A few days ago, Dr. Scott A. Phillips (DBA, JM, MS, USN Ret.) , Research Assistant Professor and UGHCM Interim Director, delivered a powerful introduction to data storytelling at the University of New Orleans. The session offered a hands-on look at how numbers and lived experience can be shaped into clear, community-ready stories—stories that support planning, advocacy, and real community impact. We will give you the information below to catch you up on everything we have al

In New Orleans, storytelling is more than art—it’s connection. We’re honored to welcome Dr. April Goggans as the Crown Legacy Program’s 2026 Storyteller Fellow . A family physician, writer, and speaker, Dr. Goggans brings a rare blend of clinical insight, lived experience with chronic illness, and community-centered language that heals. Her fellowship project— Therapeutic Society (TS) —invites us to rebuild connection to self, each other, and the world we share. “When we re