Mentoring – Training the Next Generation of Scientists
The LA-TCI is committed to training future and current scientists. We mentor high school, undergraduate, and graduate students.
Summer Research Interns
The LA-TCI mentors summer research interns from the LSUHSC School of Medicine Research Internship Program. The program works to cultivate students’ interest in pursuing medical and research careers in the basic/clinical sciences or public health. Students spend 8-weeks in the program during the summer matched with mentors. All students present their research results at the end of the summer at a poster session or oral symposium.
![]() “Awareness and Utilization of Tobacco Cessation Services Among Disadvantaged Minority Female Smokers” Third Place Winner |
Summer 2018: “Characteristics of Smokers Who Intend to Use E-Cigarettes as a Cessation Aid in Comparison to Those Who Do Not Intend to Use as a Cessation Aid” |
![]() “A Review of E-Cigarette Use Among Pregnant Women” |
![]() “Differences in Patient-Provider Communication Between Smokers and Non-Smokers” First Place Winner |
Summer 2020: “Effective Patient-Provider Communication and Perceived Quality of Care Among Current Smokers” |
![]() “The Relationship between E-Cigarette Information Seeking and Trusted Sources of Information on E-Cigarettes and Respective Use” |
![]() “Examining Differences in Reasons Why Former vs. Current Teenage E-Cigarette Users Smoke” |
![]() “Smoking and Mental Health: Associations Between Adolescent E-Cigarette Use and Feelings and Behaviors Toward Suicide” First Place Winner |
![]() “The Association Between Covid -19 and Vaping Among Young Adults Ages 18 to 24 Caused by Pandemic Related Stressors” |
![]() “Smoking and Reproductive Health: The Association Between Tobacco Cessation and Impaired Female Fertility” |
Graduate Mentees |
![]() MD/PhD Graduate Student LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health 2017-2022 “Minority Stress, Mental Health, and Social Support among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Smokers in the Deep South” |
Undergraduate Mentees |
![]() Master of Health Policy & Systems Management Student LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health 2022 “Difference in Dental Professional Advice to Quit Smoking Between Regular and Electronic Cigarette Users” |
![]() Public Health Student Xavier University of Louisiana 2017 “Racial Disparities Among High-Risk (Pre-diabetic) Smokers in Public Hospitals” |
For more information about our training opportunities, please email us at latci@lsuhsc.edu