Other Pilot Projects
Community-Wide Health Assessment for West Carroll Parish
The objective of this project is to conduct a baseline health assessment of chronic disease, risk factors, and risk factor knowledge in West Carroll Parish. The community health assessment will include two components:
A population health phone survey conducted by the LSU Public Policy Research Lab (address-based
sample of 2,500 households; anticipate ~400 respondents), and
Community health screenings (screening for CVD risk factors including obesity, hypertension,
diabetes and dyslipidemia; 200 participants) conducted at the LSU/SU AgCenter Research
and Extension Site in Oak Grove, Louisiana.
Establishing a Congenital Zika Virus Infection Model
Summary:
The emergence of Zika virus (ZIKV) as a cause of birth defects represents a dramatic
and imminent threat to maternal and child health. Through mechanisms that are undefined,
ZIKV demonstrates the ability to cross the placenta, infect the developing fetus,
and produce devastating neurological sequelae, including microcephaly. Since the infection
can be transmitted by sexual contact in addition to mosquito bites, insect vector
control alone may be insufficient to stem the epidemic, and women of reproductive
age may be at risk even in temperate zones that do not harbor Aedes aegypti. The over-arching
goal of this proposal is to develop a tractable animal (guinea pig) model system in
which to study congenital ZIKV infection and to determine the susceptibility and permissiveness
of the placenta to ZIKV infection toward the future goal of preclinical testing of
immune-based therapies, vaccines, and antivirals aimed at preventing fetal transmission
and attendant disease.
Effects of Aging in Delayed Antithrombotic tPA Treatment and Stem Cell Therapy against Ischemic Stroke
No summary available at this time
Activation of Innate & Cellular Immunity by Outer Membrane Vesicles
No summary available at this time