Kimberly Drews, PhD
LA CaTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Research Design (BERD) Director
Pennington Biomedical Research Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Kimberly Drews as
the Professor and Director of Biostatistics. She will be leading a team of biostatisticians,
providing biostatistical support for grant applications and research studies, and
building the infrastructure necessary to compete for grants to serve as the data coordinating
center for multi-center trials.
Prior to joining the Pennington Biomedical team, she had been serving on the faculty
of George Washington University since 2005.
Dr. Drews received both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Mathematics from
the University of Southern Mississippi in 1993 and 1995 respectively, and a Ph.D.
in Mathematics with Statistics Emphasis at Texas Tech in 2002. She then continued
her training as a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M. Dr. Drews is originally from
Southern Mississippi, and we are pleased that she has moved to Baton Rouge and is
returning to her Southern roots.
Jennifer Caldwell, PhD
LA CaTS Community Engagement & Outreach Core Member
Pennington Biomedical Research Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Jennifer Caldwell
an Assistant Professor in Population and Public Health Science. Her research focus
is in health disparities, and she will also be a part of the LA CaTS Community Engagement
and Outreach Core.
Prior to joining the Pennington Biomedical faculty, Dr. Caldwell was an American Heart
Association Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern
University in Chicago. She received a B.S. in Physics and Chemistry from the University
of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and a Master of Public Health, Epidemiology from the University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. She then obtained a Ph.D. in Genetics
from Howard University.