Claiborne Ave Alliance Leads a Corridor Tour - Public Health
New Orleans, LA – October 24, 2018 Community leaders from Claiborne Avenue Alliance led a walking tour of the Claiborne corridor on September 15th for engineers, planners, architects, public officials and scientists—many of whom were attending the Walk Bike Places Transit Conference that week. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health students […]
AmeriHealth Caritas Community Wellness Center Opens in Gentilly - Public Health
New Orleans, LA – Monday, October 29, 2018 Dr. Peggy Honoré, participated and attended the AmeriHealth Caritas ribbon cutting to officially open its Community Wellness Center in Gentilly on Monday as the AmeriHealth Caritas-General Russel Honoré Endowed Professor at LSU. She introduced the keynote address speaker Dr. Rebekah Gee, Secretary for the Louisiana Department of […]
Spike in use of e-cigarette device among kids concerns health experts - Public Health
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) – A new report shows an alarming spike in the use of an e-cigarette device called JUUL. Health experts are concerned about its popularity among kids. At first glance, you may not know the device is a vape. “JUULs have quickly overtaken in the electronic cigarette department as the most popular […]
2018 Summer AmeriHealth Caritas Health Policy Fellowship in DC - Public Health
by Leslie Capo “As I was considering summer options, I came to the realization that this was my ‘last summer’ until I retire,” recalls LSU Health New Orleans second-year medical student Kelsey Cramer. “I felt compelled to do something big and different and exciting.” An opportunity few medical students get checked all the boxes. Cramer […]