NEWS and ACHIEVEMENTS
Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience

Red River Radio - LSUHS Dr. Shawn McNeil, Dr. Kevin Murnane and PhD candidate Frances Vest talk about addiction to methamphetamines, its prevalence, and a new clinical trial at LSUHS with psilocybin as a possible treatment. 

Xiaohong Lu, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, awarded a one-year $506,052 R56 grant from the NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

The June 2024 School of Graduate Studies Student of the Month is Noel Jacquet in the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, & Neuroscience.

The Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience was well represented at Graduate Research Day this year. Graduate Students, Clifton Haacker and Adesewa Akande were award recipients and alumnus, Madison ElSaadi, PhD was the featured speaker.

A new study led by researchers at LSU Health Shreveport recently published in JACC: Advances found there has been a drastic increase in cardiomyopathy - associated hospital admissions among methamphetamine users in the United States, as well as significant social and geographic disparities associated with these cases.

KTBS3 - Dr. Armando Salinas, LSUHS Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience, shares that a brain neurotransmitter called acetylcholine is intricately involved in changing or altering behaviors and could assist with alcohol use disorder.

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.

KTAL 6 - Southwood High School seniors get the opportunity to explore the medical field away from the classroom and in a lab with a mentor through the BioStart program at LSUHS.

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.

KTBS 3 - Six students in the Biotechnology Magnet Academy (BTA) at Southwood High School are spending this semester conducting research at LSUHS. The interns spend three hours a day in a lab learning research methods and laboratory techniques.