Professional Development Core Welcomes New Roadmap Scholars

LA CaTS Receives Proclamation from BTR Mayor Westin Broome at Community Symposium

NIH RECOVER: Initial Results Released from Nationwide Long COVID Study & LA CaTS Contributed

LA CaTS Center NIH Award to Study Possible Causes of Long COVID

LSU Adds Key Expertise to Improve Cancer Outcomes in Louisiana

LA CaTS Center Announces 2022-2023 Pilot Grant Awardees

LA CaTS Center Welcomes New Member - D'Andra Odom

LA CaTS Investigator David McDougal Awarded $1.8M NIH Grant to Study Hypoglycemia Treatments

LA CaTS Announces 2023 Professional Development Speaker on “Working with Communities to Transform Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Services”

LSU Health New Orleans Welcomes New Dean of Dental School

LA CaTS Investigator, Dr. Ursula White, Appointed to Society of Behavioral Medicine Leadership Institute

LSUH Shreveport Celebrates Dr. Terry Davis

Pennington Biomedical & LA CaTS Center Director John Kirwan Participates in the 134th Rose Parade

LA CaTS Center Lead, Pennington Biomedical Celebrates a Year of Success

Our Lady of the Lake and Children’s Hospital New Orleans to Partner to Improve Pediatric Health Services and Outcomes

LA CaTS Center Leaders at Partner Institutions Named to Healthy State Advisory Board

N3C Announcements: Call for Proposals & CMS Data Training

The LA CaTS Center Welcomes New Core Faculty-Dr. Kimberly Drews & Dr. Jennifer Caldwell

LSU Health New Orleans Researcher Dr. Suresh Alahari Discovers New Drug Target for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

LSU Health Shreveport’s Dr. Terry Davis Receives 2022 Community Hero Award from LSU Health Sciences Foundation

LA CaTS Annual External Advisory Committee Meeting

New Louisiana Center Focused on Advancing Underrepresented Scientists (LAUNCHED) Announces Call for Pilot Grants

LSU Health-New Orleans’ Ochoa receives Prestigious Award from NCI

LA CaTS Team Celebrates IDeA-CTR renewal

Pennington Biomedical Announces Renewal of LA CaTS Center $20M NIH Grant

Major Louisiana Research Institutions Will Focus on Combating Chronic Diseases, Recruiting Scientists, and Boosting Community Involvement.

Professional Development Core Welcomes New Roadmap Scholars

Each year the Professional Development Core selects qualified Scholars into the program. The Roadmap Scholars are junior faculty members whose goals are to become sustainable independent researchers. This year, in addition to a submitted application, Scholars were interviewed by all three Co-Directors and the Research Navigator. Please join us in welcoming the 11th Cohort of Roadmap Scholars: Michael Celestin, PhD (LSUH-New Orleans, Jacob Mey, PhD (Pennington Biomedical), and Rhea Bhargava, MD (Tulane).

2022 Translational Science Showcased LA CaTS Scholars' Research

Special acknowledgement given to our Roadmap Scholars and Professional Development Core for attending the 2022 Translational Science (ACTS) Meeting on April 20-22nd in Chicago, Illinois.

Louisiana COVID Publications Break 1000!

LA CaTS Announces New Monthly Louisiana Lagniappe Series

The LA CaTS Center Professional Development Core is introducing the new “Louisiana Lagniappe Series” beginning May 2022 on Zoom. Each month will feature a 30 minute talk from researchers and early career scientists in Louisiana, showcasing their work on a variety of chronic disease and health-related topics.

LA CaTS Scholar Dr. Robert Newton’s Community Engagement Work Highlighted

Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation highlights Dr. Robert Newton's Community Engagement work in the monthly snapshot.