millennium , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2000.
  • Keynote address. National Hepatitis Coordinator Conference (CDC). Invited speaker. San Diego , California . 2000.
  • "Evaluation in Consumer Health Informatics: Examples of Evaluations, How They Informed Their Projects, and How They Inform the Field." American Medical Informatics Association Conference. Los Angeles , California . 2000.
  • Science in a Digital World. National Institute of Health . 2000.
  • American University , Communications Forum. 1999.
  • Keynote address. National Hepatitis Coordinator Conference (CDC). Invited speaker. Tucson , Arizona . 1999.
  • Keynote address. Health CareFinance Administration. Invited speaker for Boston Hepatitis B Project Kick-off. 1999.
  • "The Hepatitis B Initiative." Harvard Medical School . Invited as a panelist for Ebert Community Service Day. 1998.
  • "The Hepatitis B Initiative." Harvard School of Public School. Invited as a panelist for Community Partnership Day. 1998.
  • "The Hepatitis B Initiative." American Liver Foundation. Invited as a panelist for National Summit Conference on Hepatitis. 1998.
  • "Get out from behind your desk: Using the web or other strategies to bring Healthy People 2010 to the community and underserved populations." American Public Health Association. Invited as a panelist. 2002.
  • Keynote address. National Hepatitis Coordinator Conference (CDC). Invited speaker. San Diego, California. 2000.
  • "Evaluation in Consumer Health Informatics: Examples of Evaluations, How They Informed Their Projects, and How They Inform the Field." American Medical Informatics Association Conference. Los Angeles, California. 2000.
  • Keynote address. Health Care Finance Administration. Invited speaker for Boston Hepatitis B Project Kick-off. 1999.
  • "The Hepatitis B Initiative." Harvard Medical School. Invited as a panelist for Ebert Community Service Day. 1998.
  • "The Hepatitis B Initiative." Harvard School of Public School. Invited as a panelist for Community Partnership Day. 1998.
  • "The Hepatitis B Initiative." American Liver Foundation. Invited as a panelist for National Summit Conference on Hepatitis. 1998.

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The rest of Leslie's time is spent raising these kids. Photo by L. Stoddard.

 

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