American Society for Microbiology -  The ASM has selected Dr. Andrew Yurochko, LSUHS Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, for their 2023-24 roster of Distinguished Lecturers. Lecturers are chosen through a competitive nomination process and only the most distinguished lecturers and researchers are chosen to participate.

Webtimes.UK - Dr. Jeremy Kamil, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at LSUHS shares, "I’d rather have people complaining that we’re not naming enough than that we’re naming too many. It’s like if you sound a fire alarm all the time, people will stop evacuating the building quickly.”

The recent site visit and AAHRPP reaccreditation indicates that LSUHS adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards for human research protection and participation.

KTAL 6 - LSU Health Shreveport and Loxo@Lilly partnered together for a study called Next-Generation Sequencing (NSG), a powerful DNA decoder, to better determine if removing insurance barriers improves treatment plans.

Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, a Center of Excellence in Cancer Research, Treatment and Education at LSUHS and Loxo@Lilly, the oncology unit of Eli Lilly and Company, recently launched a new research collaboration that will provide next-generation sequencing (NGS) access to underserved cancer patients in the northern Louisiana region.

Researchers from academic institutions in Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia have partnered to publish a playbook detailing their model developed for establishing collaborative, community-centered infectious diseases surveillance programs committed to improving equity in genomic sequencing.

The LSUHS School of Graduate Studies Graduate Student Council hosted their annual Graduate Research Day that allows faculty, graduate students, and post-doctorate fellows to share their research and network.

Hong Sun, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, has been awarded a $1.8M competing continuation for his R01 grant from the NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

KTBS3 - LSUHS Chancellor Dr. David Guzick shared, “The SMART program has been a tremendous success with 93% of reporting participants majoring in or having majored in science or health-related disciplines." 

Medscape - The study suggests that "women with PPCM need long-term follow-up by cardiology, as mortality does not abate over time,” shares Dr. Kalgi Modi, LSUHS Professor of Cardiology.

Since July 2021, the group has received grants funded for a total of $5.5 Million and had papers published in or accepted to several prestigious journals.

Technology Networks - This article looks at the LSUHS CEVT and discusses why the proactive detection and monitoring of viral threats through genomics studies is vital in preventing future pandemics.

318 Forum - Dr. Elizabeth Disbrow, Director of the Center for Brain Health, shares how medical advancements in Alzheimer's research are being made through clinical trials and current opportunities at LSUHS.

KTAL 6 - Dr. Mohommad Alrad Nobel Bhuiyan and a small team of researchers at LSUHS are working on image optimization and image processing to develop a disease progression model across multiple disciplines using Artificial Intelligence.

The Center for Emerging Viral Threats at LSUHS recently sequenced the first instances in Louisiana of the XBB.1.16 and XBB.1.9.1 variants. "Detecting these very recently emerging variants demonstrates the robustness of our efforts,” said Krista Queen, PhD, Director of Viral Genomics and Surveillance.