Chronic Disease Prevention
and Control Epidemiology Unit

To advance the public's health and well-being through education, research & service
with a focus on issues affecting Louisiana

The Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Epidemiology Unit is housed within the Epidemiology Program at the School of Public Health. The Unit provides epidemiological expertise to assist the Department of Health and Hospitals – Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Unit (CDPCU) in meeting the goals and objectives of the surveillance component for the Community Transformation Grant (CTG) Program, Coordinated Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (CCDPHP) Program, and the Louisiana Tobacco Control Program (LTCP). 

• The purpose of the CTG Program is to create healthier communities by building capacity to implement broad evidence and practice-based policy, environmental, programmatic and infrastructure changes.
  
  
• The purpose of the CCDPHP Program is to provide leadership and coordination of integrated efforts to develop, implement and evaluate CDC funded Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion programs, focusing on the top five leading chronic disease causes of death and disability (e.g. heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and arthritis) and their associated risk factors, in order to increase efficiency and impact
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• The mission of the Louisiana Tobacco Control Program is to utilize evidence-based strategies in tobacco control surveillance, evaluation, program management, communication, and resource development to advance policies promoting a tobacco-free Louisiana.

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Contact Information:

Tekeda F. Ferguson, MPH, MSPH, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology
E-mail: tferg4@lsuhsc.edu
Phone: (504) 568-6036
FAX: (504) 568-5701

Physical and Mailing Address:
Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Epi Unit
LSU School of Public Health
2020 Gravier St., 3rd Flr.
New Orleans, LA 70112