{"id":51798,"date":"2019-11-13T15:37:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T21:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=51798"},"modified":"2019-11-15T15:59:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T21:59:25","slug":"medical-researcher-david-harsha-ph-d-is-laid-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/medical-researcher-david-harsha-ph-d-is-laid-to-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical researcher David Harsha, Ph.D., is laid to rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DAVID WILLIAM HARSHA, Ph.D., passed away peacefully on November 11, 2019. He was 70.<\/p>\n<p>Harsha earned his undergraduate degree at Kansas University and his doctorate in Physical Anthropology from Tulane University.<\/p>\n<p>He was a leading researcher for the Bogalusa Heart Study, helping to understand how proper diet and exercise can achieve positive long-term health outcomes. He worked for more than 20 years at LSU&#8217;s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, continuing his work to understand and address heart disease risk factors. Dr. Harsha was one of 12 children.<\/p>\n<p>Harsha was uncompromising in his belief in justice, equality and the dignity of others, and imparted this onto his family, who were his greatest source of pride and devotion.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his wife, Gayle Baer, Ph.D., and his children Celeste Morvant, Seth Baer-Harsha, Aaron Baer-Harsha, and Sonya Lydick, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>Family and friends attended a funeral service at Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home, 1600 N. Causeway Blvd, Metairie, LA 70001 on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 2:00 pm.&nbsp; The service was jointly conducted by Rabbi David Gerber and Emeritus Rabbi Robert Loewy.Interment followed immediately at Gates of Prayer Cemetery on St. Joseph St.<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, the family asks for memorial donations in his memory to the ACLU or the <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/423686928\/prod\/obit-aff\/obit-standard\/clio-inline-1&amp;t=clio%3DAHA%26cobrand%3Dnola%26linkurl%3Dhttps%3A\/\/www2.heart.org\/site\/SPageNavigator\/donatenow_legacy.html%3FgiftFirstName%3DDavid%26giftLastName%3DHarsha%26s_src%3Dleg%26fn%3DDavid%26ln%3DHarsha&amp;sz=1x1&amp;c=284126627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Heart Association<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/423686928\/prod\/obit-aff\/obit-standard\/clio-inline-1&amp;t=clio%3DAHA%26cobrand%3Dnola%26linkurl%3Dhttps%3A\/\/www2.heart.org\/site\/SPageNavigator\/donatenow_legacy.html%3FgiftFirstName%3DDavid%26giftLastName%3DHarsha%26s_src%3Dleg%26fn%3DDavid%26ln%3DHarsha&amp;sz=1x1&amp;c=284126627\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Medical%20researcher%20David%20Harsha%2C%20Ph.D.%2C%20is%20laid%20to%20rest\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[10312,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51798"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51801,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51798\/revisions\/51801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}