Jennifer Lloyd

Go Saints!

Don’t worry! Although everyone in the Libraries are big Saints fans, both the Isché and Dental Libraries will be open until 10 p.m. tonight.

DHH & La Seafood

Since the safety of Louisiana seafood has been a big topic in the news lately, I was pleased to discover that the Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals, along with the departments of Wildlife and Fisheries, Environmental Quality, and Agriculture and Forestry have been issuing weekly Seafood Safety Surveillance Reports since July. The latest report was issued today.

Labor Day Hours

Both the Dental & Isché Libraries will have special hours this weekend for Labor Day. They are as follows:

ÔÇó Saturday, Sept. 4th 9:30 am – 6 pm (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Sunday, Sept. 5th CLOSED
ÔÇó Monday, Sept. 6th CLOSED (University Holiday)
ÔÇó Tuesday, Sept. 7th 8 am – 10 pm (Regular Hours)

ÔÇó Saturday, Sept. 4th CLOSED (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Sunday, Sept. 5th CLOSED
ÔÇó Monday, Sept. 6th CLOSED (University Holiday)
ÔÇó Tuesday, Sept. 7th 8 am – 10 pm (Regular Hours )

Commons PC – Update

The SAS software will not be renewed on the Library Commons PCs. Usage did not warrant its renewal.

Fall Library Newsletter

The latest issue of the LibraryÔÇÖs Newsletter has been released. Archives of the newsletter are also available from 1998 to the present.

James Carroll & Yellow Fever

110 years ago today, Major James Carroll, a US Army Physician, “allowed an infected mosquito to feed on him in an attempt to isolate the means of transmission of yellow fever. Carroll developed a severe case of yellow fever, helping his colleague, Army pathologist Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes transmit this often-deadly disease (from the Library of Congress).” James Carroll is one of the Yellow Fever Commission physicians featured on the Enrique Alferez frieze in the LSUHSC Library Commons. The featured men are Walter Reed, Aristides Agramonte (for whom the Library was originally named), Jesse Lazear, and James Carroll.

Conquest of Yellow Fever frieze by Enrique Alferez

Ische Library Closed 8/28

The Isch?® Library will be closed on Saturday, August 28th. The mitigation contractor will be shutting down power to the entire Resource Center Building. The Library Commons will be closed as well until the late afternoon or early evening, whenever work is complete.

The Library will re-open at 1:30 pm on Sunday, August 29th.

Ische Library Closed Sat. 8/7

The Isché Library will be closed on Saturday, August 7th. The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board will be working in the area and the Resource Center Building will have no running water. The Library Commons will be closed as well until the late afternoon or early evening, whenever work is complete.

The Library will re-open at 1:30 pm on Sunday, August 8th.

New Orleans Index @ 5

The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (GNOCDC) is commemorating the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with the New Orleans Index at Five. The index “provides a comprehensive examination of the region through 20 key indicators, as well as seven topical essays informed by on the ground experience and research.” Of particular interest to the health science community is the essay on Community Health Clinics (pdf).

Deadliest Occupation?

A recent USMMWR article ranked commercial fishing as one of the most dangerous occupation in the United States, even without oil spills and dispersants. This won’t come as a surprise to fans of the Deadliest Catch.

Epidemiology, PhD

Congratulations to the School of Public Health (only 7 years old!) on getting it’s second doctoral program-in epidemiology-approved. We look forward to new graduates who are just as talented as House, but have much better manners. Check out the Gambit post on the program.

SPH’s first doctoral program is in Biostatistics which was approved in 2007.

THC & HIV

Physiology Department Head, Patricia Molina has been awarded a $4 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health for the study of how cannabinoids produce subtle changes in gene activity that affect how a person responds to HIV infection. The award was announced via EurekaAlert and LSUHSC twitter feed.

As the Times-Picayune reported the grant “will study how marijuana components called cannabinoids produce changes in gene activity that affects the body’s response to the AIDS virus.” The award will be dispersed over five years.

NOLA Neighborhood Recovery

Maybe it makes me a statistics nerd, but I love the numbers that the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (GNOCDC) puts out. Last week they released a map demonstrating the “Resiliency of New Orleanians Shown in Neighborhood Repopulation Numbers.” Check out the number of addresses actively receiving mail in New Orleans.

Happy 4th of July

Vintage Card

Both will re-open on Tuesday, July 5th at 8 a.m. Have fun and remember to practice fireworks safety!

Independence Day Hours

Fireworks

ÔÇó Saturday, July 3rd 9:30 am – 6 pm (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Sunday, July 4th CLOSED
ÔÇó Monday, July 5th CLOSED (University Holiday)
ÔÇó Tuesday, July 6th 8 am – 10 pm (Summer Hours )

ÔÇó Saturday, July 3rd CLOSED (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Sunday, July 4th CLOSED
ÔÇó Monday, July 5th CLOSED (University Holiday)
ÔÇó Tuesday, July 6th 8 am – 10 pm (Regular Hours )