Clinical Professor Emeritus, and Professor of the Academy
Optometry
School of Optometry
Specialties: Clinical, legal, and ethical issues in Healthcare and vision care. Corneal physiology and contact lenses
I am Clinical Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley School of Optometry Professor; I am also the Emeriti Academy Recipient, Inaugural BERKELEY Founders Award Member, and the UC Berkeley School of Optometry Hall of Fame Alumnus of the Year, UC Berkeley School of Optometry.
Professor Emeritus, Professor of the Academy, Professor of the Graduate School, and Professor at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Social Welfare
School of Social Welfare
Specialties: Mental Health Services/ Psychiatric Epidemiology/ Social Work
Steven P. Segal is a professor of the graduate school at the School of Social Welfare. His research interests include mental health and social policy, research methods, adult residential care, self-help mental health services, violence and mental illness, community mental health, homelessness, social work practice, psychiatric epidemiology, social support systems, social ecology, health policy, and psychiatric emergencies.
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...
