LSU Hurricane Public Health Center


Hurricane Watch	LSU Hurricane Public Health Center Suite 3221 Patrick F. Taylor Hall Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
	Partnering Centers & Agencies	Research	Environmental Impacts of Hurricanes
	New Orleans Pilot Study	Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes	Louisiana's Wetlands & Barrier Islands
	Experimental Storm Surge Modeling	New Orleans GIS & LA GIS Information	Kids Section
	Hurricane Information	Snapshots	Reports

LSU Hurricane Public Health Center
Suite 3221 Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

Partnering Centers
& Agencies

Research

Environmental Impacts
of Hurricanes

New Orleans Pilot Study

Public Health Impacts
of Hurricanes

Louisiana's Wetlands
& Barrier Islands

Experimental Storm Surge Modeling

New Orleans GIS
& LA GIS Information

Kids Section

Hurricane Information

Snapshots

Reports

Features
TEAM LOUISIANA Forensic Levee Investigation	Book Release	Engineering Atlantis: Restoring Louisiana and Rebuilding New Orleans

The evacuation of New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina, at one point a Category 5 storm heading towards the city (photo: Washinton Post).	The LSU Hurricane Public Health Center (HPHC), also known as the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes, began multidisciplinary research on public health aspects of hurricanes and major floods in 2002. Comprised of a growing list of over forty researchers and advisory board members, in fields ranging from engineering to computer modeling to medicine, the initial pilot study of the Center was to assess and mitigate the public health impacts of a major hurricane strike in New Orleans. This catastrophic event was in many ways realised in the fourth year of the five year project - by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.
Prior to hurricane season 2005 however, many research initiatives from the Center were able to be applied to pre-Katrina hurricane planning and mitigation, as well as later response and recovery efforts. Working closely with the LSU Hurricane Center, these included advances in transportation planning, evacuation surveys, animal evacuation, storm surge modeling, GIS, and environmental public health, among numerous others. New Orleans and Louisiana continue to be highly vurnerable to hurricanes and other natural and man-made disasters for a variety of reasons.	Flooded New Orleans streets during Hurricane Katrina (photo: News Tribune)
As studies following Hurricane Katrina continue, Center researchers remain focused on the broader scope of identifying and mitigating public health impacts of complex disasters.	Search and rescue efforts following Hurricane Katrina (photo: Louisiana Army and Air National Guard)	However, Center goals now also include developing and evaluating strategies to restore Louisiana, rebuilding a more sustainable and innovative New Orleans, better protecting vulnerable populations and better preparing for future storms and disasters.

Features

TEAM LOUISIANA
Forensic Levee Investigation

Book Release

Engineering Atlantis:
Restoring Louisiana and Rebuilding
New Orleans

The evacuation of New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina, at one point a Category 5 storm heading towards the city (photo: Washinton Post).

The LSU Hurricane Public Health Center (HPHC), also known as the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes, began multidisciplinary research on public health aspects of hurricanes and major floods in 2002.

Comprised of a growing list of over forty researchers and advisory board members, in fields ranging from engineering to computer modeling to medicine, the initial pilot study of the Center was to assess and mitigate the public health impacts of a major hurricane strike in New Orleans. This catastrophic event was in many ways realised in the fourth year of the five year project - by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

Prior to hurricane season 2005 however, many research initiatives from the Center were able to be applied to pre-Katrina hurricane planning and mitigation, as well as later response and recovery efforts.

Working closely with the LSU Hurricane Center, these included advances in transportation planning, evacuation surveys, animal evacuation, storm surge modeling, GIS, and environmental public health, among numerous others.

New Orleans and Louisiana continue to be highly vurnerable to hurricanes and other natural and man-made disasters for a variety of reasons.

Flooded New Orleans streets
during Hurricane Katrina
(photo: News Tribune)

As studies following Hurricane Katrina continue, Center researchers remain focused on the broader scope of identifying and mitigating public health impacts of complex disasters.

Search and rescue efforts following Hurricane Katrina (photo: Louisiana Army and Air National Guard)

However, Center goals now also include developing and evaluating strategies to restore Louisiana, rebuilding a more sustainable and innovative New Orleans, better protecting vulnerable populations and better preparing for future storms and disasters.