HJBR Mar/Apr 2021

HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE I  MAR / APR 2021 17 Charles Stoecker, PhD J.P. Morgan Chase Professorship in Health Care Finance Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Charles Stoecker, PhD, holds the J.P. Morgan Chase Professorship in Health Care Finance at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He is a health economist who researches vaccine policy. He has worked with the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization on vaccination compliance. His research has explored the economics of infectious disease, including the impact of the Super Bowl on disease transmission and the links between scope of practice laws and health inequality. M. “Tonette” Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Associate Provost for the Health Sciences, Associate Dean for Public Health & Medical Education at Tulane University School of Medicine & Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine M. “Tonette” Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH is a professor of medicine and epidemiology and associate provost for the health sciences, associate dean for Public Health & Medical Education at Tulane University School of Medicine and Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Krousel-Wood's research interests are focused on clinical outcomes and healthcare processes for patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. She was recently awarded a $1 million grant to lead the Louisiana Community Engagement Alliance (LA-CEAL), an outreach initiative to reach ethnic and racial minority communities in Louisiana that are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. LA-CEAL is working with residents, community leaders, federally qualified health centers, faith-based organizations, community pharmacies and the Louisiana Department of Health to raise awareness about COVID-19 and fight misperceptions within vulnerable communities hardest hit by the pandemic in Orleans, Jefferson, East Baton Rouge and nearby rural parishes.