Life is Better with Clean Hands
CDC has launched Life is Better with Clean Hands, a national campaign encouraging parents to make clean hands a healthy habit for the whole family. Handwashing is an easy, inexpensive, and effective way to help your family stay healthy. Studies have shown that handwashing can prevent 1 in 3 diarrhea-related sicknesses and 1 in 5 […]
Join the ASPPH This Is Public Health Virtual Fair July 14th
Louisiana State University’s School Public Health in New Orleans is participating in Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASSPH) Virtual Fair. This FREE event takes place Wednesday, July 14, 2021, between 9 am/CT– 5pm/CT. Click here to view our schedule for this fair. This ASSPH Virtual Fair allows you to connect in real-time […]
LSU School of Public Health 2021 Pre-Commencement Ceremony
LSU School of Public health 2021 Pre-Commencement Ceremony The LSU School of Public Health and the Graduating Class of 2021 held its ceremony on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT. This event was held online virtually due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to view the recording of the ceremony […]
Relationship between Overall Social Vulnerability & COVID-19 Incidence in Louisiana
Article featured in LSUHSC NEWSROOM on February 23, 2021 – Click here to read the article Published: January 20, 2021, in Frontiers in Public Health On March 9, 2020, the first presumptive COVID-19 case was reported in Louisiana. Throughout the Summer of 2020, Louisiana has remained an epicenter for COVID-19 in the United States with […]
LSU SPH: Be Safe Celebrating Thanksgiving
From the LSU Health Sciences School of Public Health we wish everyone a safe and meaningful Thanksgiving celebration. The LSU School of Public Health will be closed Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. We will reopen on Monday, November 30th for regular business. We recommend that everyone review […]
Dr. Phillippi Appointed to LA Governor’s Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Advisory Board
Dr. Stephen Phillippi, the Chair of the Behavioral and Community Health Sciences and Director of the Institute for Public Health and Justice at the LSU School of Public Health, was appointed by the Governor John Bel Edwards to the Louisiana Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Board. His appointment is effective July 2021, and stems […]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Kendra Scott Teams Up with SPH LBCHP
Meet Hilary Wetmore Bordelon, of Kendra Scott, and Learn How Buying Bling Can Benefit Breast Cancer Awareness Kendra Scott jewelry has teamed up with our very own Louisiana Breast & Cervical Health Program to help provide funding for cancer screenings through the Kendra Scott Breast Cancer Research Fund! When you shop in store or online […]
Oct. Issue AJPH, Hurricane Katrina 15 Years After: Special Section by LSUHSC SPH
The October issue of the American Journal of Public Health is now online and it includes a Special Section on Hurricane Katrina 15 Years After. This Special Section was a collaboration between the LSU Health School of Public Health, Tulane School of Public Health, Louisiana Public Health Institute, and a few other partners in New […]
ASPPH: This is Public Health Virtual Fair September 16th
Louisiana State University’s School Public Health in New Orleans is participating in Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASSPH) Virtual Fair. This FREE event takes place Wednesday, September 16th, 2020, between 9 am/CT– 5pm/CT. Click here to view our schedule for this fair. This ASSPH Virtual Fair allows you to connect in real-time […]
Will Hurricane Laura’s evacuations, recovery efforts be fertile ground for spread of coronavirus?
BY JEFF ADELSON | Staff writer Published in nola.com, Aug 29, 2020 at 9:00 am | Updated Aug 29, 2020 at 8:17 pm There could be another layer to the pain, suffering and destruction wrought by Hurricane Laura this year: the toll the still-active coronavirus pandemic will take. The mass evacuations that preceded the devastating […]