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May 17, 2017

Pre-Commencement Awards Ceremony and the LSU Health Sciences Center Commencement 2017 - Public Health

The School of Public Health will celebrate its Pre-Commencement Awards Ceremony and the LSU Health Sciences Center Commencement 2017 to recognize the graduating class’ accomplishments along with the faculty, staff, students, family and friends. Pre-Commencement will be held on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, 3:00pm – 5:00pm in the LSUHSC Nursing & Allied Health Bldg., Lecture […]

April 5, 2017

SGA host Boy Scouts for Public Health Merit Badge - Public Health

It is no joke, April 1st the Student Government Association at Louisiana State University School of Public Health hosted the first annual Public Health Merit Badge for local Boy Scouts of America troops on the New Orleans campus.  Over 30 Boy Scouts and troop leaders came from all around the state of Louisiana and Mississippi […]

March 17, 2017

LSU Examines the Evolution of the Medical School Dean - Public Health

Dr. Richard Culbertson, Program Director and Professor in Health Policy Systems Management at LSUHSC School of Public Health, was part of a research team that examined the evolution of the medical school dean with respect to scope of authority and role within the health care system.  The findings of this study are published in a […]

March 15, 2017

LSU Examines the Role of Social Ties after Deepwater Horizon

Dr. Ariane Rung, associate professor of epidemiology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, School of Public Health, is the lead author of an article published online ahead of print in Social Science and Medicine. The article, “Untangling the disaster-depression knot: The role of social ties after Deepwater Horizon”, discusses whether social capital and social support mediate the effects of exposure to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on depression among women.