The mission of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans (LSUHSC-NO) is to provide education, research, and public service through direct patient care and community outreach. LSUHSC-NO comprises the Schools of Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Graduate Studies, Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health.
LSUHSC-NO educational programs prepare students for careers as health care professionals and scientists. The Health Sciences Center disseminates and advances knowledge through State and national programs of basic and clinical research, resulting in publications, technology transfer, and related economic enhancements to meet the changing needs of the State of Louisiana and the nation.
LSUHSC-NO provides vital public service through direct patient care, including care of indigent and uninsured patients. Health care services are provided through LSUHSC-NO clinics in allied health, dentistry, medicine, nursing, and in numerous affiliated hospitals and clinics throughout Louisiana.
LSUHSC-NO provides referral services, continuing education, and information relevant to the public health of the citizens of Louisiana. In addition, LSUHSC-NO works cooperatively w
...ith two Area Health Education Centers (AHECs), whose programs focus on improving the number and distribution of health care providers in underserved rural and urban areas of Louisiana and on supporting existing rural health care providers through continuing education programs.
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The Department Head for Cell Biology and Anatomy will oversee the faculty, staff, post docs and graduate students in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy. The department head will work to advance the educational and research missions of the department and the School of Medicine. Incumbent will report directly to the Dean of the School of Medicine and work closely with leaders in the School of Graduate Studies and the administrators of the LSU Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC). The department head will also work closely with leadership of other LSUHSC schools to ensure appropriate education in cell biology and anatomy for their students. Incumbent will also work with associate and assistant deans in the School of Medicine to ensure high quality educational and research experiences for medical students and to ensure appropriate research opportunities and advancement for the departmental faculty. There are ample opportunities to collaborate with other clinical and basic science department heads and with directors of our multidisciplinary centers of excellence.