Each year the School of Graduate Studies recognizes two outstanding graduating students for excellence and achievement in their studies and research.

The LSUHS School of Graduate Studies is pleased to announce that two of their students will be receiving their Doctor of Philosophy degree: Nirjhar Aloy and Lin Li this month.

KTBS 3 - Dr. Jason Bodily, Dean of School of Graduate Studies, shared "Graduate students at LSUHS pursuing a PhD can usually become a biomedical researcher without acquiring any kind of debt."

BRAID 2024 brought scientists and students together to highlight the importance of research in the biomedical industry.

Congratulations to six of our distinguished faculty members who have been recognized in the 2024 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List for their exceptional contributions to scientific research over the past year.

KTAL6 - LSUHS will hold its first-ever Graduate Research and Student Preparation event to showcase the wide array of careers available with an advanced science degree from the School of Graduate Studies.

Each year at our commencement, the Allen A. Copping Excellence in Teaching Awards are given to selected individuals nominated by students and peers. This year's recipients are Michael Yim, MD; Kristin Butller, MPH, MLS; and David McGee, PhD.

LSU Health Shreveport hosted its fifty-first commencement in the institution’s history with 204 students receiving a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctorate degree on May 18, 2024.

Graduate Research Day is an annual event that allows LSUHS graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to come together and present the research that they've been working on for the past year.

Dr. Kenneth McMartin, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience, received the Career Achievement Award from the Clinical and Translational Toxicology Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology.

As Director of the BSL-3 Research Facility, Dr. Comer will identify and implement the research direction of the lab to support growth in research activity, educating internal and external audiences about the BSL-3 lab and promoting its capabilities and research impact.

On Thursday, February 15, LSU Health Shreveport Office for Research celebrated their successes of the previous year, including more than $23 million in extramural funding and 100+ clinical trials.

Congratulations to our students and postdocs who received a total of $573,940 in American Heart Association awards.

On Monday, December 11, Gov. John Bel Edwards joined officials with LSUHS to unveil the transformative Center for Medical Education, the first new building on the campus since 2008. More than 400 invited guests joined LSU and LSUHS leadership to celebrate the completion of the four-story, 155,000-square-foot, $79 million structure.

We are excited to announce that we have four new graduates from the School of Graduate Studies: Fawaz Alotaibi, Shripa Amatya, Vickky Pandit, and Utsab Subedi.

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 received the Career Achievement Award from the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT) at the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology (NACCT) meeting in Montreal, Canada on September 28, 2023.

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 50^th 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. 

This year the LSUHS Foundation celebrated record-breaking fundraising with more than $500,000 raised in a single year from more than 100 sponsors. Funds help LSUHS recruit and retain top faculty, acquire cutting-edge technology and equipment, and support programs for students at all three LSUHS schools.