Edward Trapido, ScD, F.A.C.E.
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Louisiana 3.0+ Scholars Pledge
WVUE-TV Fox 8 / September 16, 2024
Dr. Edward Trapido introduces the Louisiana 3.0+ Scholars pledge, an initiative to develop a strong public health presence in Louisiana.
“As a people-centered, health-focused organization LSU Health New Orleans is committed to attracting and retaining the brightest scientists and care providers,” Dr. Steve Nelson, chancellor of LSU Health New Orleans, said.
Starting in the 2024-2025 academic year, any student who is a Louisiana resident or who earned their undergraduate degree from a Louisiana university with a GPA of 3.0 or higher will be automatically accepted into LSU School of Public Health’s Master of Public Health program.
“Public health is vital to our big-picture vision to build a healthier Louisiana,” said Dr. Edward Trapido, dean of the School of Public Health. “Louisiana 3.0+ Scholars Pledge aims to nurture and retain homegrown talent, ensuring a strong and innovative future for health prevention and public health leadership throughout the state. We mean to materially impact health outcomes and healthcare delivery in Louisiana.”
By participating in the Louisiana 3.0+ Scholars Pledge, students will benefit from a streamlined admissions process and immediate entry into a rigorous and supportive academic environment dedicated to advancing public health.
Governor Jeff Landry visited the LSU Health Sciences Center campus Wednesday, June 5, to sign ACT 404 of the 2024 Regular Legislative Session into law. Presented by Senator Jimmy Harris, this significant act expands the ability of the Louisiana Tumor Registry, a nationally-recognized cancer registry, to support cancer research, control, and prevention.
The Louisiana Tumor Registry (LTR), a program within the LSUHSC School of Public Health, is a statewide population-based cancer registry. It compiles information to help guide policies for cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and survivorship. LTR data can help reduce the state’s cancer burden and cancer disparities and can improve the survival and quality of life for all cancer patients. The support from the Governor’s Office and this session’s legislative action reflects a commitment to gathering comprehensive data to advance cancer research, treatment and prevention efforts.
Dr. Steve Nelson, Chancellor of LSU Health New Orleans noted: “This key resource provides researchers with the data they need to develop effective cancer treatments and prevention strategies. We’re thankful to Governor Landry and the legislature for prioritizing public health and recognizing the importance of the Tumor Registry.” Dr. Trapido, Interim Dean of the School of Public Health, added: “The Louisiana Tumor Registry is the cornerstone of the LSU School of Public Health, providing students and researchers with opportunities to discover the causes of cancer and develop programs to prevent or reduce its burden.”
This significant legislation emphasized the importance of the Louisiana Tumor Registry in improving healthcare outcomes and strengthening statewide initiatives against cancer.
For further information regarding ACT 404 of the 2024 Regular Legislative Session, visit https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380846.
Updated: 1:29 PM – 3/16/2020
Dear Students,
A number of LSUHSC students may be ill and self-isolating. It would be helpful for LSUHSC to know how many students are in this condition. School of Public Health Students – Please complete this form and return to Dean Smith (dgsmith@lsuhsc.edu) who will report on the number of students. STUDENT IDENTIFIER INFORMATION WILL NOT BE TRANSMITTED TO LSUHSC. Self-isolating is a very prudent decision if you have any symptoms. Please reach out to the teacher of a class, your advisor, or me if you have any challenges in participating in a remotely-conducted class or any challenges in completing assignments.
I wish you all the best during this difficult time.
Dean
Dean G. Smith, PhD
Dean and Richard A. Culbertson Professor
of Health Policy & Systems Management
School of Public Health
LSU Health Sciences Center – New Orleans
3/12/2020
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff,
Given the various declarations from the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana, the LSUHSC-NO will be moving all of its Lecture and Seminar classes into remote learning formats beginning Monday March 16, 2020. School of Public Health classes that wish to continue with experiments of remote learning today and Friday are welcome to do so.
The School of Public Health Continuity of Education Plan is here and following this message. We need to assure that classes are being held, that learning objectives are being realized and that students are participating. As we learn more about what works and what doesn’t work with our remote learning formats, we will update the Plan. As noted in the Plan, faculty – on a class-by-class basis – may still include in-person exams or other experiences. We encourage faculty to share course specific plans with students.
Classes will remain in remote learning format until further notice, which might run through the end of the Spring Semester.
Other than for classes, the campus will remain open. Faculty, Staff and students in student worker positions will continue to work on campus. Planning is underway for alternative arrangements should this be required by the City, State and LSUHSC-NO.
There are clearly a long list of additional issues that need to be addressed for working under conditions of a COVID-19 emergency. Some issues will be addressed by an announcement from the Chancellor’s Office this afternoon. Please raise questions about teaching, research, service and employment with Dr. Brisolara, Dr. Trapido, Dr. Williams and Ms. Barattini, respectively, and/or me on any matter.
Thank you for your continuing efforts in Public Health through this challenging time. I hope that you and your loved ones remain in good health.
Dean
Dean G. Smith, PhD
Dean and Richard A. Culbertson Professor
of Health Policy & Systems Management
School of Public Health
LSU Health Sciences Center – New Orleans
Educational operations will continue during the event through remote education as follows:
LSUHSC-NO Emergency Alerts: https://911.lsuhsc.edu/
Moodle: https://moodle.lsuhsc.edu/login/index.php
Zoom: https://www.lsuhsc.edu/admin/it/helpdesk/zoom/default.aspx
SPH IT Support: https://sph.lsuhsc.edu/resources/computer-support/
Remote Teaching Resource List (DePaul crowd sourced list by university – open access): bit.ly/rtresourcelist
Faculty need to contact their students by Monday, March 16 to set their expectations.
