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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.
Xavier University has been awarded extended funding in partnership Tulane University for LA-CEAL 2.0
Feb 1, 2022
Xavier University of Louisiana's Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research & Education (CMHDRE) has been awarded extended funding in partnership Tulane University for LA-CEAL 2.0 (Louisiana Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19)
Message from the Director
Feb 1, 2022
LA CaTS in the Community
Feb 1, 2022
We invite LA CaTS junior, senior, and all other investigators to utilize the SparcRequest platform to request to share their research with the CEO Core's standing Baton Rouge and New Orleans Community Advisory Boards (CABs).
LA CaTS Announces Level I Research Coordinator Training (Virtual)
Jan 28, 2022
Please join us for the LA CaTS Level I Research Coordinator Training on Friday, January 28, 2022 from 8 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. This is a free training will be a fully virtual event, open to research coordinators of all levels at all LA CaTS institutions. Participants will receive an LA CaTS Research Coordinator Training Certificate for participation in the program.
Professional Development Core Welcomes New Roadmap Scholars
Dec 1, 2021
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 6th Cohort of Roadmap Scholars: Juan Gao, MD (LSUHSC), Candice Myers, PhD (Pennington), and Ibolya Rutkai, PhD (Tulane University).
LA CaTS Center’s Dr. Leanne Redman Receives 2021 Obesity Society Award
Nov 15, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Leanne Redman, Associate Executive Director for Scientific Education at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, as she is the recipient of the 2021 Thomas A Wadden Distinguished Mentorship Award from The Obesity Society.
LA CaTS Center NIH Award Tackles "Long COVID"
Nov 15, 2021
LA CaTS Center Primary Collaborating Institutions, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU Health New Orleans, and Tulane University are participating sites for the NIH “Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) national initiative. T
Congratulations to our 2021 Pilot Grant Awardees
Jul 16, 2021
The LA CaTS Pilot Grants Program is pleased to announce the awardees of the Round 10 Pilot Grants Funding Opportunities. Abstracts for each project can be found on our Pilot Projects page: /research-funding/pilot-projects/. Congratulations to the following awardees:
Xavier University Awarded Funds from CDC Foundation to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities in African Americans
Jun 28, 2021
LA CaTS Center Research Partner, Xavier University of Louisiana, was recently awarded $420,000 from the CDC Foundation to help address health disparities and to raise awareness of COVID-19 infections in the African American population in New Orleans. Congratulations to Dr. Faye Grimsley, principal investigator, on the award addressing this very important public health topic and we wish her much success on this effort.
LA CaTS Announces 2021 Community Scholars Program Teams
Jun 15, 2021
The Community Engagement and Outreach Core (CEO Core) is pleased to announce the Cohort 4 awardees of the Louisiana Community Scholars Program: