Susanne
Straif-Bourgeois,
PhD, MPH, MS
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Dr. Susanne Straif-Bourgeois, PhD, MPH, MS is an associate professor in epidemiology at the LSU School of Public Health (SOPH) since 2013 and a SOPH faculty council member for the Center for Interprofessional Education and Community Practice (CIPECP) since June 2020. She is a trained infectious disease epidemiologist with work experience in African countries and Taiwan. Prior to her tenure at LSU, Dr. Straif-Bourgeois was working for the Louisiana State Health Department as the Assistant State Epidemiologist for 14 years. Her research interests include healthcare-associated infections, zoonotic disease, natural disasters and emerging pathogens response including epidemics and pandemics.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The center of interprofessional practice is the patient/client or community. Therefore, it is foundational to include the community in interprofessional education opportunities. Since the 2017-18 academic year, pre-professional students have engaged in a community-based education experience known as the Health Partner (HP) project. HPs are individuals living in the community who are willing to support the education of students as they develop interprofessional collaborative practice skills. The proposed Lightning Talk will provide an overview of the HP project and HP’s perspectives of their…