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UPDATED Message from the Dean
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
Message from the Dean: Move to Remote Learning Effective March 16th
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
CONTINUITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPERATIONS
COV-19 MARCH 2020
INSTRUCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND ENROLLMENT POLICIES
Educational operations will continue during the event through remote education as follows:
- Faculty will initiate remote instruction as of Monday, March 16. This will include holding a minimum of one class session via Moodle or other remote platform per week. These sessions may include one or more video lectures, PowerPoint presentations, interactive assignments, or reading and writing assignments as determined by course directors.
- Communication will be maintained via Moodle announcements and/or email by the course director including details on assignments such as submission method.
- Limited in person sessions may be facilitated on campus for exams or other assessment measures. These must be scheduled through the Dean and ADAA so appropriate locations can be confirmed.
- Course directors will report to the ADAA student involvement in remote methods as collected during class sessions (attendance at synchronous sessions via Zoom, Moodle log of student viewing, assignment submission, emails). This is to verify all students are accounted for and participating.
- Course directors should report any lack of student response to ADAA.
LINKS
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
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Faculty
Faculty need to contact their students by Monday, March 16 to set their expectations.
- Ensure that each course has a Moodle presence.
- Develop and communicate to students, Program Director and ADAA amended syllabus or syllabus addendum to include course work, expectations and assignments that will change due to remote course administration.
- Course directors will report to the ADAA student involvement in remote methods as collected during class sessions (attendance at synchronous sessions via Zoom, Moodle log of student viewing, assignment submission, emails). This is to verify all students are accounted for and participating.
Students
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.
- Sign up under LSUHSC Text Alert System https://lsuhsc.edu/eas/textemailalerts.aspx
- Ensure your LSUHSC credentials, password and security questions are up to date. Passwords can be reset by going to https://www.lsuhsc.edu/changepassword/
- Log on to the Moodle site within 48 hours of notification to receive further information regarding contacting course faculty for assignments, etc.
- Monitor LSUHSC email to ensure receipt of all official school communications.
- Faculty will continue to expect the same level of responsibility and performance from students during an event.
- Students are required to keep up with course work during the event as specified on course syllabi and Moodle.
- Students are required to turn in assignments on time during the event period and once the university campus has reopened.
- Students should also monitor the main LSUHSC site (lsuhsc.edu) for general information.
LSU: LA Medicaid Access for Treatment and Care for HCV (MATCH) Project
The cost of treatment for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) makes it unaffordable for most persons- up to $85,000 for an eight-week regimen. For the Medicaid covered population, and those in the prison system, paying for such treatments is prohibitive. The Governor of Louisiana and the Secretary of the LA Department of Health launched an innovative payment system to cover these costs. Louisiana committed to pay a fixed fee for the next five years to the manufacturer, but this will not exceed what Louisiana has paid in past years. In return, the drug manufacturer will provide unlimited access to the medication. This “Netflix” subscription model was rolled out in fall 2019 and hopes to treat up to 50,000 infected persons within a five period. Researchers at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health and LSU School of Medicine-New Orleans have been awarded a contract for the evaluation of this treatment program, through the Center for Healthcare Value and Equity. Drs. Edward Trapido, Susanne Straif-Bourgeois, Ashley Wennerstrom, and Benjamin Springgate will lead this effort, collaborating with the Office of Public Health, the Louisiana Medicaid program, and the Louisiana Department of Corrections. Dr. Trapido stated, “the logistics of delivering the program are complicated, and will undoubtedly shift over time. Eight weeks of treatment are recommended; compliance in getting refills and taking the medication will need to be examined during this period.”
LSU: Faculty and Researchers Used Emergency Department Data to Estimate Prevalence of Smoking in Young Adults
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.
Grantsmanship Workshop 2019
Grantsmanship Workshop
April 10 -12, 2019
LSU School of Public Health
Louisiana Cancer Research Center
The LSU School of Public Health-New Orleans hosted a Regional Grantsmanship Workshop at the Louisiana Cancer Research Center, on April 10-12th, 2019. Led by the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, faculty and graduate students listened to two and a half days of grant-related expertise from each of the NCI extramural divisions.
