School of Medicine

Allison C. Augustus-Wallace, PhD, MS, MNS

Director:  LSUHSC-NO, NIH R25 Blueprint, ENDURE Program for Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity

Associate Professor-Research 
Director, Undergraduate Academic Pipeline Programs for Diversity
Co-Director, NSF-REU and NIH-NIGMS-PREP Programs
SOM Dean's Office of Diversity and Community Engagement 
Department of Medicine
School of Medicine (SOM)

LSUHSC-New Orleans
1901 Perdido Street, Medical Education Bld., Suite 3101
New Orleans, LA 70112

Office:(504) 568-3044 
Fax: (504) 568-6319
Email: awall1@lsuhsc.edu

Scott Edwards, PhD

Co-Director: LSUHSC-NO, NIH R25 Blueprint, ENDURE Program for Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity

Associate Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience
Associate Director, NIAAA T32 Training Program
Physiology Graduate Program Coordinator
Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center

Department of Physiology
1901 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112

Office: (504) 568-2669
Fax: (504) 568-6158
Email: sedwa5@lsuhsc.edu

Hamilton "Ham" Farris, PhD

Co-Director: LSUHSC-NO, NIH R25 Blueprint, ENDURE Program for Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity

Assistant Dean, SOM Dean's Office of Student Affairs & Records
Associate Professor-Research
Neuroscience Center of Excellence
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Biocommunication
School of Medicine 

2020 Gravier Street
New Orleans, LA 70112

Lab Phone: (504) 599-0865
Email: hfarri@lsuhsc.edu

Patricia Molina, MD, PhD

Co-Director: LSUHSC-NO, NIH R25 Blueprint, ENDURE Program for Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity

Chairperson, Department of Physiology
Richard Ashman, PhD Professor

Director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence

Past President - American Physiological Society

Department of Physiology
1901 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112

Phone: (504) 568-6173
Fax: (504) 568-6158
Email: pmolin@lsuhsc.edu

Fern Tsien, PhD

Co-Director: LSUHSC-NO, NIH R25 Blueprint, ENDURE Program for Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity

Assistant Dean-Medical Student Research, SOM Dean's Office of Student Affairs & Records                                                      

Associate Professor
Department of Genetics
Director, Science Youth Initiative (SYI)
Director, NSF-Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

Department of Genetics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
533 Bolivar Street, Room 658
New Orleans, LA 70112
Office: (504) 568-2080
Fax:     (504) 568-8500
Email: fmille@lsuhsc.edu

Melissa Prestwood

Program Coordinator:  LSUHSC-NO, NIH R25 Blueprint, ENDURE Program for Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity

Department Coordinator
Department of Physiology
School of Medicine
Louisiana State University Health New Orleans

1901 Perdido Street, Room 7205
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-1393
Direct Office Phone:  (504) 568-6178
Main Office Phone:  (504) 568-6171
Main Office Fax:  (504) 568-6158
Email:  mpres3@lsuhsc.edu