Tekeda Ferguson, MPH, MSPH, CHES, PHD

Dr. Ferguson is a chronic disease epidemiologist and a Certified Health Education Specialist.  Dr. Ferguson has experience in collection and analysis of human longitudinal data and is currently the co-Director of the Data and Analysis Unit for the LSUHSC-NO Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center which conducts clinical studies that facilitate bi-directional translational research. She is also currently working with LSU Heath Care Services Division investigating clinical health outcomes and the principal investigator for a pilot project title “Identifying Social Determinants of Disparities in Inflammatory Cancer”.

Dr. Ferguson has experience in research data collection and large scale surveillance data collection. She has served as principal investigator an Epidemiology Advisor for the state of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals supervising chronic disease epidemiologist and chronic disease surveillance for Louisiana including the Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance Survey and a Statewide Community Needs Assessment. She has conducted a special administration of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey when serving as principal investigator for an evaluation project for the Communities Putting Prevention to Work, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Initiative. She has been an investigator with the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Louisiana Tumor Registry and has worked on national longitudinal studies including the CARDIA-Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study.