Susanne Straif-Bourgeois, PhD, MPH, MS

Associate Professor

Louisiana State University School of Public Health

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.