Summer is not always a time to stay home and slow down. Students in Spain can spend nine weeks of their summer break working alongside research scientists at LSU Health Shreveport.

How does the immune system recognize a virus before it gains the upper hand? That question drives the research of Hongyan Guo, PhD, whose laboratory studies the body’s earliest defenses against HSV-1.

LSU Health Shreveport has named Jianxun "Jim" Song, PhD, as Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Dr. Song will also serve as Associate Director for Basic Research at the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center.

LSU Health Shreveport celebrated the achievements of 49 graduates on August 8, 2026 during its Summer Commencement ceremony, with students from the School of Health Professions & Sciences and the School of Graduate Studies earning degrees.

This week, LSU Health Shreveport welcomed the newest group of graduate students to campus. The largest incoming class in school history, 31 new students across 7 programs will work alongside mentors in our labs to support scientific discovery. 

From high school students to undergraduate summer researchers and medical students to graduate trainees and postdoctoral fellows, Karen Stokes, PhD, introduces future scientists and physicians to the research enterprise.

For the first time in LSU Health Shreveport’s history, one of its postdoctoral fellows has earned a National Institutes of Health K99 Pathway to Independence Award, one of the nation’s most competitive career development awards for early-career scientists.

As the academic year culminates in commencement, LSU Health Shreveport proudly celebrates excellence among both faculty and students across the institution's three schools.

“In Search of the Infinite” is layered with meaning for LSUHS School of Graduate Studies alumni Frances Vest, PhD and Bo Wood, PhD as they celebrate one year of marriage after recently defending their dissertations.

Whatever your preference, if you want to advance your knowledge and open doors to change the world, consider the many programs offered by award-winning faculty at LSU Health Shreveport.

Invisible at birth yet essential for life, smooth muscle cells control digestion, urination, childbirth and blood flow. Research at LSU Health Shreveport reveals how genetic missteps in these cells can dictate a child’s future, and how science may one day change that outcome.

Khalid El Saafien, PHD, Assistant Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, has received the Gill Award for Early Career Contribution to Cardiovascular Research presented by The Gill Heart and Vascular Institute at the University of Kentucky.

Each year in September, postdocs all over the country are celebrated for their contributions to research. We go out of our way to make sure that our postdocs feel the appreciation and also provide workshops that assist them in planning for their futures.

LSU Health Shreveport is enhancing the way that some of our most highly trained individuals on campus continue their education and research.

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

Dr. Kumar's current research focuses on how macrophages sense and metabolize apoptotic cell-derived nutrients and elucidating the mechanisms by which these processes control inflammation resolution and atherosclerosis.

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.