LSU dean to lead Cancer Society
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NEW ORLEANS — The first dean of the LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans School of Public Health is the first epidemiologist elected as president of the American Cancer Society.
Elizabeth T.H. “Terry” Fontham, who also is a professor of pathology and epidemiology at the LSU School of Tropical Medicine, was inducted as the head of the society, during ceremonies Thursday in New York City, LSUHSC spokeswoman Leslie Capo said.
An expert in the spread of both infectious and non-infectious diseases, Fontham is the first non-physician to head the society, one of the nation’s oldest cancer prevention, research, and advocacy organizations. The society boasts some 2 million volunteers.
“Dr. Terry Fontham has dedicated a great deal of her life to fighting cancer, and she has made enormous and life-saving contributions,” said Dr. Larry Hollier, a physician and chancellor of LSUHSC. “We are very proud that the American Cancer Society has recognized Dr. Fontham’s strong leadership ability, something we have had the privilege to know firsthand for many years.”
Fontham’s election also buoyed fellow cancer researchers.
“Dr. Fontham has been and continues to be a leader in the building of our Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium, as the co-director for Population Sciences,” Augusto Ochoa, a physician and director of the LSUHSC Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center.
A graduate of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Fontham has been on the faculty in the LSUHSC since 1980.
She chaired the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine prior to the establishment of the School of Public Health. She is associate director of the LSUHSC Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center and is senior consultant epidemiologist to the state Office of Public Health.
Fontham’s major area of research is cancer epidemiology with a focus on the origins of tobacco- and diet-related cancers.
Fontham has served as a member of the National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific Counselors and is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. She has served on the editorial board of a cancer research journal and has been a co-authored a U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on the malignancy.
Elizabeth T.H. “Terry” Fontham, who also is a professor of pathology and epidemiology at the LSU School of Tropical Medicine, was inducted as the head of the society, during ceremonies Thursday in New York City, LSUHSC spokeswoman Leslie Capo said.
An expert in the spread of both infectious and non-infectious diseases, Fontham is the first non-physician to head the society, one of the nation’s oldest cancer prevention, research, and advocacy organizations. The society boasts some 2 million volunteers.
“Dr. Terry Fontham has dedicated a great deal of her life to fighting cancer, and she has made enormous and life-saving contributions,” said Dr. Larry Hollier, a physician and chancellor of LSUHSC. “We are very proud that the American Cancer Society has recognized Dr. Fontham’s strong leadership ability, something we have had the privilege to know firsthand for many years.”
Fontham’s election also buoyed fellow cancer researchers.
“Dr. Fontham has been and continues to be a leader in the building of our Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium, as the co-director for Population Sciences,” Augusto Ochoa, a physician and director of the LSUHSC Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center.
A graduate of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Fontham has been on the faculty in the LSUHSC since 1980.
She chaired the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine prior to the establishment of the School of Public Health. She is associate director of the LSUHSC Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center and is senior consultant epidemiologist to the state Office of Public Health.
Fontham’s major area of research is cancer epidemiology with a focus on the origins of tobacco- and diet-related cancers.
Fontham has served as a member of the National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific Counselors and is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. She has served on the editorial board of a cancer research journal and has been a co-authored a U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on the malignancy.
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