Snehendu B. Kar, professor emeritus of the Department of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished Chair by the U.S.-India Educational Foundation.
Kar will be completing research for a book project on "Women's Empowerment for Global Health Promotion" for the Oxford University Press. The fellowship will also enable him to introduce health psychology programs in two leading Indian universities, give guest lectures, take part in symposia and conferences and work with faculty members on program development and curriculum design.
Kar, who joined UCLA's faculty in 1979, does research focusing on population based health promotion and disease prevention. He recently served as the distinguished professor and academic advisor at the Public Health Foundation of India, assisting the organization in establishing academic degree programs and several schools of public health in India.
