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TheShreveport-Bossier Convention&TouristBureau isproudtoannouncethe hiringofDannySchlag. Schlagacceptedtheposition ofgraphicdesignmanagerin February.Hisresponsibilities includethedevelopment ofcreativeandeffective marketingmaterialsforthe Shreveport-BossierConvention Schlag &TouristBureauanditspartners.Schlaghasamasterof scienceinkinesiologyandservesasanadjunctprofessor atLSUS.Healsocurrentlycompetesasaweightlifterfor LSUSWeightliftingandTeamUSA.Hemaybereached byphoneat429-0645orbye-mailatdschlag@sbctb. org.

Dr.JayB.Varkey,oneoffiveEmoryUniversity infectiousdiseasephysicianswhotreatedthefirsttwo

patientswithEbolavirusdisease whosoughttreatmentinthe UnitedStates,hasaccepted aninvitationtodeliverthe 2015commencementaddress atCentenaryCollegeof Louisiana.Varkeywillshare hisexperienceswithgraduates andguestsduringtheCollege’s commencementexercises May2.Varkeyandtheother Varkey fourphysicianslatertreatedtwoadditionalpatients, andallfourpatientssuccessfullytreatedintheSerious CommunicableDiseaseUnitinEmoryUniversityHospital weredischargedtoreturntotheirfamiliesandcommunities betweenAugustandOctober2014.

Withgrantsofnearly$125,000,Dr.TerryDavis,a professorofmedicineandpediatrics,andDr.Connie Arnold,associateprofessorofmedicine,areworkingwith

researchersacrossthecountrytohelpimprovehealth care.Theyarebeingemployedashealthliteracyexperts ontwostudiesfundedbytheWashington,D.C.-based PatientCenteredOutcomesResearchInstitute.Alongwith LSUHealthNewOrleans,Tulane,OschnerandXavier, ArnoldandDavisaresubcontractorson“TheLouisiana TrialtoReduceObesityinPrimaryCare,”whichispart ofafive-year,$10millionstudyledbyPennington BiomedicalResearchCenter. Theywillbeinvolvedin aportionofthestudytestingtheeffectivenessofan obesitytreatmentprogramforlow-incomeandethnic minoritypopulations.

Alexander&CompanySalon-SpahasrelocatedtoThe CourtatTwelveOaksinfrontofTwelveOaksSubdivision. OwnerJohnMorellalongwithstylistsEdwardGray, BrendaGreen,BrittanyKoinerandJaimieDouglaswork withclientsatthesalon.ThesalonfeaturesAmikahair products.AmikaproductsharnesspropertiesoftheSea BuckthornBerrynativetoSiberia.Thisberryisknown

tofacesomeoftheharshestenvironmentalconditions onEarth.Thesalonnowoffersavarietyofmassagesby JessicaMylesandNailServicesbyVickieOates.Goto www.alexandersalonspa.comforafulllistofservices.

A.T.Emery,nativeof Shreveport,hasjoinedthe commercialleasingand brokeragedepartmentat U.L.ColemanCompanies. Hewillworkcloselywith thecommercialdepartment learningallaspectsof commercialrealestateand willbeginattendingAdams RealEstateInstituteinearly Emery

Maytoobtainhisrealestatelicense.TheU.L.Coleman Companiesprovideafullrangeofcommercialreal estateandmulti-familyresidentialservicesthroughout Shreveport,BossierCityandthesouthernregion.