Our Mission
The Mission of the Office of Community Engagement and Health Programs is to increase access and improve the quality of health care for all Louisiana residents, especially the poor and underserved.
Our Vision
Our Vision is to enhance the physician workforce in ways that foster physicians who are culturally respectful, practice quality health care, and who work towards eliminating health care disparities within vulnerable communities in the State of Louisiana.
Our Methodology
Our Pathways into Health Professions program model offers a range of structured and unstructured activities, and has formal educational partnerships with all health professions schools within the LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Public Schools, Regional Colleges and Universities in South Louisiana, and community physician organizations. Programmatic activities include: K-12 Science Clubs, Career Awareness Days, after-school STEM programs for middle school students, Summer Science Research Programs for middle and high school students, medical school applicant counseling, MCAT reviews for college students. Counseling, academic support, and Residency Counseling are available for LSU Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) medical students.
The Pathways into Health Professions program model endorses the objectives of Healthy People 2030, as outlined by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Our science clubs in the New Orleans Public elementary, middle, and senior high schools offer a forum for the delivery of health information to K-12 students. These clubs and the didactic experience in the Summer Science Programs foster the development of health-related knowledge through presentations on health topics given by practicing health professionals. The activities will foster and understanding of the social determinants of health in the provision of health education/information to grade K-12.
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Robert T. Maupin, Jr., MD FACOGAssociate Dean |
Gerlinda Davis , Ed.D, M.Ed., BAOutreach Coordinator |
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Joell Lee, MAOM, BADean's Office Coordinator |
Allison Augustus-Wallace, Ph.D., MS, MNSAssociate Professor, Research |
For more information:
LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine
Office of Community Engagement and Health Programs
1901 Perdido Street
MEB Room 3101
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 568-4720
Email: CEHE@LSUHSC.EDU