Latest News
LA CaTS Center Welcomes New Member - D'Andra Odom
Mar 21, 2023
LSUH Shreveport Celebrates Dr. Terry Davis
Jan 13, 2023
LA CaTS Annual External Advisory Committee Meeting
Sep 27, 2022
LA CaTS Team Celebrates IDeA-CTR renewal
Aug 20, 2022
Pennington Biomedical Announces Renewal of LA CaTS Center $20M NIH Grant
Aug 19, 2022
Major Louisiana Research Institutions Will Focus on Combating Chronic Diseases, Recruiting Scientists, and Boosting Community Involvement.
Professional Development Core Welcomes New Roadmap Scholars
Aug 16, 2022
Each year the Professional Development Core selects qualified Scholars into the program. The Roadmap Scholars are junior faculty members whose goals are to become sustainable independent researchers. This year, in addition to a submitted application, Scholars were interviewed by all three Co-Directors and the Research Navigator. Please join us in welcoming the 11th Cohort of Roadmap Scholars: Michael Celestin, PhD (LSUH-New Orleans, Jacob Mey, PhD (Pennington Biomedical), and Rhea Bhargava, MD (Tulane).
2022 Translational Science Showcased LA CaTS Scholars' Research
Jun 18, 2022
Special acknowledgement given to our Roadmap Scholars and Professional Development Core for attending the 2022 Translational Science (ACTS) Meeting on April 20-22nd in Chicago, Illinois.
Louisiana COVID Publications Break 1000!
Jun 17, 2022
LA CaTS Announces New Monthly Louisiana Lagniappe Series
Jun 7, 2022
The LA CaTS Center Professional Development Core is introducing the new “Louisiana Lagniappe Series” beginning May 2022 on Zoom. Each month will feature a 30 minute talk from researchers and early career scientists in Louisiana, showcasing their work on a variety of chronic disease and health-related topics.
LA CaTS Scholar Dr. Robert Newton’s Community Engagement Work Highlighted
Jun 1, 2022
Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation highlights Dr. Robert Newton's Community Engagement work in the monthly snapshot.
LA CaTS 2022 Professional Development Plenary Talk
May 18, 2022
Plenary talk on “Racial Inequities in Health: What We Know and What We Think We Know” by Dr. Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD, Dean and Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Health Equity, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
LA CaTS Announces Level 3 Research Coordinator's Training on May 20, 2022
May 10, 2022
The LA CaTS Clinical Research Resources Team announced the next Level 3 Research Coordinator Training, planned for Friday, May 20th from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. This event will be person at Tulane School of Medicine. All LA CaTS institutions are invited to attend. There will be no cost to attend the training and all attendees will receive a certificate of completion.
LA CaTS Announces Level 2 Research Coordinator's Training on April 1, 2022
Mar 14, 2022
The LA CaTS Clinical Research Resources Team announced the next Level 2 Research Coordinator Training, planned for Friday, April 1st from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. This event will be person at Tulane School of Public Health building and via Zoom. All LA CaTS institutions are invited to attend. There will be no cost to attend the training and all attendees will receive a certificate of completion.
LA CaTS Announces 2022 Professional Development Speaker on “Racial Inequities in Health: What We Know and What We Think We Know”
Feb 24, 2022
Plenary talk on “Racial Inequities in Health: What We Know and What We Think We Know” by Dr. Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD, Dean and Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Health Equity, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
IDeA-CTR Sites to Host National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Investigator Event on 2/17/22
Feb 17, 2022
This event will demonstrate IDeA-CTR members to the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C). The N3C Data Enclave is a secure platform through which harmonized clinical data provided by our contributing members are stored. The Enclave includes demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who have been tested for or diagnosed with COVID-19, and further information about the strategies and outcomes of treatments for those suspected or confirmed to have the virus. This event will feature a keynote presentation by Dr. Chris Chute, Co-PI for N3C, and presentations by IDeA-CTR N3C leadership and investigators, including Drs. Sally Hodder and Clifford Rosen.