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January 13, 2017

LSU Awarded NIEHS Occupational and Safety Education Grant on Emerging Technologies - Public Health

Source: http://www.aspph.org/lsu-awarded-niehs-occupational-and-safety-education-grant-on-emerging-technologies/ Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health in New Orleans (LSUHSC-NO) was recently awarded funding by NIEHS to develop an academic, government and industry occupational health collaborative to address emerging technologies in occupational health and safety. Dr. Kari Brisolara, associate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences will serve as the […]

January 11, 2017

LSU Study: Crime, blight lead to children's inactivity - Public Health

NEW ORLEANS – Crime is unfortunately no stranger to the New Orleans East neighborhood near the corner of Reynes and Warfield Streets. There have been three shootings in the area since the beginning of the year, including a murder there Monday night. Neighbors are reluctant to let their kids play outside because of the violence. […]

January 10, 2017

SOAR Featured in the Journal of Health Administration Education - Public Health

The School of Public Health Student Organization for the Advancement of Research (SOAR) is Featured in the Journal of Health Administration Education SOAR is a student lead organization featured in the Fall 2016 issue of the Journal of Health Administration Education with the section Teaching Tips and Tools. Their article titled “The Student Organization for […]

December 12, 2016

Dr. Peter Fos elected Vice-Chair of the Commission on Colleges’ Peer Review Advisory Board - Public Health

Dr. Peter J. Fos, faculty in Health Policy Systems Management in the LSUHSC School of Public Health, was elected Vice-Chair of the Commission on Colleges’ Peer Review Advisory Board (PRAB) at the SACSCOC Annual Meeting in Atlanta. He has served as the representative for all institutions of higher learning in Louisiana on the Southern Association […]