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 […]
The Influence of Children on Increased Domestic Conflict in Women in Southeastern Louisiana - Public Health
New Orleans, LA – November 13, 2018 Elaine Brown, MPH Epidemiology student presented her research findings, “The Influence of Children on Increased Domestic Conflict in Women in Southeastern Louisiana, at the 34th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies meeting in Washington, DC, Nov. 8-10. The Women and Their Children’s Health (WaTCH) […]
Where U.S. adults reported receiving the annual influenza vaccine: A BRFSS analysis - Public Health
New Orleans, LA – November 13, 2018 Patrick Maloney, PhD Epidemiology student presented his research findings, “Where U.S. adults reported receiving the annual influenza vaccine: A BRFSS analysis”, at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in San Diego November 10-14. Despite significant morbidity and mortality, the rates of annual influenza vaccination remain far below […]
LSU: Hybrid Phase I-II/III Clinical Trial Design Allowing Dose Re-Optimization in Phase III - Public Health
This paper according to Dr. Andrew G. Chapple, of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health, proposes a new design paradigm, motivated by the possibility that the optimal phase I‐II dose may not maximize mean survival time with A. Dr. Chapple and Dr. Thall propose a hybridized design, which they call phase […]