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December 6, 2018

LCP's Very own Colleen Huard-Ryan won an award for Colorectal Cancer Screening - Public Health

LCP’s own Colleen Huard-Ryan was recently recognized by the American Cancer Society for her outstanding work improving clinics’ colorectal cancer screening rates across the state, as well as the policy initiatives she is help spearheading via the Louisiana Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (LCCRT).  

December 3, 2018

Boy Scout campers hospitalized after contracting rare soil disease at Camp Avondale; CDC investigating - Public Health

At least two Boy Scout campers who returned from a recent trip with fevers, chills and a cough have been hospitalized for exposure to a rare and unusual disease linked to bird and bat droppings found in the soil, spurring involvement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. St. Francisville resident Emiley Bonano has […]

December 3, 2018

LSU Studies Racial/Ethnic Differences in Utilization of Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients - Public Health

In this article, Dr. Tekeda Ferguson, Dr. Lu Zhang, and colleagues, cover the racial/ethnic differences in the utilization of chemotherapy among stage I-III breast cancer patients.   As chemotherapy has improved breast cancer survival, whether there are racial/ethnic differences in receiving chemotherapy is of public health interest. As black women have a higher likelihood to be […]

November 16, 2018

14th APHA Public Health Finance Roundtable Presentations - Public Health

The 14th Annual American Public Health Associations (APHA) Public Health Finance Roundtable held in San Diego, CA included presenters from LSU Health Sciences Center. This year’s Roundtable presentations were given by School of Medicine students Adeem Nachabe (Year 2) and Daniel McBride (Year 3). They were joined by Douglas Leblanc, a Masters of Public Health […]