Virtual mental health first aid training
Youth Mental Health First Aid is hosting a class via Zoom to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, neighbors and other caring citizens how to help children aged 12 to 18 who are "experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis." The course features a five-step action plan to help.
Louisiana proclaims Woman's Hospital Day
A pair of Canada geese wander the grounds of Woman’s Hospital.
STAFF PHOTO BY HILARY SCHEINUKGov. Jeff Landry and lawmakers declared Monday, May 19, as Woman's Hospital Day in Louisiana to celebrate reaching a milestone of 400,000 births at the Baton Rouge hospital.
New Orleans transplant institute given ELITE Status
Ochsner Health’s kidney transplant program, part of the Ochsner Transplant Institute, has been awarded ELITE Status within the credentialed Programs of Excellence transplant network by INTERLINK COE Networks & Programs. ELITE Status is awarded to only a select few programs nationwide certifying delivery of superior transplant care.
Louisiana health system launches youth crisis program
A new mobile crisis program includes a 24/7 crisis intervention team on site or virtually. The initiative at Southeast Community Health System looks to provide mental health need of children (up to 21) across southeast Louisiana.
Dr. Nicolas Bazan, co-founder of South Rampart Pharma, at his lab at LSU Health New Orleans.
PROVIDED PHOTOLSU Health New Orleans doctor receives international recognition
Dr. Nicolas Bazan, of LSU Health New Orleans' Neuroscience Center of Excellence, was honored at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy, a prominent scientific institution, for his research on neurodegenerative disease and brain aging.
Bazan has spent his life's work researching neurodegenerative diseases, a condition his aunt in Argentina experienced on his way to a piano class at 8 years old. Bazan's six-decade career was highlighted on nature.com.
Pennington welcomes director for human performance
Dr. Stefan Pasiakos will lead the Center for Human Performance Optimization at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge. In this role, Pasiakos will lead groundbreaking research aimed at enhancing human performance and physiology across diverse environments — from the battlefield to deep space, according to Pennington.
Tulane doctor honored with national award for clinical diagnostics
The Academy of Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine has awarded Tulane School of Medicine research scientist Tony Hu the 2025 Academy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Chemistry in a Selected Area of Research.
One of the nation's highest honors in clinical diagnostics, the award recognizes clinical chemists whose pioneering research efforts have placed them among the world’s foremost experts in their fields.
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