Ana-Maria DragoiAna-Maria Dragoi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at LSU Health Shreveport, was recently awarded a federally funded NIH R01 grant to study how Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria that causes the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea, interacts with the immune system and avoids natural immune responses. Dr. Dragoi is also a past recipient of a LA CaTS Center Pilot Grant. We congratulate Dr. Dragoi on her success and look forward to the results of this very important study.

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