The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has awarded LSU Health New Orleans a $401,500 grant, over two years, to study the role of gut bacteria in the development of heart and metabolic diseases in those with HIV who use alcohol, as well as to devise strategies to address these risks. David Welsh, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, and Patricia Molina, MD, PhD, Professor and Head of Physiology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine and School of Graduate Studies, will lead the research.
October 17, 2017
Funding is now available to help local communities start new mosquito control programs. Using a one-time grant of $500,000 from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Louisiana Department of Health is now offering funding to local governments to help them establish new mosquito control programs.
October 17, 2017
The New Orleans BioInnovation Center recently announced the four finalists in the 2017 BioChallenge pitch competition. This annual business challenge offers more than $50,000 in cash and investment prizes to Louisiana life sciences startups. Four entrepreneurs will pitch in the free, public final event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 8. All based in New Orleans, the four finalist startups are Instapath, Obatala Sciences, Inc., RDnote, and Ready Responders.
October 17, 2017
On Friday, Nov. 3, North Oaks Shock Trauma Center, in partnership with the North Oaks Foundation and Southeastern Louisiana University’s School of Nursing, will host the region’s first “Prepared for the Unexpected” Trauma Symposium. Several regional and local leaders with expertise in trauma care, from pre-hospital to discharge, will headline the event.
October 17, 2017
LCMC Health employees organized relief efforts to aid the residents of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Maria. The aid follows remarks by Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo A. Rosselló, who expressed a strong desire to make repairing rural hospitals a priority for hurricane recovery, stating that medical aid and other supplies were in very short supply.
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