News For 2016
LSU's Pennington Biomedical Awarded $5.28 Million from NIH to Study the Molecular Effects of Exercise
Dec 13, 2016
Baton Rouge, LA - LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center has been awarded $5.28 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the benefits of exercise on health, specifically the molecular mechanisms behind these benefits. The Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity in Humans (MoTrPAC) program aims to understand the molecular mechanisms of how physical activity improves health and prevents disease.
REACHnet is Open for Business!
Dec 12, 2016
The Research Action for Health Network (REACHnet) became a formal partner of LA CaTS in 2016. Since 2013, REACHnet has been a PCORI-funded clinical data research network (CDRN) that is designed to help Louisiana clinicians and researchers conduct robust comparative effectiveness research with integrated recruitment and data solutions. REACHnet is managed by the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI) and includes the following partner systems:
LA CaTS Junior Investigator Training: February 2-3, 2017
Dec 12, 2016
Please join us for our inaugural LA CaTS Center Junior Investigator Training to be held at Tulane University’s Tidewater Building Room 1210 (1440 Canal Street, New Orleans LA). There will be two sessions covering different topic areas. Video conferencing will be available via AdobeConnect for those who cannot attend physically. To register, please visit: https://redcap.sph.tulane.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=F7KKYPRCF9.
Appointment of Chris Kevil Ph.D.as Vice Chancellor for Research at LSU Health Shreveport
Dec 7, 2016
Contact - Lisa Babin, Executive Director of Public Affairs & Communication:
Educational Spotlight: Statistical Presentations, Dr. Susan Ellenberg, Nov. 7th & 8th
Nov 4, 2016
On behalf of Dr. Zhide Fang and Dean Smith from LSU Health Sciences Center School of Public Health, you are invited to attend two presentations from the 2016 LSUHSC SPH John Rock Visiting Scholar.
LA CaTS Level I Research Coordinator Training
Oct 7, 2016
LA CaTS Level I Research Coordinator Training
Pennington Biomedical to Host 2016 Childhood Obesity and Public Health Conference
Sep 15, 2016
The 9th annual childhood obesity and public health conference - Preventing Obesity in the Early Years: Translating Evidence into Action - will be held at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center on Tuesday, October 25, 2016.
Louisiana Biomedical Collaborative Research Program (LBCRP) Workshop - September 8, 2016
Sep 7, 2016
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
2016 Biomedical Summer Seminar Series
Jun 20, 2016
Cosponsored by the CCTS and the UAB Informatics Institute, this 9-week series will cover key topics and available resources in biomedical and health informatics for clinical and translational research.
Tulane plays lead role in major diabetes drug trial
Jun 17, 2016
https://news.tulane.edu/news/tulane-plays-lead-role-major-diabetes-drug-trial
Pennington Biomedical's NORC Announces Call for Pilot Grants
May 9, 2016
To all LA CaTS Center Full-time Associate or Assistant Professors, Instructors, and senior post-doctoral fellows,
LSU Health New Orleans' Ochoa Appointed to Biden Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel
Apr 20, 2016
CONTACT: LESLIE CAPO
NIH, ODS Announces Dietary Supplement Education Opportunity
Mar 15, 2016
The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now accepting applications for the Mary Frances Picciano Dietary Supplement Research Practicum on June 7-9, 2016, at the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD.
Pennington Biomedical COBRE Announces Call for Pilot Grants
Mar 2, 2016
Funds are available to fund 4 to 8 P&F grants from the Pennington COBRE. Clinical/translational or basic science proposals may request budgets from $25,000 to $75,000, although it should be noted that budget requests near the upper limit are most likely to be approved for clinical projects. The major objective of this program is to provide research support to test innovative hypotheses regarding metabolic diseases and other pilot studies related to the COBRE and Clinical Science Faculty at PBRC, as well as their collaborators and PIs at sister institutions within the LSU system. The COBRE will give its highest priority to research related to obesity and diabetes, including excellent projects that relate to this global theme through nutritional interventions or preventive medicine approaches.
New Informatics Lecture Series Offered to the LA CaTS Center
Feb 16, 2016
Lectures on Informatics: An Introduction to Computers and Informatics in the Health Sciences
New LA CaTS Center Community Scholar Program Released
Jan 12, 2016
The Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center Community Engagement and Outreach Core (CEO Core) Core are accepting applications for LA CATS Community Scholars Program (LaCoSP) [Cohort 1] through March 4, 2016. An information conference call will be held on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 and Letters of Intent are due by February 5, 2016. The program provides formal training and pilot project funds for teams comprised of a community and an academic partner interested in community-based participatory research (CBPR). More detailed instructions can be found at https://lacatsfunding.pbrc.edu/members/researchfunding/default.aspx.