Campus News

Welcome back 2nd year med students!

Is summer vacation already over? Welcome back to our second year medical students, for whom start classes tomorrow.

Class is the other way

Class is the other way!


Image from a 1938 issue of The Tiger, the student newspaper of the LSU School of Medicine. The entire run of the paper is available for free online from the Louisiana Digital Library.

Dental library hours

Effective Sunday, July 17, 2011, the LSU School of Dentistry Library hours will be:

Sunday Closed

Monday through Thursday 8 am ÔÇô 8 pm

Friday 8 am ÔÇô 5 pm

Saturday Closed

Pay Paw Machine Working Again

The Pay Paw Value Transfer Station (VTS) located on the 3rd Floor of the John P. Isch?® Library is finally back in business.

Students, Faculty and Staff may resume depositing money onto their Pay Paw Cards or purchasing a guest card as necessary.

Reminder for new students: If you would like to learn how to format your LSUHSCID for easier printing, CLICK HERE.

PayPaw Bookstore Min.

The PayPaw Machine in the John P. Isch?® Library is currently out of order. Until the repairs are complete the LSUHSC bookstore will allow PayPaw users to add less than the usually required $20 minimum.

We will keep you posted on this matter. . . until then, thank you for your patience!

Planned Power Outage in the RCB

Maintenance will require that the power will be out in the Resource Center Building on Saturday, June 18th from 6 am to 9 am. The Library Commons will be closed during this time. The Isch?® Library plans to open for itÔÇÖs normal hours from 9:30 am to 6 pm.

LSUHSC-NO Authors Highlighted

The Isch?® Library has been maintaining a monthly display that highlights recent articles by LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty. This display is being regularly updated with materials that have been gathered into the Faculty Publications Database. The Database is maintained by the Isch?® Library as a prominent resource.

The newly added articles are located in the Isch?® Library’s Reference area (near the elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.

About the Isch?® Library’s Faculty Publications Database:

The Faculty Publications Database includes citations to papers, editorials, letters to the editor, meeting abstracts, books, and book chapters authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 ÔÇô present. Information in this database is retrieved from several sources, including: PubMed, ISI Web of Knowledge, SCOPUS, EMBASE.com, CINAHL, PsycInfo and contributions directly from faculty members.

Access to this database is available to the public. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact Kathy Kerdolff.

Please come and peruse these publications, which exemplify the ongoing achievements of LSUHSC-New Orleans’ first-class work in the health sciences fields.

Articles Newly Placed on Display:
(LSUHSC authors are in bold print)

Dietz KN, Miller PJ, Iyengar AS, Loupe JM, Hollenbach AD. “Identification of serines 201 and 209 as sites of Pax3 phosphorylation and the altered phosphorylation status of Pax3-FOXO1 during early myogenic differentiation.” International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 2011;43(6):936-45.

Fowler L, Manning J, Tartavoulle T. “Smoothing the transition from bedside to classroom.” American Nurse Today. 2011;6(5):45-46.

Jeanfreau SG, Jack Jr. L. “Appraising qualitative research in health education: Guidelines for public health educators.” Health Promotion Practice. 2010;11(5):612-617.

Karia VR, Haymon M-, Espinoza LR, Gedalia A. “Severe abdominal pain in 2 teenage girls.” Clinical Pediatrics. 2011;50(5):467-469.

Khoobehi B, Chiroli V, Ronchetti D, Miglietta D, Thompson H, Ongini E, Impagnatiello F. “Enhanced oxygen saturation in optic nerve head of non-human primate eyes following the intravitreal injection of NCX 434, an innovative nitric oxide-donating glucocorticoid.” Journal of Ocular Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 2011;27(2):115-121.

Laborde JM, Weiler L. “Achilles tendon pain treated with gastrocnemius-soleus recession.” Orthopedics. 2011;34(4):289-91.

Sampath S, Keats BJ, Lacassie Y. “HPPD: A newly recognized autosomal dominant disorder involving hypertelorism, preauricular sinus, punctal pits, and deafness mapping to chromosome 14q31.” American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2011;155(5):976-985.

Winsauer PJ, Molina PE, Amedee AM, Filipeanu CM, McGoey RR, Troxclair DA, Walker EM, Birke LL, Stouwe CV, Howard JM, Leonard ST, Moerschbaecher JM, Lewis PB. “Tolerance to chronic delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (?9-THC) in rhesus macaques infected with simian immunodeficiency virus.” Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2011;19(2):154-172.

Hurricane Season 2011

Hurricane Season begins today; the 2011 season is predicted to be above normal according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Make sure to familiarize yourself the universityÔÇÖs Weather Related Emergency Procedures (ChancellorÔÇÖs Memo 51). And let’s hope we don’t have to use it.

Congratulations to one of our own!

Congratulations to Liz Strother, Associate Director for Dental Library Services, on her academic promotion to Professor/Librarian. Liz has worked long and hard to merit this most deserved promotion!

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Liz has worked at LSUHSC for more than 30 years, she has more than 30 publications to her credit and has taught classes to dental students for many years. She has served the University in many ways and has been on more than 30 committees in service to professional organizations.

We, here in the library, are very proud of you, Liz!!

S. Claiborne Closure on 5/20

Chancellor Hollier sent out the following email on Thursday, May 19th, announcing street closures effecting areas of S. Claiborne Ave., S. Roman St., Bolivar St. and Perdido St on Friday, May 20th.

Please read the e-mail in its entirety (found below).

