Sadiya Parveen-Nesson, PhD received a five-year, DP2 $2.2 million award from the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Cyrine Ben Dhaou, PhD received a two-year, K99 award from the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Gengyi Zou, MD, PhD received a three-year, R00 $756,167 transfer award from the National Cancer Institute.

Christopher Pattillo, PhD, Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, secured a new five-year R01 grant from the NIH National Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

For the first time in LSU Health Shreveport’s history, one of our own postdoctoral fellows, Nilesh Pandey, PhD, has secured an NIH K99 award.

David Gross, PhD, was awarded a five-year, $2.5+ million R35 grant from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

Cory Coehoorn, PhD was awarded a one-year $210,022 grant from the LSU System Collaboration in Action Program (CAP) 2026 for the project, “Validating Machine Learning Models for Predicting Core Temperature and Heat Illness Risk in Louisiana High School Football Athletes.”

Monica Gestal, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, was awarded a five-year $2.57 million R01 grant from the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Sadiya Parveen Nesson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, was awarded a three-year, $766,500 COBRE grant from the Center for Lung Biology and Disease (CLBD) at LSU Baton Rouge.

Gengyi Zou, MD, PhD selected as a recipient of the Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program Award in Solid Tumors, a highly competitive award that supports outstanding junior faculty conducting innovative cancer research.

Yoshikazu Tsukasaki, PhD was awarded a three-year, $1.1 million R01 transfer grant from the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for the remaining three years of his project.

Tousif Sultan, PHD, Assistant Professor of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, was awarded a competitive one-year grant from the AHA to investigate cell-specific pathways driving cardiac inflammation.

LSU Health Shreveport researcher Hyung Wook Nam, PhD, received a $1,609,645 NIH R01 award from the NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to advance research on alcohol use disorder.

LSU Health Shreveport researcher Xiaohong Lu, PhD, received a $2,312,012 NIH R01 award from the NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to advance research on neurodegenerative disease and dementia.

LSUHS researchers A. Wayne Orr, PhD, and Arif Yurdagul, PhD, received a $2,869,114 NIH R01 award from the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to advance research in cardiovascular disease.

Cancer remains one of the top causes of death worldwide, and researchers continue the search for therapies that are more effective, less toxic and tailored to individual patients. Immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most promising approaches because it harnesses the body’s own defenses to fight disease.

For generations, the unknowns in neurology carried a frustrating limitation. Today, neurology is no longer limited to diagnosing and managing disease.

How does the immune system recognize a virus before it gains the upper hand? That question drives the research of Hongyan Guo, PhD, whose laboratory studies the body’s earliest defenses against HSV-1.

Research generates new knowledge. Innovation creates pathways to move that knowledge to patients, providers and communities. For academic health centers, the challenge is making promising discoveries reach the people who can benefit from them.

This summer, undergraduate and medical students from Louisiana and across the U.S. spent eight weeks immersed in biomedical research through several competitive programs at LSU Health Shreveport.

Shreveport Bossier Advocate - An agreement signed today between Louisiana Tech and LSU Health Shreveport could mean big things for north Louisiana: more money, more clout, and better health outcomes.

Two prominent research enterprises in North Louisiana are officially partnering, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), establishing a new framework for collaborative research, student training and shared access to specialized research facilities and expertise.

KTBS - Students from across the country have concluded a summer of intensive scientific research at LSU Health Shreveport.

Medical and undergraduate participants spent the season working alongside faculty researchers in campus laboratories, gaining hands-on experience in healthcare and science. The program helps students develop professional skills, build networks, and contribute to ongoing studies.

David S. Gross, PhD, has studied gene activation for nearly 40 years. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently recognized the significance of that work by awarding Dr. Gross with an Outstanding Investigator Award.