Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center
Connecting Students to Careers, Professionals to Communities, and Communities to Better Health.
Connecting Students to Careers, Professionals to Communities, and Communities to Better Health
The mission of the Louisiana Area Health Education Centers is to improve the supply and distribution of health care professionals within the state through community and academic educational partnerships, in an effort to increase access to quality health care for all Louisiana residents.
Serving The Following Parishes:
- Assumption
- Jefferson
- Lafourche
- Orleans
- Plaquemines
- St. Bernard
- St. Charles
- St. James
- St. John
- St. Tammany
- Tangipahoa
- Terrebonne
- Washington
History
The Louisiana AHEC system began operation in 1988 through the efforts of the LSU School of Medicine which petitioned the federal government for funding. Four centers across the state were opened on a staggered basis with Southeast Louisiana beginning in 1989. The Louisiana Centers have all completed their six year cycles of federal funding and are now supported through cooperative agreements with the LSU School of Medicine.oking out for a reliable co-working space. You can use a few enticing words and flaunt your capabilities that will attract future clients and encourage them to hire you right away. List down your expertise and experience to prove you are the best.
Our Programs
- EarlySteps: Louisiana Early Intervention System
- LSU School of Medicine Admissions
- South Louisiana AHEC Scholars
- Continuing Nursing Education
- Louisiana Health Careers
- Day with Allied Health
- Day With Doctors
- Medical Library Services
- Reach Out and Read
- AGRI+MEDIC
- Rural Loan Fund
- Ryan White Part A
- LAPEN
- LAPPS
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