A select number of academic programs earn the designation as a Center of Excellence by the Louisiana Board of Regents and must demonstrate statewide leadership in their area of focus and a commitment to building on their respective strengths by advancing knowledge and skills to create better opportunities for improving the quality of life of Louisiana residents. Designated centers share being a hallmark of the institution with a strong performance record, concentration in a clearly defined area relevant to the state’s needs, a range of academic, training and research opportunities, and engagement with the greater community to address current issues. LSU Health Shreveport is home to four designated Centers of Research Excellence.
The FWCC team is committed to bringing life-saving discoveries about cancer to all of Louisiana and beyond. Collaboration between cancer researchers and treating physicians fosters a more comprehensive understanding of cancer.
The CEAR engages in a multidisciplinary clinical, research and education mission to provide patients with cutting-edge care, advance the science of inflammatory and immunology diseases and to educate physicians.
The CCDS's mission is to advance the understanding of cardiovascular disease and translational research while developing future generations of basic and clinical science investigators.
The CEVT intersects critical public health needs with timely delivery of clinical and vaccine trials, testing, key SARS-CoV2 and other pathogen clinical diagnosis, community education, and training scientists, physicians and health work force.
Center for
Brain Health
The CBH expands neuroscience-related education, provides comprehensive care for brain disorders, and attracts young specialists and pioneering clinical trials to North Louisiana, and competes for large scale research funding.
Louisiana Addiction Research Center
LARC is committed to increasing knowledge and advancing research related to Substance Use Disorders to create a better quality of life for the citizens of our area.
Center of Academic Excellence for Patient Centered Rehabilitation
The School of Allied Health Professions' Center (CAE-PaCeR) will establish an infrastructure to bring the relevant academic, research, and clinical programs of the School into alignment for clinical learning, innovation, and collaboration.
In addition to the six Louisiana Board of Regents and LSU Board of Supervisors approved Centers, LSU Health Shreveport has two National Institutes of Health (NIH) Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE). The Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) awards support the establishment and development of innovative, state-of-the-art biomedical and behavioral research centers at institutions in IDeA-eligible states through awards for three sequential five-year phases.
Center for Applied Immunology and Pathological Processes
The Center for Applied Immunology and Pathological Processes, directed by Dr. Andrew Yurochko, was established In 2021, supported by a five year, $10.5 million grant from the NIH.
Center for Redox Biology and Cardiovascular Disease
The Center for Redox Biology and Cardiovascular Disease, directed by Dr. Chris Kevil, was established in 2018 and is supported by a five-year, $10.5 million NIH COBRE grant.
Our Centers are actively engaged in educating the community,
training future scientists and advancing research through active collaborations.
KTBS - June is brain health awareness month and the campus of LSU Health Shreveport has partnered with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's research as one of 11 sites participating in the black and African American connections to Parkinson's disease study.
Red River Radio - Health Matters explores treatment options and current research for the neurogenerative disorder, Parkinson's Disease, with LSUHS faculty.
Business Wire - Guardant Health, Inc., a leading precision oncology company, announced a collaboration with Dak Prescott’s Faith Fight Finish Foundation and the LSUHS mobile cancer screening program, Partners in Wellness, to increase colorectal cancer screening rates in northern and central Louisiana.
KSLA 12 - The 80's Themed Fundraiser proceeds will support renovations to a hospitality home for Feist-Weiller Cancer Center patients who travel for their cancer treatment to have a comfortable space to receive outpatient care.
Dr. Marie Vazquez Morgan and Dr. Suzanne Tinsley will be acknowledged for their poster titled "Sustainability of a Community Placed Program to Decrease Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Black Population".
The Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has awarded continuing accreditation to the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center’s Center for Precision Medicine Genomics Laboratory at LSUHS.
BRAID 2024 brought scientists and students together to highlight the importance of research in the biomedical industry.
KSLA12 - What started as a clinic to provide more healthcare to those in rural areas grew into an idea to go mobile with more than 21,000 people screened for various cancers.
Shreveport Times - Since 1999, Partners In Wellness has provided cancers screenings to individuals in north and central Louisiana, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.
KTAL 6 - A mobile cancer screening program created by Feist Weiller Cancer Center is celebrating a milestone 25 years of offering life-saving cancer screenings and education to citizens regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.
Red River Radio - LSUHS Dr. Shawn McNeil, Dr. Kevin Murnane and PhD candidate Frances Vest talk about addiction to methamphetamines, its prevalence, and a new clinical trial at LSUHS with psilocybin as a possible treatment.
318 Forum - LSUHS is poised to impact our region in the coming years significantly. Through the Louisiana Addiction Research Center's pipeline of groundbreaking research, the medical center aims to support a continuum of care that can provide valuable resources to the community.
KALB5 - Nearly seven million Americans are battling Alzheimer’s disease. Elizabeth Disbrow, Director of LSUHS Center for Brain Health, said the new blood test looking for misfolded proteins is a game changer for the Alzheimer’s community.
318 Forum - Nicholas Goeders, PhD, Executive Director of the Louisiana Addiction Research Center, shares a personal reflection on the impact of substance abuse disorder.
318 Forum - Elizabeth Disbrow, PhD, Director of the Center for Brain Health at LSUHS, shares advances and current studies in the detection and treatment of Parkinson's Disease.
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