Left to Right – Damali Martin, Dr. Augusto Ochoa, Tiffany Wallace, Mark, Alexander,
Tawnya McKee, Kevin Dodd, Dr. Robert Croyle, Stephanie Land, Dr. Ed Trapido.
AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2019
| Track 1: Early-Career and Mid-Career Investigators |
| Welcome Ed Trapido, ScD, F.A.C.E. Associate Dean for Research, Professor and Wendell Gauthier Chair for Cancer Epidemiology LSU School of Public Health and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center |
| Welcome Fundamentals of Research Grants Speaker: Mark Alexander, Public Health Advisor, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences |
| Fundamentals of Training and Diversity Grants Speakers: Susan Perkins, Program Director, Center for Cancer Training Tiffany Wallace, Program Director, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities |
| Fundamentals of 2-year grants (R03/R21) Speakers: Tiffany Wallace, Program Director, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities Joanna Watson, Program Director, Division of Cancer Biology |
| Scientific Rigor and Reproducibility Speaker: Kevin Dodd, Program Director, Division of Cancer Prevention |
| R01 Grantsmanship Strategies – Tips for submitting your best application possible Speakers: Joanna Watson, Program Director, Division of Cancer Biology Tiffany Wallace, Program Director, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities Stephanie Land, Program Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences |
| Review of funded R01 Speaker: Damali Martin, Program Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences |
THURSDAY, April 11, 2019
| Track 1: Early-Career and Mid-Career Investigators |
| Human Research Protocols/Ethical Issues (Web-ex) Speaker: Dawn Corbett, NIH Inclusion Policy Officer, NIH |
| Mock Review Session Presentation: The Review Process Speaker: Damali Martin, Program Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences Mock Review Session Narrator: Susan Perkins Scientific Review Officer: Mark Alexander, Public Health Advisor, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences Scientific Committee Chair: Tawnya McKee, Program Director, Division of Cancer Treatment and DiagnosisReviewers: Joanne Watson, Program Director, Division of Cancer Biology Tiffany Wallace, Program Director, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities Kevin Dodd, Program Director, Division of Cancer Prevention Stephanie Land, Program Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences |
| Responding to reviews and tips for resubmission Speakers: Tawnya McKee, Program Director, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis Damali Martin, Program Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences |
| Panel Discussion: The review process and resubmission process Moderator: Mark Alexander, Public Health Advisor, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences Panelists: Damali Martin, Program Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences Tawnya McKee, Program Director, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis Joanne Watson, Program Director, Division of Cancer Biology Tiffany Wallace, Program Director, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities Kevin Dodd, Program Director, Division of Cancer Prevention Stephanie Land, Program Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences |
NCI Annual Plan and Budget Proposal
https://www.cancer.gov/about-nci/budget/about-annual-plan
FRIDAY, April 12, 2019
| Track 2: Senior Investigators |
| Welcome |
| Round Table NCI Funding for Investigator Initiated Research Grants Speaker: Robert Croyle, Director, Division for Cancer Control and Population Sciences |
National Cancer Advisory Videocasts
Board of Scientific Advisors Videocasts
https://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/index.htm
Introduction
https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/events/advisory-board-meetings
Evaluation Committee
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.
Sincerely,
The LSU SoPH Evaluation Committee
Charge:
- To participate in all evaluations related to the school’s strategic plan, including student exit surveys, alumni surveys, employer/agency surveys, focus groups and others annually
- To report the findings of all evaluations to the Administrative Council and faculty in a timely fashion
- To render advice and assistance for the Self Study to ensure effectiveness in meeting School mission, goals and objectives
- To follow up recommendations from evaluations for appropriate response
2020 Members
- Ed Trapido, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Chair
- Kari Brisolara, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
- Donna Williams, Associate Dean for Practice and Community Engagement
- Qingzhao Yu, Professor, BIOS
- Ariane Rung, EPID, Associate Professor
- Christine Brennan, Associate Professor, HPSM
- Henry Nuss, Assistant Professor, BCHS
- Elizabeth Levitzky, Assistant Professor, Program Director BCHS
- Amee Barattini, Business Manager
- Kc Madhav, Epi Data Center
- Hasheemah Afaneh, Staff Assembly
- Isabel Billiot, Academic Affairs (Admissions)
- Martha Cuccia, Instructor, Academic and Student Affairs
- Randi Kaufman, Diversity
- Thanh Nguyen, MPH/MS Student
- Mia Baker, MPH/MS Student
About
ED TRAPIDO, MSPH, ScM, ScD, FACE
INTERIM 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).
