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October 22, 2025
CEMCH Spotlight
Check out this article published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth last month by CEMCH's very own Dr. Katherine Theall! Mass incarceration and public health: the association between black jail incarceration and adverse birth outcomes among black women in Louisiana This paper highlights a health disparity present right here in Louisiana, that "mass incarceration may be…
Public Health: Justice as Purpose
Seven of our MPH students attended the 2019 annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), held November 2-6, 2019, in Philadelphia, PA. What follows is a post from one of the attendees. by Sooni Shirazi, BA When you have a marginalized identity, or hold radical ideals, it is easy to feel left out,…
Public Health Employment Opportunities
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Better Birth Outcomes Summit November 2019
The March of Dimes and the Bureau of Family Health are co-hosting the Better Birth Outcomes Summit in Baton Rouge. This free summit will convene statewide perinatal leaders, policy makers and community members committed to improving birth outcomes and health equity for all mothers and babies. When: November 14th, 8am-12pm Where: Milton J Womack Ballroom…