About the Centers of Excellence
The Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center New Orleans Centers of Excellence
were established by the Louisiana State University Board of
Regents. The Centers of Excellence consist
of the following ten centers:
Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Center
This Center enhances the research capabilities of scientists,
stimulates collaborative research efforts and strengthens
educational activities in the biomedical aspects of alcohol
and substance abuse throughout the Health Sciences Center.
Cardiovascular
Center
The goal of the Cardiovascular Center is to improve
the understanding and management of cardiovascular
diseases by developing a multidisciplinary approach
that integrates close, collaborative efforts among
programs in basic and clinical research, clinical management,
prevention, and epidemiologic and genetic studies.
Center
for Molecular and Human Genetics
Augment the contribution of genetics to clinical medicine
and biotechnology, clinical genetic services, training
and education in genetics augment the contribution
of genetics to clinical medicine and biotechnology,
and more.
Epilepsy Center
The Epilepsy Center is dedicated to pediatric and adult
education, advanced
medical care, and to developing treatments that
will eventually cure epilepsy and seizures for
the
nearly 4% of the
population affected by seizures or epilepsy. The
Center provides state of the art epilepsy research
in pharmacology,
neuroelectrophysiology, neuroimaging,
neurosurgery,
biomedical engineering and public health. The
Center also supports the oldest continuously operating
quarternary epilepsy
program in Louisiana and the central
Gulf south (est.1990)
providing epilepsy monitoring, advanced medications,
vagus nerve stimulator implantation,
epilepsy surgery
and gamma knife surgery. In Louisiana, all citizens
that continue to have seizures despite routine
medications should
be referred to the Center's
clinical epilepsy
team for further evaluation.
Eye Center
The Eye Center faculty is known for pioneering work in
laser vision correction, cataract and other refractive
surgeries, viral and bacterial eye disease, corneal transplantation
and cornea preservation, confocal microscopy, glaucoma,
wound healing, drug delivery, contact lenses, diabetic
eye disease, macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa
and other retinal diseases and degeneration.
Ernest
N. Morial Asthma, Allergy, and Respiratory Disease Center
A center dedicated to patient education, advanced patient
care, and to finding the answers that will eventually
cure asthma.
Gene Therapy Program
The Gene Therapy Program is focused on the development of novel treatments for human disease, including cancer, infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and TB, cystic fibrosis, and neurodegenerative disorders. The major research strategy of the Program is gene delivery for disease therapy or prevention, either through the replacement of “missing” genes, or via modulation of immune function through delivery of vaccine antigens or immune response modifiers. The Program is an integral component of the Louisiana Gene Therapy Research Consortium and interacts extensively with partner Programs at LSU-Shreveport and Tulane.
Neurosciences
Center
The mission of the Center is to contribute to the creation
of an environment of high standards, where investigations
on the nervous system and the diseases that affect
it are conducted. To this end, the identification and
recruitment of outstanding faculty to build a critical
mass of expertise is already a tangible asset.
Stanley
S. Scott Cancer Center
The mission of the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center is
to decrease cancer incidence and mortality in the State
of Louisiana. Particular emphasis at the Cancer Center
is placed on those citizens with the greatest need.
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