E.J. Ourso College of Business Professor Fran Lawrence was recently appointed to the advisory board of the Volunteer Health Corps., according to a news release.
“I like being the business voice, and I enjoy the camaraderie outside of my typical academic world,” Lawrence said of her new position.
Lawrence, a communication studies professor in the finance department, has been a VHC charter member for five years and has served as treasurer. She said she was “happy to do it” when offered the board position.
The release said that although the organization is still working to define the board’s purpose, “its main goal is to retain and engage critical members rotating off the board.”
The VHC is a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization that links the private medical community with the public health sector, the release said. Its goal is to minimize delays in treatment and the use of emergency rooms.
“VHC provides a critical resource to both the hospitals, as well as the indigent. The physicians relish the opportunity to do mission work in their own backyard, and board meetings are always celebratory,” Lawrence said in the release.
The VHC maintains a partnership with the University in which it shares the LSU Health System’s clinic space.
“This partnership works to build a healthier community through access to health care for all,” the release said.
 
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