In July, LA CaTS Center Research Partner Ochsner Health teamed up with LA CaTS Center lead institution Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, to study the spread of the coronavirus in the Baton Rouge area. Ochsner also conducted a similar study in Orleans and Jefferson parishes areas in May. The study is funded by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF), who also funds the Louisiana COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. Several LA CaTS Center leaders serve on this important task force appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards.

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