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LA CaTS Center Awards Two Additional Pilot Grants for the First Round of Pilot Funding Opportunity 2012
Mar 12, 2013
The Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center has selected two more Pilot projects for funding through institutional match by the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Thus making the total of 10 awarded grants in the first round of Pilot Projects Funding Opportunity 2012.
LA CaTS Center Announces First Round of Pilot Grant Awardees
Feb 28, 2013
The Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center has announced the recipients of its first round of 2012 Pilot Grants.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center Study Finds Bedroom TV Viewing Increases Risk of Obesity in Children
Dec 11, 2012
BATON ROUGE, LA - A new research study from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center found that having a bedroom TV and TV viewing time were related to childhood obesity, and specifically high waist circumference. The study, entitled “Television, Adiposity, and Cardiometabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents,” was published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
NIH Awards $20 Million Grant for Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center
Sep 6, 2012
Eight Louisiana Health Institutions Join in Single Louisiana Research Initiative; Pennington Biomedical Research Center to Lead Effort for Underserved Population