Students will be required to contact course faculty to verify their ability to participate in remote sessions within the first week (7 days). If additional technical or academic support is required, contact ADAA or IT Help Desk as soon as possible. Additional instructions related to required software can be found through the IT support page below. Students impacted by events prohibiting communication will be addressed on a case-by-case basis by the Dean.
Faculty and researchers at the LSU School of Medicine (Drs. Stephen Kantrow and Sarah Jolley), Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health (Ms. Xinnan Wang, Dr. Tung-Sung Tseng, Dr. Dodie Arnold, Dr. Claudia Leonardi, Dr. Richard Scribner, Dr. Edward Trapido, Dr. Hui-Yi Lin), Ochsner Health System (Eboni Price Haywood) and the Louisiana Public Health Institute (Dr. Lisanne Brown) used emergency department (ED) data to estimate the prevalence of smoking in young adults. Most state or national surveys of smoking are limited in size- especially when looking at county level data, and phone based surveys have had decreasing responses. School based surveys are helpful, but limited by age.
The researchers used data from electronic health records (EHRs) for five EDs within U.S. Census-defined metropolitan New Orleans (New Orleans–Metairie, LA) for persons 18-24 years old. (15 percent of young adults are reported to have used EDs in the past year). Smoking status was available for 55,777 persons (91 percent of the total Emergency Departments); 61 percent were women, 55 percent were black, 35 percent were white, and 8 percent were Hispanic. One third of patients were uninsured. Most smokers used cigarettes (95 percent ). Prevalence of current smoking was 21.7 percent for women and 42.5 percent for men. Smoking prevalence was highest for substance use disorder (58 percent ), psychiatric illness (41 percent ) and alcohol use (39 percent ), and lowest for pregnancy (13.5 percent ). In multivariable analyses, male gender, white race, lack of health insurance, alcohol use, and illicit drug use were independently associated with smoking. Smoking risk among alcohol and drug users varied by gender, race, and/or age.
The BRFSS estimated 29 percent prevalence during the same time, and had data on 597 subjects aged 18–30 years. Although ED data are likely to overestimate tobacco use, the large sample size is useful- especially for stratum-specific estimates- particularly in a demographically diverse population. Dr. Stephen Kantrow, the lead investigator, stated ”this approach provides smoking data for a large sample of young adults in one metropolitan area, and may support longitudinal studies of smoking in high and low risk populations.
On behalf of the faculty, staff and administration of the LSU School of Public Health, we are always working hard to improve the quality of your education and professional development. Please use the button on top of this page for your comments, tips and suggestions on how we can make your educational experience better. You may submit completely anonymously.
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The LSU SoPH Evaluation Committee
ED TRAPIDO, MSPH, ScM, ScD, FACE
DEAN, LSUHSC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
2023 marks the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the LSUHSC-NO School of Public Health. As the new year begins, Dr. Edward Trapido, ScD, FACE has stepped in as Interim Dean while we plan a national search to lead the school into its next phase of growth. Dr. Trapido is a professor and the current Associate Dean for Research. He is also Deputy Director for Population Science in the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, and the Coordinator for LSU Health Sciences Center’s research on the Gulf Oil Spill.
Dr. Trapido notes that this is a critical time for public health. “Public Health is at an inflection point following the pandemic, and there are pressing issues that need to be tackled. It is clear that yesterday’s training is not adequate to solve tomorrow’s problems. In harmony with the Health Science Center, the School of Public Health will strengthen its capabilities to address population health in its most pressing domains. I will strive to be a servant leader during this interim period and steer the way forward in research, teaching, and public health practice. I want to thank Dean Smith for his work during the last several years.“
Public Health at LSU Health Sciences Center has had a long and distinguished history in tropical medicine and other fields of study in the School of Medicine dating back to 1931. Its programs were incorporated in the Department of Pathology in the 1980s. It was reactivated as a free standing Department in 1992. Since then it has grown in size and importance through its three-part mission of education, research and service.
In 1995 the Department launched its first programmatic initiative in proposing the MPH degree program in Community/Preventive Medicine, which was subsequently approved by the Board of Regents. Enrollment was limited to students pursuing other graduate programs in the Medical, Dental, Allied Health, Nursing and Graduate schools of LSUHSC.
In 2003 the Department was reorganized as a School of Public Health. It offered MPH degrees with concentrations in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Environmental / Occupational Health Sciences in the fall of 2004 as well as a Master’s of Science in Biostatistics. Concentrations in the MPH degree in Behavioral/Community Health Sciences and Health Policy and Systems Management were added in the fall of 2005. Three PhD programs were established in Biostatistics (2007), Epidemiology (2007) and Community Health (2009).
Structural equation modeling (SEM) combines the elements of factor analysis and path analysis to evaluate both measurement and structural models simultaneously. The measurement model correlates the observed indicators (manifest variables) to their latent constructs while the structural model examines the relationships between those formed latent variables. While SEM is commonly applied in social and behavioral sciences, it is not as frequently used in other research fields for modeling.
Recently, Katie Sternberger, MS, a new graduate of our Biostatistics & Data Science program, demonstrated the use of SEM models at the Conference on Statistical Practice (CSP) 2024, using data from the Women’s and Their Children’s Health study. She concluded that SEM is a powerful and flexible statistical analysis technique, particularly useful when dealing with latent variables. Her co-authors included her advisor, Dr. Evrim Oral, along with Drs. Ariane Rung, Nicole Nugent, Edward Peters and Edward Trapido.