Interview with Edith Leyasmeyer

Abstract

Edith Leyasmeyer begins by describing her background and why she went into public health and health care administration. She describes her experiences as a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, as director of education programs at Northlands Regional Medical Center, working with the Minnesota Medical Association and Mayo Clinic, as faculty in the School of Public Health (SPH) at the UMN, and in the SPH’s dean’s office. She discusses the Hospital Administration Program, the Area Health Education Center, the Rural Physician Associate Program, the town/gown relationship with the UMN Medical School, SPH funding and budget, relations between divisions in the SPH, space, shift in philosophy in the SPH from a priority on teaching to one on research, relations between the SPH and other health sciences schools, recruitment of minority students and faculty in the SPH, attitudes toward women at UMN, changes in the SPH and the public health field, and HIV/AIDS. She talks about James Hamilton, Neil Vanselow, and other faculty at the UMN.