My academic interest is in identifying risk and protective factors affecting families with young children, and in designing and evaluating interventions to reduce risks and enhance family resilience. Together with Carolyn Cowan and Sheldon Zedeck, I am also involved in creating workshops to help faculty and their partners to think about their transition to retirement. With Ken Polse I have become involved in working with students about health care policies, especially as they affect families.
Kenneth A. Polse is Professor of the Graduate School in the UC Berkeley School of Optometry. He is actively involved with the UC Emeriti Health Insurance Committee, serves as UCB Emeriti Association Treasurer, and member of the Retirement Center Advisory Board. He is teaching an undergraduate seminar in Health Care Policy, mentoring students as a Professor of the Academy in the UC Berkeley Emeriti Academy. Prior to retiring, Professor Polse served on the UC Berkeley School of Optometry as Faculty Member, Clinic Director, and Associate Dean. His NIH funded research focused on cornea and...
