Elizabeth “Terry” Fontham, MPH, DrPH, is a cancer epidemiologist, public health researcher, and founding dean of the LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health. In 2008, she was named president of the American Cancer Society, becoming the first non-physician to hold this position in the organization’s history. An ardent supporter of the LSU Health Foundation, Dr. Fontham is the primary donor to her namesake, the Dean Fontham Graduate Student Scholarship, a $100,000 endowment at the School of Public Health.