I chose LSUHS because of the ample opportunities to conduct research in the field of neuroscience/addiction and to have faculty that have dedicated their careers to this area. It’s more than just coursework or research, the faculty truly have a passion for helping people and want to make a difference and being able to see that full circle is truly a rare thing. It makes me excited to go work everyday & also makes all the hard work and studying worth while.
- Victoria Bradford, Graduate Student in Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience
LSU Health Shreveport’s School of Graduate Studies prepares students to become biomedical scientists contributing to advances in healthcare and biotechnology, as well as educators equipped to train future generations of basic scientists, physicians and other healthcare professionals. The School of Graduate Studies offers PhD degrees in six programs, two Master of Science degrees, and a combined MD-PhD degree program.
Your future starts at L S U Health Shreveport.
Apply for the following degrees:
MS Programs
- Master of Biomedical Science (Thesis)
- Master of Medical Sciences (Non-Thesis)
PhD Programs
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, PhD
- Cellular Biology & Anatomy, PhD
- Microbiology & Immunology, PhD
- Molecular & Cellular Physiology, PhD
- Pathology & Translational Pathobiology, PhD
- Pharmacology, Toxicology, & Neuroscience, PhD
MD-PhD Program
CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL DISTINCTION TRACK
COLLABORATIVE Education
Students are the number one priority at LSUHS’s School of Graduate Studies.
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Students start working in labs during their first semester.
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Student-to-faculty ratio of less than 2:1 so every student receives a personalized and collaborative education and training experience.
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Faculty members provide close mentorship to each student, helping them succeed in defining and achieving their goals.
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Graduate Student Council is an elected student body that ensures every student voice is heard, from school improvements to planning events.
“LSUHS School of Graduate Studies is an ideal place to conduct your PhD research. The school itself, and the research laboratories of our faculty, are neither too big nor too small. Students are afforded close supervision by their faculty mentors, and have access to top-of-the-line equipment and technologies. A perfect environment exists here to conduct cutting-edge research and publish authoritative firstauthor scientific papers.”
– Dr. David Gross, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
“One of my favorite parts of working at LSU Health Shreveport is the truly collaborative environment. This means trainees often interact with many faculty beyond their mentor and committee members. The widespread, open-door policy also stimulates trainees to engage members of other labs about their project, and that in turn frequently ignites new ideas and directions for their research. It truly is a ‘village’ approach to training!”
– Dr. Karen Stokes, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
GRADUATE Research Day
FALL Welcome Event
CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH
LSUHS faculty and researchers receive grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, NASA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, American Heart Association, Rockefeller Foundation, and more. More than $18 million in grant funding was awarded to LSUHS faculty and researchers in 2021.
Research Areas include: Cardiac Muscle and Vascular Disease, Neuroscience, Cancer and Metastasis, Gene Regulation, Immunology, Substance Use and Related Disorders, Viral and Bacterial Pathogenesis, Cell Metabolism and Toxicity, and more.
STUDENT Highlights
The November 2023 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Lauren Henderson in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
FEMS - Congratulations to Ashley Wilkins, PhD Candidate in Microbiology and Immunology at LSUHS, winner of a Poster Prize at the Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction.
The October 2023 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Pushpa Subedi in the Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy.
The August 2023 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Clifton Hacker in the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, & Neuroscience.
The July 2023 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Megan Butler in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
The School of Graduate Studies awards two annual excellence awards at Commencement. The 2022-23 recipients are Md Imtiaz Khalil, PhD for the Chancellor's Award, and Ryan Mackay, PhD for the Dean's Award.
The June 2023 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Ashley Wilkins in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
Christina Acosta successfully defended her PhD dissertation entitled ““A role for protein arginine methyltransferase 7 in repetitive and mild traumatic brain injury” on May 8th 2023.
The May 2023 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Bilkis Akhter in the Department of BioCellular Biology and Anatomy.
Sudha Sharma, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, successfully defended her PhD dissertation entitled ““Mitochondrial Redox Signaling in Cardiac Health and Disease Conditions” on April 24, 2023.
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES News
The MOU represents the desire of both parties to increase the number of African American students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in Louisiana who apply to the LSU Health Shreveport School of Graduate Studies.
We are excited to announce that Qihui "Jim" Zhai, MD, FCAP (Professor and Chair of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology at LSUHS) is the newly elected President-elect of the College of American Pathologists (CAP). Dr. Zhai was inaugurated at a meeting of the membership on Saturday, October 7, 2023.
Dr. Kenneth McMartin, LSUHS Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, received the 2023 Career Achievement Award from the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.
LSUHS is excited to join universities across the United States taking part in the National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) during September. We celebrated our postdoctoral fellows with daily appreciation events across campus.
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.
LSUHS hosted its largest commencement in the institution’s history with 224 students receiving a Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD or Doctorate degree. This 50th commencement milestone began on May 26, 1973, when 31 medical students received the first Doctorate degrees given by then, LSU School of Medicine.
The Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology is saddened to share the news of the passing of our esteemed colleague, Kenneth Peterson, PhD, who during his 35 years of service at LSUHS earned a reputation of being an excellent teacher and scientist.
Congratulations to Dr. Randa Eshaq, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. Dr. Eshaq was recently selected by the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) to serve on the Postdoctoral Council (PDC) for 2023-24.
Dr. David Guzick has been selected as the next chancellor of LSU Health Shreveport. Guzick, a member of the country’s premier honorific society for medical scientists and leaders, the National Academy of Medicine, will begin on Jan. 9, 2023.
318 Forum - The 155,000-square-foot Center for Medical Education will be home to large classroom spaces, clinical skills labs and simulation suites – each designed to encourage collaboration, active engagement and innovative thinking.
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