Leslie C. Walker

Background

Walker, Leslie C. was born on June 23, 1962 in New Haven. Daughter of George Toms and Linda Rose (Mort) Curry.

Education

Bachelor in Political Science, Tufts University, 1984. Postgraduate, Yale University, 1988. Master in Public Health, University Connecticut, Farmington, 1991.

Career

Research assistant, Yale Medical School, New Haven, 1984-1986; medical quality assurance investigator, State Department Health, Hartford, Connecticut, 1986-1989; health program associate, State Department Health, Hartford, Connecticut, 1989-1992; research project coordinator, Braceland Center for Mental Health & Aging, Hartford, 1992; associate director, Braceland Center for Mental Health & Aging, Hartford, 1993; acting director, Braceland Center for Mental Health & Aging, Hartford, since 1995; director, Braceland Center for Mental Health & Aging, Hartford, since 1996. Assistant professor medicine U. Connecticut, Farmington, since 1995, assistant professor community medicine, since 1993. Principal investigator Robert Wood Johnson/State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1995.

Co-principal investigator Retirement Research Foundation, 1995.

Achievements

• Leslie C. Walker has been listed as a noteworthy mental health center administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Advisory board North Central Area Agency on Aging, Hartford, since 1995. Member strategic planning committee Hartford Alzheimer's Association, since 1995. Member American Public Health Association, American Geriatrics Society, Gerontological Society of America, Alzheimers Association.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, swimming, boating.

Connections

Married John Joseph Walker, October 10, 1987.

Father:

George Toms Curry

Mother:

Linda Rose (Mort) Curry

Spouse:

John Joseph Walker