Louisiana
Louisiana – South Eastern NAIPI Region
Louisiana is a southeastern U.S. state on the Gulf of Mexico. Its history as a melting pot of French, African, American and French-Canadian cultures is reflected in its Creole and Cajun cultures. The largest city, New Orleans, is known for its colonial-era French Quarter, raucous Mardi Gras festival, jazz music, Renaissance-style St. Louis Cathedral and wartime exhibits at the huge National WWII Museum.
Louisiana is the home of a number of COBRE and INBRE programs, below you will find State INBREs, State COBREs & CTRs.
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Senior Senator Republican Since Jan 6, 2015 Next Election in 2026 |
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Junior Senator Republican Since Jan 3, 2017 Next Election in 2022 |
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Louisiana 1st District Representative Republican Since May 7, 2008 |
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Louisiana 2nd District Representative
Democrat Since May 11, 2021 |
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Louisiana 3rd District Representative
Republican Since Jan 3, 2017 |
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Louisiana 4th District Representative
Republican Since Jan 3, 2017 |
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Louisiana 5th District Representative
Republican Since Apr 14, 2021 |
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Louisiana 6th District Representative
Republican Since Jan 6, 2015 |
IDeA Funding in Louisiana
Louisiana Principal Investigators
(LSUHSC-Shreveport)
Louisiana Funded Programs
Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (LBRN)
The overall goal of this INBRE renewal application is the facilitation of quality biomedical research activities throughout the State of Louisiana with an emphasis on building research capacity and workforce development. Starting with 2016, overall [...]
Center for Applied Immunology and Pathological Processes
Center for Applied Immunology and Pathological Processes: A properly functioning and effective immune system is needed to control infection by bacterial, viral and other pathogen invaders, growth of aberrant cells, as well as for proper [...]
Center for Redox Biology and Cardiovascular Disease
Project Abstract Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability in the United States with a disproportional effect on southern regions of the country. According to the 2016 America's Health Rankings Annual Report, [...]
Metabolic Basis of Disease
Metabolic Basis of Disease: The overall goal of this new center is to facilitate the growth of young intellectual talent and build the scientific infrastructure that will promote biomedical research discoveries that will enhance our [...]
Center for Pre-Clinical Cancer Research
Summary Overall Core. The Center for Pre-Clinical Cancer Research (Cancer COBRE) aims to identify clinically relevant mechanisms of human cancer disease using models that closely reflect the disease state in the context of the tumor [...]
Center for Lung Biology and Disease
The objective of this proposal is to establish a Center of Excellence (COE) in Pulmonary Diseases that is highly interactive and consists of a dynamic group of junior investigators whose research focus is on understanding [...]
Mentoring Obesity and Diabetes Research in Louisiana
Mentoring Obesity and Diabetes Research in Louisiana: Nearly two-thirds of the US population is either clinically overweight or obese and almost 10% of the population has adult-onset diabetes. Obesity and diabetes are central elements of [...]
Tulane COBRE for Clinical and Translational Research in Cardiometabolic Diseases
Tulane COBRE for Clinical and Translational Research in Cardiometabolic Diseases: The overall objective of this COBRE application is to increase the quality and quantity of clinical, translational and implementation research in cardiometabolic diseases at Tulane [...]
Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center
The Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center is a consortium of the major academic and biomedical research centers in the State of Louisiana. Pennington Biomedical Research Center (PBRC) is the lead LA CaTS [...]
Center for Translational Viral Oncology
Center for Translational Viral Oncology : The primary goal of this COBRE is to strengthen the biomedical research infrastructure in Louisiana by training Promising Junior Investigators (PJIs) who can develop independent research addressing a major [...]
Mentoring Research Excellence in Aging and Regenerative Medicine
Mentoring Research Excellence in Aging and Regenerative Medicine: Aging is a biological process that is the major risk factor for chronic disease and degeneration during the lifespan. However, it is beginning to be appreciated that [...]