Charlottesville: Race and Terror (Update) - Public Health
In response to the Charlottesville event and its political aftermath, the School of Public Health’s Public Health Practice and Community Engagement Office took the lead for Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and hosted Charlottesville: Race and Terror. The event consisted of viewing the Vice news documentary of the same title and a panel discussion comprising […]
LSUHealthNO Public Health & Baby Cakes Honor Cancer Survivors, Raise Cancer Awareness - Public Health
LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health faculty and staff participated in the New Orleans Baby Cakes’ Cancer Awareness Night on Friday, August 4, 2017, at the Shrine on Airline. The night celebrated cancer survivors, including one of LSU Health’s own, Carl Kluttz, who works at the School of Public Health and threw the […]
The Prevalence of Zoonotic Diseases in Raccoons from New Orleans, LA - Public Health
Laura E. Garcia, 3rd year Veterinary Medicine Student from LSU Baton Rouge and summer research intern to Dr. Susanne Straif-Bourgeois, Epidemiology faculty in the LSUHSC School of Public Health, presented her findings at the National Veterinary Scholars Symposium (NVSS). The NVSS is a premier annual scientific colloquium which showcases research accomplishments by veterinary students completing […]
LSU Health New Orleans awarded $15 million in federal grants to support cancer education, detection programs - Public Health
SOURCE: http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/business/article_2ad22930-7c6c-11e7-b25a-6b47413bf8ad.html The LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health has been awarded a $15 million federal grant to support its cancer education, early detection, comprehensive control and registry programs. The money, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will pay over five years, will go toward the school’s Louisiana Breast and Cervical Health program, which […]