Curriculum Vitae
ROGER W. ROCHAT
August 1975
Personal History
Date of Birth November 20, 1940
Place of Birth Pasco, Washington
Education
Primary Spokane, Washington and Wallace, Idaho
Secondary Kennewick, Washington
1958-62 A.B., Chemistry - University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
1960-61 Ludwig’s - Maximilians - Universitaet, Munich, Germany (under auspices of Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan)
1962-66 M.D. - University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
1972-73 Certificate in Demography, Research Fellow, Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Employment History
1955-58 Clerk, Mid-Columbia Regional Library, Kennewick, Washington
1957-58 Medical Orderly, Kennewick General Hospital, Kennewick, Washington
1958-59 Research Assistant, physiology Laboratory, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N.Y.
Summer 1960 National Science Foundation Grant to study Hydrogen Bonding by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance at University of Rochester
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Summer 1962 Chemist, (cholesterol biosynthesis) Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, New York
1963-66 Laboratory Technician, Veterans Administration Hospital, Seattle, Washington
Summer 1964 Extern, The Doctors Hospital, Seattle, Washington
Sumner 1965 Tropical Medicine Fellowship, International Center for Medical Research & Training, San Jose, Costa Rica (under auspices of Louisiana State University International Training Program)
1966-61 Internship, rotating, Tulane Service, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana
February 1967 Ship’s Surgeon, S.S.Cristobal, Panama Canal Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
1967-68 Resident Internal Medicine, Tulane Service, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana
1968-69 Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Medical Epidemiologist, Oregon State Health Department, Portland, Oregon
1969-70 EIS - Family planning Consultant, Maternal Health Service, Georgia Department ofPub1lc Health
1970-71 Technical Assistance Officer, Family Planning Evaluation Activity, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
July 1971--June L972 Assistant Chief, Family Planning Evaluation Branch, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
1972-73 CDC Career Development, Princeton University
1973-74 Medical officer, office of Program planning and Evaluation, Office of the Director, Center for Disease Control
1974-Present Deputy Director, Family planning Evaluation Division, Bureau of Epidemiology, Center for Disease Control
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Professional Associations
A. National Organizations
1. American Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians (membership)
2. American Public Health Association, MCH and Epidemiology Sections (membership)
3. Population Association of America (membership)
4. American Association for the Advancement of Science (membership)
B. Local Organizations
1. Georgia Council for Voluntary Family Planning (Board of Directors, Vice-Chairman of Evaluation, 1970-72)
2. Atlanta Area Family Planning Council (membership)
Scholarships and Awards
National Merit Scholarship Finalist 1958
Bausch and Lomb Science Award 1958
General Motors Scholar 1958-1962
Professional Publications and Papers
1. "Reduction of Maintenance Intravenous Fluid Needs in Cholera by Means of an Oral Therapeutic Solution", Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association XIX:373-80, August 1969 (with DR Nalin, RA Cash, B Reller, R Islam, M Molla, Z Haque)
2. "A Clinical Trial of Oral Therapy in a Rural Cholera Treatment Center" American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 19:653-6, July 1970 (with RA Cash, DR Molln, LB Reller, ZA Haque, ASMM Rahman)
3. "The Effect of Family Planning in Georgia on Fertility in Selected Rural Counties”: Proceedings of the American Association of Planned Parenthood Physical Conference, April, 1970 (with CW Tyler, AK Schoenbucher)
4. "An Epidemiological Analysis of Abortion in Georgia", American Journal of Public Health: March, I97l
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5. "Computer Mapping of Family Planning Needs and Services”, Family Planning Perspectives 2:32-4, October, 1970 (with DT Allen, MA Murray, CW Tyler)
6. Letter to Editor, “Ovulatlon Method of Family Planning”, Lancet 2:10Z7-1028, November 11, 1972
7. "Program Evaluation" in seminar ln Family planning, Chicago,1972 (with CW Tyler, AK SchoenbucheD--
8. "Contraception After Abortion", Faml1y Planning Perspectives 6(1) : 56-60, Winter 1974 (with A Margolis, R Rindfuss, P Coghlan)
9."Reglon Variation in Sterility, USA: 1970", presented at X Annual Meeting of the Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians, Memphis, Tennessee, April 1974 (to be published in Proceedings)
10. "The Prevalence of Cervical Cancer Screening, USA: 1970, (accepted for publication, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
International Study and Work Experiences
1960-61 Student, 2 semesters, Munich, Germany
1965 Tropical Medicine Fellow, 2 months, San Jose, Costa Rica
1968 Implemented clinical trial of oral therapy for cholera patients in rural village of Matlab Bazaar, East Pakistan, 2 months
1969-74 Consultation on design and implementation of national family planning record system. Guatemala and evaluation of national program. (Multiple trips totaling 8 months)
1974-75 Consultation on evaluation of national family planning, population control, and MCH programs, Philippines, Korea, Bangladesh, Thailand, Singapore (Multiple trips totaling 3 months)