Using Structural Equation Modeling to Assess Children’s Mental Health after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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.
Epidemiology & Population Health (EPPH)
The mission of the Epidemiology and Population Health Program is to reduce health inequities among population groups by exploring determinants of health factors such as social structures, the environment, health behaviors, resource distribution, quality gaps, policy impacts, (etc.) on clinical outcomes and community health. Our graduates, students, and faculty work in interdisciplinary teams to inform policy and clinical practice in order to improve the health of the individual and society.
Population health is defined as the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group. Epidemiology is the scientific study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations, serving as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. Epidemiology is considered a cornerstone of population health and the methodology of public health research, and is highly regarded in evidence-based medicine for identifying risk factors for disease and determining optimal treatment approaches to clinical practice.
Students will acquire skills in: data collection, data analysis and interpretation, disease surveillance systems, epidemiologic methods, managerial epidemiology, population health improvement, study design, and statistical software. Our program’s expertise in research and public health practice focuses in the following areas: Cancer, Environmental Health, Infectious Diseases, Health Systems Analysis, HIV & STD, Population Health Management, and Social Determinants of Health.
Our program prepares students for jobs across the fields of health: health care (including managed care), and research, in academia, local, regional, and national government agencies and departments of public health, hospital and healthcare systems, private industry, and community and not-for-profit organizations.
Our graduates acquire a diverse skill set that enables them to improve the health of the population in the clinic and the community.
Faculty:
| Ferguson, Tekeda | Associate Professor & Program Director |
| Chiu, Yu-wen | Assistant Professor |
| Elewonibi, Reni | Assistant Professor |
| Honore, Peggy | Professor & Director of the Population Health Management Clerkship |
| Hsieh, Mei-Chin | Associate Professor |
| Levitzky, Elizabeth | Assistant Professor & BSPH Program Director |
| Straif-Bourgeois, Susanne | Associate Professor |
| Trapido, Edward | Professor & Interim Dean |
| Wendell, Deborah | Assistant Professor |
| Wu, Xiao Cheng | Professor & Director of the Louisiana Tumor Registry |
Program contact:
Tekeda F. Ferguson, PhD, MSPH
Associate Professor
Email: tferg4@lsuhsc.edu
Admissions contact:
Mei-Chin Hsieh, PhD, MSPH
Associate Professor
Phone: (504) 568-5850; Email: epid_admissions@lsuhsc.edu
SoPH News 2023
As the new year begins, we wanted to let you know about some changes in our School of Public Health. Effective January 3, 2023, Dean Smith, PhD, has stepped down as Dean. Dr. Edward Trapido, ScD, FACE, will serve as Interim Dean while we plan a national search.
Dr. Trapido is a professor and 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. Before joining LSU Health, Dr. Trapido was a Professor of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Vice Chair for Education, at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. From 2003-2008, Dr. Trapido was Associate Director of the Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, at the National Cancer Institute. A cancer epidemiologist by training, Dr. Trapido received his ScD and ScM degrees from the Harvard University School of Public Health and an MSPH from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. His areas of expertise include Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control; HIV; Tobacco; Global Health; Environmental Epidemiology; Health Disparities, Disasters; Global Cancer Planning; Public Health, Politics and Policy, as well as Global Public Health.
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.“
Dr. Dean Smith will succeed Dr. Richard Culbertson, Ph.D., as Director of the Health Policy and Systems Management Program. Dr. Culbertson will focus on teaching, research, and service to the field. He will also continue as Lead for the Ethics Key Resource of the LACaTS consortium.