The movie, 21 Jump Street, continues to film near our campus and will require street closure and restrictions on our campus beginning at 7:00 a.m. and lasting until 11:00 p.m. on Friday, May 20 as follows:

(1) S. Claiborne Street will be closed at the 500 Block, at the Perdido intersection – traffic will be diverted up or down Poydras Street;

(2) Parking will be restricted at the 500 Block of S. Claiborne Ave (North side), the 400 and 500 Blocks of S. Roman Street (both sides), the 500 Block of Bolivar Street (both sides), and the 1900 Block of Perdido Street (both sides);

(3) Pedestrian traffic in this area will be maintained;

(4) The New Orleans Police Department will be on site to provide intermittent traffic control.

The production company apologizes for the inconvenience caused by the filming.

I wanted you to be aware so you can plan alternate routes to avoid delays and congestion. Thank you for your patience and accommodation of this major economic development enterprise for our City and State.

Claiborne Ave Closure on 5/13

Chancellor Hollier sent out the following email on Thursday, May 12th, announcing street closures on Claiborne Ave. adjacent to the downtown campus.

The movie, 21 Jump Street, is being filmed near our campus and will require street closure and restrictions on our campus beginning at 7:00 a.m. and lasting until 11:00 p.m. on Friday, May 13 as follows:

(1) S. Claiborne Street will be closed at the 500 Block, at the Perdido intersection – traffic will be diverted up or down Poydras Street;

(2) Parking will be restricted at the 500 Block of S. Claiborne Ave (North side), the 400 and 500 Blocks of S. Roman Street (both sides), the 500 Block of Bolivar Street (both sides), and the 1900 Block of Perdido Street (both sides);

(3) Pedestrian traffic in this area will be maintained;

(4) The New Orleans Police Department will be on site to provide intermittent traffic control.

The production company apologizes for the inconvenience caused by the filming.

I wanted you to be aware so you can plan alternate routes to avoid delays and congestion. Thank you for your patience and accommodation of this major economic development enterprise for our City and State.

School of Dentistry in La. Life

“‘Chew’sing An Education: LSU’s Dental School Makes Its Mark” appears in the May-June 2011 issue of Louisiana Life. The article, which includes remarks from two fourth-year students, a faculty member, and Dean Gremillion, emphasizes the family-like atmosphere, state-of-the-art technology, and expertise of the faculty. Read the article at http://www.myneworleans.com/Louisiana-Life/May-June-2011/-ldquoChew-rdquosing-An-Education/.

April’s Faculty Publications Display

Last month, the Isch?® Library initiated a new display that highlights recent articles by LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty. This display is being regularly updated with materials that have been gathered into the Faculty Publications Database, which is maintained by the Isch?® Library as a prominent resource.

The articles on display, rotated out monthly, are in the Isch?® LibraryÔÇÖs Reference area (near the elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.

About the Isch?® LibraryÔÇÖs Faculty Publications Database:

The Faculty Publications Database includes citations to papers, editorials, letters to the editor, meeting abstracts, books, and book chapters authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 ÔÇô present. Information in this database is retrieved from several sources, including: PubMed, ISI Web of Knowledge, SCOPUS, EMBASE.com, CINAHL, PsycInfo and contributions directly from faculty members.

Access to this database is available to the public. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact Kathy Kerdolff: kkerdo@lsuhsc.edu

The database is linked from the Library web page here. This page includes a handy link to a PDF document of the monthly bibliography of display articles.

At our Dental Library:

In addition, the Dental Library has also started a faculty publications display. Their articles are located in front of the circulation desk and are also rotated monthly.

Please come and peruse these publications, which exemplify the ongoing achievements of LSUHSC-New OrleansÔÇÖ first-class work in the health sciences fields.

R. A. D. Systems

A free self-defense course is being offered to LSUHSC female students, faculty, staff and family by nationally certified Rape Aggression Defense instructors. ?áThe R.A.D. System hopes to increases awareness and prevention.

Several classes are available:

When: April 6th ÔÇô 8th (5pm ÔÇô 8pm each night)

Where: Medical Education Bldg ÔÇô 1901 Perdido St ÔÇô 3rd Floor in Seminar Rm 8

To REGISTER call (504)858-5596

OR

E-mail: Cpl. Rhonda Binder rbinde@lsuhsc.edu or Sgt. Robert Hall rhall1@lsuhsc.edu.

Tiger Run!

The deadline for registering for the 2011 Tiger Run is fast approaching; registration ends on March 27th. The race is scheduled for Sunday, April 3rd starting at 8:30 a.m in Audubon Park. The race benefits the Student-Run Homeless Clinics and other student-organized community projects.

This year’s race is also a memorial for Nicole Murphy, a medical student who died in an accident at the World Cup in 2010.

Faculty Articles Now on Display

The Isché Library's new faculty articles display has been inaugurated.

The Isché Library's new faculty articles display has been inaugurated.

The Isché Library has developed a new display that will highlight recent articles by LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty. This display will be regularly updated with materials that have been gathered into the Faculty Publications Database, which is maintained by the Isché Library as a prominent resource.

The articles on display, rotated out monthly, are in the Isché LibraryÔÇÖs Reference area (near the elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.

About the Isché LibraryÔÇÖs Faculty Publications Database:

The Faculty Publications Database includes citations to papers, editorials, letters to the editor, meeting abstracts, books, and book chapters authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 – present. Information in this database is retrieved from several sources, including: PubMed, ISI Web of Knowledge, SCOPUS, EMBASE.com, CINAHL, PsycInfo and contributions directly from faculty members.

Access to this database is available to the public. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact Kathy Kerdolff: kkerdo@lsuhsc.edu

The database is linked from the Library web page here. This page includes a handy link to a PDF document of the monthly bibliography of display articles.