Dr. Jacqueline Stephens

Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Dr. Jacqueline Stephens, was recently awarded $11 million, 5 year grant from NIH to establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE). The COBRE awards are funded under the NIGMS IDeA (Institutional Development Award) Program, similar to the LA CaTS Center IDeA-CTR award. This award also includes collaboration with LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. Congratulations to Dr. Stephens and all the researchers on this grant. We look forward to your future engagement with the LA CaTS Center.

See the full articles here:

  1. The Advocate

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/health_fitness/article_c8a53cb4-a0e1-11ea-9082-7f990aeff672.html

  1. Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge

http://www.healthcarejournalbr.com/news/nih-funds-new-center-of-biomedical-research-excellence