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January 12, 2018

LSU Program Director Awarded Grant to Develop an Interactive Voice Response System Intervention for Pregnant Smokers - Public Health

Mr. Michael Celestin, Director of the Louisiana Tobacco Control Initiative and Instructor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health, has been awarded pilot funding by the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium to develop a culturally tailored intervention using Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) technology to promote and […]

November 27, 2017

Farmers’ Market Utilization among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Recipients in New Orleans - Public Health

Dr. Henry Nuss, assistant professor of behavioral and community health sciences at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health, is the lead author of an article entitled “Farmers’ Market Utilization among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Recipients in New Orleans, Louisiana: Preliminary Findings”.  The pilot study, published in Ethnicity and Disease, examined farmers’ market awareness […]

November 24, 2017

2017 School of Public Health John A. Rock, MD Visiting Scholar - Public Health

Stephen Weiss, PhD, MPH, is a major contributor in establishing Behavioral Medicine as a discipline and is founder of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. His internationally recognized leadership in the fields of health psychology and behavioral medicine of health have earned the Award of Distinguished Professional for his contributions to applied research. Dr. Weiss retired […]

November 24, 2017

APHA Live! Available for On-Demand - Public Health

Couldn’t make it to APHA 2017 in Atlanta? You can still watch on-demand sessions and presentations that you missed – learn, be inspired APHA Live. Contact mcuccia@lsuhsc.edu  for the LSU password to access the on-demand sessions of APHA for Faculty, Students and Staff. 13th Annual Public Health Finance Roundtable Sunday, November 5th, 2017 Georgia World […]