Established in the medical school in 1931, the Louisiana Board of Regents approved LSU HSC School of Public Health (SPH) as its own entity in March of 2003. In celebration of the milestone, the school is planning a series of events this fall that will focus on the past, present and the future of SPH.
The publication below was created to recognize the continuing efforts of alumni, students, staff and faculty of the school. Complete with articles written about projects the school has worked on, pictures from the various phases of our history, a glimpse the efforts currently ongoing and big changes in the near future, this publication is a celebration of 20 years of academic excellence.
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Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) began as a public military school near Pineville, Louisiana in 1853. After the Civil War, it reopened in Baton Rouge, where the main campus has since remained. It became Louisiana’s land grant university in 1874, its sea grant college in 1978 and its space grant college in 1991. The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans (LSUHSC) School of Medicine was founded in 1931 in New Orleans. LSUHSC added the School of Graduate Studies in 1965, followed by the School of Dentistry in 1966, the School of Nursing in 1968, and the School of Allied Health Professions in 1970. The School of Public Health was established in 2003. Following is a timeline of significant and noted events for the School of Public Health.