2010 Women's Health Council Recruitment

The Office of Women’s Health (OWH) is recruiting new members for its Women’s Health Council (WHC), an advisory body to the Director of the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) through the Office of Women’s Health (OWH).

The WHC is a body of experts, advocates, clinicians and community representatives that provides advice and support to OWH.  In the past, the Council has recruited members to address a broad range of women’s health issues faced by both the rural and urban populations of the State of California, including:  racial and ethnic health disparities, access to quality health care for low-income and uninsured, long term care, caregiving, chronic disease, cancer, cardiovascular heart disease, diabetes, environment health, health systems, quality of care, mental health, disabilities, women’s reproductive health, lesbian and bisexual women’s health and HIV/AIDS. Considering the recently passed National Health Care Reform Act, the OWH is also interested in candidates to advise the office on how changes in health care reform will impact women’s health in California.

Given the critical advisory role of the Council, all members must be willing to make a commitment to attend all meetings and actively participate.

In order to complete an application for the WHC, you must complete our online application and submit it along with your resume and statement of interest to the OWH by August 30, 2010. The documents you need in order for your application to be considered complete are:

1. Your current Resume
2. Statement of Interest: Describe your qualifications and why you're interested in the council.
3. Application (PDF)

For MAC:  Please click on the above application link. Once the application opens, save the blank application to your computer. Once saved, fill in the application and again save when finished.

For PC: Please click on the application link which will open in a separate page. Once the application is filled out, please follow the instructions on it to submit your application by e-mail, or to print the application and fax or mail it in.

To fax your application, resume and statement of interest in please send the documents to (916) 440-7636

To mail your application, resume and statement of interest in please send the documents to