126 Degrees Conferred at 2024 Fall Commencement Ceremony
On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 126 students graduated from four of LSU Health New Orleans’ six professional health schools. The graduation ceremony took place at 10:00 am at the UNO Lakefront Arena. Graduates included students from LSU Health’s Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Graduate Studies and Public Health.
LSU Health New Orleans receives $3.1 million grant to study head and neck cancer incidence in people living with HIV
LSU Health New Orleans has been awarded a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
School of Public Health Receives $2.3 Million Grant to Study Benefits of Combining Lung Cancer Screenings and Smoking Cessation in African Americans
LSU Health New Orleans’ School of Public Health has been awarded a five-year, $2.3 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will be used to conduct new research led by Dr. Tung Sung Tseng in conjunction with the LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center to study benefits of combining lung cancer screenings and smoking cessation in African Americans.
LSU School of Nursing designated National League for Nursing Center of Excellence
LSU Health New Orleans’ School of Nursing was recently designated as a National League for Nursing (NLN) Center of Excellence™ (COE) in Nursing Education. This designation is for schools of nursing and health care organizations that have achieved a level of excellence in a specific area. The School of Nursing was recognized as a NLN COE for promoting the pedagogical expertise of faculty, and was only one of three schools awarded this particular COE designation.