Wesley Alles has been the Director of Stanford School of Medicine's Health Improvement Program (HIP) since 1989. Before joining the Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Alles was a tenured Associate Professor at Penn State University, and before that, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico.

For the past ten years, he has been a group facilitator for the Meyer Friedman Institute of UCSF, an organization that conducts research providing behavior modification programs for people with Type A behavior patterns. Alles has conducted research throughout his career and has co-authored four textbooks and many articles in professional journals.

While at Stanford, he has served as the Chair of the California Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Coalition, an organization that promotes heart health through research, teaching, and advocacy. He has served as the President of the South Bay Business Group on Health, and now serves on two advisory committees for the California Department of Health Services. Recently, Alles received an award from the March of Dimes for his volunteer efforts in developing a prenatal education program and then training volunteers and staff throughout the U.S.

Contact Info:

wes.alles@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 725-4403
Fax: (650) 498-4828

211 Quarry Rd.
Hoover Pavilion, Room N-229
Stanford, California 94305-5705

Personal URL: http://hip.stanford.edu/contact-bios-Alles.htm