Dr. Richa Aishwarya, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Dr. Bhuiyan's lab received the Dr. Neil Granger Award for Outstanding Postdoctoral Trainee in the Feist Cardiovascular Research Symposium. Congratulations to Dr. Aishwarya! 🏆

Dr. Nirav Dhanesha and Harpreet Kaur (pictured), Post-Doctoral Fellow in Dr. Dhanesha's lab attended the American Heart Association International Stroke Conference 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. #aha2024

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Department of Pathology/Research Division! 💚🍀

The Department of Pathology is pleased to announce that Dr. Hendrikus Granzier will be our guest speaker for the upcoming April Seminar Series. Please join us on Thursday, April 11, 2024, in the Zadeck Conference Center from 12:00-1:00 p.m.

National Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week was started in 1993 by the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students as a way to support and appreciate graduate and professional students. Today, we celebrated with our students to show our appreciation!

The Department of Pathology is pleased to announce that Dr. Marc Halterman will be our guest speaker for the upcoming April Seminar Series. Please join us on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in the Zadeck Conference Center from 12:00-1:00 p.m.

On behalf of the Dept of Pathology we would like to extend our appreciation to Dr. Marc Halterman for such an informative and engaging presentation. We appreciate your time and for generously sharing your expertise and insights with our Department.

Several of our Research Faculty and Post Doctoral students will attend the upcoming Vascular Discovery 2024: Genes to Medicine conference in Chicago, IL. This conference is to maximize thought-provoking discourse among scientists, as well as foster connections.

Congratulations, Brenna Pearson-Gallion! She is the May Graduate Student of the Month! Brenna is a doctoral candidate in Dr. Orr's lab in the Depart of Molecular & Cellular Physiology. When she's not in the lab, Brenna enjoys gardening, reading and hanging out with her family.

Congratulations to Dr. Chris Kevil, Vice Chancellor for Research, for recently being named as an AAAS Fellow! Dr. Kevil is only the second faculty member in the history of LSU Health Shreveport to be elected to this honor.

Please join us on Friday, May 10, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. in the Medical School Building B, Room 5-337 for Journal Club. Brenna Pearson-Gallion will be our presenter. Brenna is a Graduate Student in Dr. Orr's lab.

Happy Mother's Day!

Congrats, Dr. Richa Aishwarya! She is the May Post Doctoral Fellow of the month. Her mentor is Dr. Bhuiyan. Dr. Aishwarya's research is focused on understanding the pathophysiology of cardiac and skeletal muscle pathologies with a prime emphasis on mitochondria and autophagy.

What's Happening? On Friday, May 24, 2024, the Research Literature Meeting will be held from 12:00 -1:00 p.m. Presenting will be Naznin Sultana Remex, Brenna Pearson-Gallion, Shafuil Alam and Hilansi Rawat.

Dr. Wayne Orr, Dr. Art Yurdigal, Dr. Nirav Dhanesha, Dr. Oren Rom, Rajan Pandit, Dr. Dhananjay Kumar, Naznin Sultana-Remex and Peyton McKinney enjoyed attending #vasculardiscovery2024 in Chicago, IL earlier this month while representing LSU Health Shreveport Pathology/Research.

Happy Memorial Day!🩷🩶🩵

Congrats to Dr. Wayne Orr, Director of the LSUHS CCDS and Professor and Director of the LSU Health Shreveport Department of Pathology & Translational Pathobiology/Research Division, on being named the 2024-2025 President-Elect of the North American Vascular Biology Organization!

Congratulations, Dr. Oren Rom, Associate Professor on his new position of Associate Dean for Basic and Translational Research! All your hard work, dedications deserve this achievement, and we are very happy for you.

Congrats to Md. Shenuarin Bhuiyan, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, who was recently awarded a five-year $3,301,470 R01 grant from the NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for his project, "Novel mitophagy regulatory mechanism in heart failure."

Congratulations, Dr. Md Shenuarin Bhuiyan on your promotion to Professor! The rewards of your hard work and dedicated efforts have been outstanding. Congratulations on your success and achievement!