To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the LSUHSC Libraries are collecting materials relating to the storm, the catastrophic flooding of the LSUHSC-NO campuses as well as surrounding partners and communities, the emergency and disaster management tasks undertaken by faculty, staff and students, and the monumental efforts toward rebuilding. This collection is being archived and made available to the public on LSU Health Digital Scholar, the LSUHSC-NO institutional repository.
This growing archive will include oral histories of LSUHSC faculty and staff of the time sharing their experiences, LSUHSC Facilities daily and biweekly campus repairs updates from 2005-2012, photos and videos (some available digitally), bibliographies of Katrina-related research and publications authored by LSUHSC-NO community members, and other materials from the years after the hurricane.
The mission of this collection is to focus on the institution and its community members in their capacity as LSUHSC employees at the time of the event; personal experiences beyond what might be shared during an interview, photos or videos of personal belongings or family, and personal items in general are not to be included in this archive.
This collection is in process; every effort is being made to ensure supporting files and documents meet PDF/UA v1 standards of accessibility. If you have any comments or questions about this collection in particular, or about the institutional repository in general, please contact DigitalScholar@lsuhsc.edu.
The LSU Health New Orleans Libraries are excited to announce the launch of our Hurricane Katrina Archive hosted in our institutional repository LSU Health Digital Scholar! Two parts of the collection, the Facilities Updates and Oral Histories, are live. Both collections are a work in progress, and more entries will continue to be added to these collections. In the future, three more collections: Bibliographies, Images and Videos, and Reports and Presentations, will be added to the LSUHSC Hurricane Katrina Archive when they are ready to be made public. The LSUHSC Hurricane Katrina Archive can be found here: https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/hka/.
Follow the History of Dental Education in Louisiana in a newly published LibGuide. Discover the history from its start at the New Orleans Dental College, read the 1905 Commencement from the New Orleans College of Dentistry, view the class of 1924 from the Tulane School of Dentistry, check out the long history of the Loyola School of Dentistry, and finally understand how dental education came to LSU. Check out the LibGuide here: https://libguides.lsuhsc.edu/denthistory.
On Wednesday, September 28th, Frank Wagner, M.D., SoM Class of 1961, will present his book “Two Men and a Hospital: the Evolution of Algiers General Hospital Via Henry A. LaRocca, M.D. & Ernest A. Schiro M.D.” in the Moreau Center at the University of Holy Cross.
The book details, in part through personal interviews and illustrations, how Algiers got its first hospital after 200 years of existence due the efforts of two men, including Dr. Henry A. LaRocca, who was part of LSU School of Medicine’s first graduating class in 1933.
The presentation is being hosted by the Blaine S. Kern Library at the University of Holy Cross. For more information, email schaubhut@uhcno.edu.
Tags: History, New Orleans | Books | Permalink | Comments Off on Book Talk on the Evolution of Algiers General Hospital – Wednesday, September 28th | Posted Friday, September 23, 2022 by Julia Lirette
A new collection has been added to the LSUHSC Digital Collection, the Robert Simmons Photograph Collection. The Robert Simmons collection features historical photographs of the fifth and building of the sixth Charity Hospitals, hidden camera photographs taken before cell phones, and the professors that taught the professors that taught your professors. Robert Simmons captured images of his time at LSU School of Medicine as a student and at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center as a professor. These images feature descriptions that were orally provided by Robert Simmons and feature a unique perspective of the school. Take a look and see if there’s anyone you recognize! If you have a question about the collection, or can provide more information about any of the photos you see, email digitalarchives@lsuhsc.edu
Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. The Museum Day ticket provides free admission for two people on Saturday, September 21, 2019.
For more information and to request tickets, click here.
Tags: New Orleans | New Find | Permalink | Comments Off on Free Admission at Participating Museums – Saturday, September 21 | Posted Monday, September 16, 2019 by Bourgeois, John P.
The Congressional Primary Election is coming up! Tomorrow, Tuesday November 6th, voters will cast their ballot for 435 House (US House of Representatives) seats and 35 of 100 Senate (US senators) seats.
Louisiana citizens will be voting for Louisiana Secretary of State and all six Louisiana U.S. Congressional seats for the 116th Congress along with parish specific positions and issues.
View the GeauxVote’s Quick Facts sheet to view further information on the midterm elections. Consider downloading the GeauxVote app, for assistance with your ballot, or visit GeauxVote.com on the web to discover your polling location and your sample ballot.
Again, don’t forget to vote tomorrow! The polls are open from 6am to 8pm.
Today officially marks New Orleans’ 300th year. The actual founding date is a bit murky but this is the date picked by the city for this anniversary kickoff!
If you’re up on your New Orleans medical history, you’ll know that the last outbreak of Yellow Fever here was in 1905. Brazil isn’t so lucky and are in the middle of an outbreak. The CDC is recommending a dose of Yellow Fever vaccine before traveling to Brazil or Africa.
Louisiana state health officials are investigating a confirmed case of measles in New Orleans. The illness was confirmed through laboratory testing in a recent traveler from Europe to New Orleans.
Tags: New Orleans | Public Health | Permalink | Comments Off on State Health Department Confirms Measles Case in New Orleans | Posted Monday, April 9, 2018 by Bourgeois, John P.
On April 21, 2017, from 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. in the Human Development Center (411 South Prieur Street), the School of Allied Health Professions will host the Geaux, Baby, Geaux! Workshop.
The workshop, sponsored by Numotion, will provide training for allied health professionals and early childhood educators who work with low-mobility children. Teams of participants will discuss their own ideas about powered mobility and prepare a ride-on car for a child with mobility needs. Ten of these modified ride-on cars will be given to children with disabilities.
The Go, Baby, Go! Program was developed by Drs. Cole Galloway and Sam Logan at the University of Delaware. Go, Baby, Go! is a research-based community program intended to provide motorized cars for children with limited mobility.
A presentation on advances helping to close the gaps in providing power mobility to young children will be given by Go, Baby, Go! developer Sam Logan, PhD, of Oregon State University’s College of Public Health and Human Sciences.
“Mobility is a basic human right, and occupational therapists recognize the importance of it because mobility contributes to social, cognitive, and communication development of children,” notes Kerrie Ramsdell, MS, LOTR, LSU Health New Orleans Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy. “Children who have limited mobility are at increased risk for more delays in these three areas. By offering power mobility, we have the ability to aid the overall development of children with motor impairments.”
The LSU Health New Orleans Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center will host a Cancer Moonshot Summit on June 29 from noon to 4pm at the Louisiana Cancer Research Center, 1700 Tulane Ave. Augusto Ochoa, MD, director of the Cancer Center is hosting the summit. He is the only Louisiana expert on the Blue Ribbon Panel and one of 28 nationwide.
This meeting will be open to the public and is free. It will cover clinical trials, treatment, philanthropy and advocacy. Registration is preferred: www.surveymonkey.com/r/L87SPTV.
“The White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force’s mission is to double the rate of progress in cancer research and treatment, striving to accelerate what could be achieved in ten years in just five. The goals of the Cancer Moonshot cannot be achieved by one person, one organization, one discipline, or even one collective approach. Rather, solving the complexities of cancer requires the formation of new alliances to defy the bounds of innovation and accelerate the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and – ultimately – the curing of cancer.” Summits will be happening nationwide on June 29th.
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The Congressional Primary Election is coming up! Tomorrow, Tuesday November 6th, voters will cast their ballot for 435 House (US House of Representatives) seats and 35 of 100 Senate (US senators) seats.
