School of Public Health

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August 21, 2026

LSUHSC Research Featured on EurekAlert! for Study on Deepwater Horizon Spill's Lasting Impact on Children

LSU Health Sciences Center researchers Evrim Oral, PhD, and Katie Sternberger, MS, were recently featured on EurekAlert! for their study examining the long-term effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Published in PLOS One, the research found that mothers' exposure to the disaster may be indirectly linked to their children's mental health through financial and social resource loss. The study grew out of Sternberger's master's thesis at LSUHSC, with Oral leading the statistical analysis and Sternberger playing a key role in developing the work into a published manuscript.

June 26, 2026

Credentialling the Patient Navigator Workforce in Louisiana

Dr. Peggy Honoré and Ms. Dana Smith presented at the Inaugural Patient Navigator Summit held at Northshore Technical Community College (NTCC) in Lacombe, LA on June 4th, 2026.

June 17, 2026

Dr. Hui-Yi Lin Publishes High-Impact Study in Communications Medicine, a Nature Portfolio Journal, Advancing Prediction of Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness

Dr. Hui-Yi Lin Publishes High-Impact Study in Communications Medicine, a Nature Portfolio Journal, Advancing Prediction of Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness

March 31, 2026

LDH and Fire Departments Partner with LSU Health SPH to Launch Firefighter Cancer & Screening Tracking Program

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has established a new collaborative agreement with the LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health to create a statewide Firefighter Cancer and Screening Registry.