A Life of Public Service

Press Release

Dr. Vic Wulsin has dedicated her career to public health, working at the community level in Cincinnati and leading international projects around the world. She believes Ohio deserves a government as good as the people it serves. The 2nd District is ready to replace Jean Schmidt with a real leader.

Native Ohioan

As the daughter of a social worker and a teacher, and the granddaughter of ministers, Vic learned at an early age the value of helping others and the meaning of a life dedicated to service.

After graduating from Shaw High School, Vic earned her B.A. at Harvard and her M.D. at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. After earning a doctorate in Public Health from Harvard University, specializing in epidemiology, Dr. Vic returned to Ohio to raise her family and serve her community. She remains a licensed physician (Ohio license #35.058016), with specialties in Public Health, General Preventive Medicine and Occupational Medicine.

Improving the Health of Ohio Communities

* as Cincinnati's city epidemiologist, Vic fought deadly outbreaks of disease like whooping cough and influenza.
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In Adams County, she directed a health literacy program
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serves as chair of the board of the Health Resource Center, a free clinic in Over-the-Rhine.

As a uniformed officer with the US Public Health Service, Vic brought unions and business leaders together to improve worker safety. Together, they reduced carcinogens in the workplace through a nation-wide effort against vinyl chloride, a chemical known to cause liver cancer. She has fought for occupational safety through her work with the International Chemical Workers and the United Steel Workers.

Treating Children Around the World

Vic's work as a doctor has taken her to over twenty nations. She directed a five-year, $30 million project to promote women's health in five countries in Africa and Asia, and she finished the project on time and on budget. Vic assisted the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in reconstruction efforts following the genocide in Rwanda. Recently she founded SOTENI International, a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing HIV and AIDS among orphans in Kenya.

Wife and Mother

With Dr. Lawson Wulsin, a professor of medicine at the University of Cincinnati and her husband of 28 years, Vic has raised four wonderful sons, all educated in local public schools. The Wulsin family has lived in the 2nd Congressional District for 20 years. Victoria and Lawson attends St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Cincinnati where her brother-in-law is pastor.

Poised to Win

In 2006, Vic won more votes in Ohio's second district than any Democrat has ever done before. She came within 2,500 votes of beating Jean Schmidt, a margin of just one percent. The people of our district are ready for change, and Vic is ready to bring back honest, responsible leadership.

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