Founded: 1994
Full Time: 24
Part Time: 0
Budget: 3,425,018.00
Director: D. Neil Granger, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research, Office of Research
1501 Kings Highway, P.O. Box 33932
Shreveport, LA 71130-3932
Telephone: 318/675-7850 FAX: 318/675-7857 E-Mail:
Research Areas:
Affinity Groups were designed to foster collaboration among researchers at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport. who share common research interests by cutting across traditional departmental disciplines. Scientists in each Affinity Group are assigned to a specific floor where share modern laboratory space with their colleagues in an environment conducive to interactions among members of the group, who hold faculty appointments throughout the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport.
Cancer Center Research
Jim Cardelli, Ph.D., Floor Rep
Kerry Blanchard, Ph.D., M.D.
Mark Dayton, Ph.D., M.D.
Jonathan Glass, M.D.
John Sixbey, Ph.D.
Abra Watkins, Ph.D.
Kwo-yih Yeh, Ph.D.
Technical Support- 18
Part Time Support- 2
Graduate Students - 4
Post Doctoral Fellows - 3
Budget- $10,000
Inflammation and Immunology
Steve Jennings, Ph.D., Floor Rep
Steve Alexander, Ph.D.
Seth Berney, M.D.
Rob Chervenak, Ph.D.
John Fuseler, Ph.D.
Matt Grisham, Ph.D.
Donald Kimpel, M.D.
Mike Wolcott, Ph.D.
Technical Support- 19
Part Time Support- 5
Graduate Students - 4
Post Doctoral Fellows - 4
Budget- $10,000
Ischemic Disorder
David Lefer, Ph.D., Floor Rep
Tak Yee Aw, Ph.D.
Mark Brown, M.D.
Donna Carden, M.D.
Steven Conrad, M.D.
Neil Granger, Ph.D.
Lynn Harrison, Ph.D.
Ron Korthuis, Ph.D.
Mac Sheridan, M.D.
Gazi Zibari, M.D.
Technical Support- 19
Part Time Support- 3
Graduate Students - 2
Post Doctoral Fellows - 6
Residents - 4
Budget- $10,000
Cellular Communications
Nancy Leidenheimer, Ph.D., Floor Rep
Jim O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Sandy Roerig, Ph.D.
Bob Specian, Ph.D.
Technical Support- 11
Part Time Support- 6
Graduate Students - 4
Post Doctoral Fellows - 1
Budget- $10,000
Neurosciences
John Glowa, Ph.D., Floor Rep
Sherry Bursztajn, Ph.D.
Adrian Dunn, Ph.D.
Nick Goeders, Ph.D.
Ted Kalogeris, Ph.D.
Technical Support- 18
Part Time Support- 2
Graduate Students - 1
Post Doctoral Fellows - 2
Budget- $10,000
Signal Transduction
Kelly Tatchell, Ph.D., Floor Rep
Nathan Davis, Ph.D.
Guillermo Herrera, M.D.
Kevin McCarthy, Ph.D.
Shari Meyers, Ph.D.
Lucy Robinson, Ph.D.
Technical Support- 6
Part Time Support- 3
Graduate Students - 7
Budget- $10,000
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Judson Chandler, Ph.D., Floor Rep
Ron Bradley, Ph.D.
Donard Dwyer, Ph.D.
Ken McMartin, Ph.D.
Stephen Pruett, Ph.D.
Leonard Seelig, Ph.D.
Jeff Steketee, Ph.D.
Technical Support- 15
Part Time Support- 0
Graduate Students - 12
Budget- $10,000