Grants and Contracts
Congratulations to the following individuals for obtaining extramural funding from federal, state, and/or independent sources between November 1, 2025 and January 31, 2026!
NOTE: If any information has been inadvertently omitted, please contact the editor (dflock@lsuhsc.edu) and a correction will be printed in the next issue of The Pulse.
Pharmaceutical, Professional Society and Private Grants
Peter Deblieux, MD (Medicine)
American Medical Association
“Compassion in Motion: Training Tailored Communication Across the Clinical Continuum”
Nicholas Gilpin, PhD (Physiology)
Trait BioSciences
“Preclinical Evaluation of Trait Water-Soluble Cannabinoids Via Inhalation Using Rat
Models”
Mary Maluccio, MD (Surgery)
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals
“A Phase 1/2 Dose Escalation Study of CRN09682 With an Expansion Phase in Participants
with Progressive Metastatic Somatostatin Receptor Type 2 (SST2)-Expressing Neuroendocrine
Neoplasms (NENs) and Other SST2-Expressing Solid Tumors”
Mary Maluccio, MD (Surgery)
Exelixis, Inc.
“A Phase 2/3, Multicenter, Randomized Open-label Study of Zanzalintinib vs Everolimus
in Participants with Previously Treated, Unresectable, Locally Advanced or Metastatic
Neuroendocrine Tumors”
Jaudé Kimarie Petrie, MD (Psychiatry)
Janssen Scientific Affairs
“Impact of Health Literacy on the Attitudes toward Pharmacological Treatment in Patients
with Schizophrenia”
Pinki Prasad, MD (Pediatrics)
St. Baldrick’s Foundation
“Clinical Trials Enrollment in 2025 for Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Patients”
Alison Smith, MD, PhD (Surgery)
Life Sciences Plus Inc.
“Evaluation of BloodSTOP-IX for Wound Healing and Antibacterial Efficacy in MRSA Infected
Surgical Wounds using a Porcine Model”
LSUHSC Intramural Program
Health Disparities
Nathan H. Brown, Psy.D
"Examining the Lived Experiences of Electrical Burn Injury Latinx Survivors"
Resident Research Grants
Joshua LaHaye, MD
"Three-Dimensional Scanning of Cancer Resection Specimens for Histopathologic Site
Registration"
Alexandra H. Rose, MD
"Evaluation of Gua-sha as a Self-Directed Adjunct to Lymphedema Management in Head
and Neck Cancer Patients Post-Lymphadenectomy"
Health Science Center-Wide Intramural Research Program (WIRP)
Tewodros Rango Godebo, MS, PhD and Shannon Bierma, PhD
"Fluoride Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes in Children Living in Fluoridated and Non
Fluoridated Communities in Louisiana"
Fokhrul Hossain, PhD and Qingzhao Yu, PhD
"Understanding the Epigenetic Mechanisms that Link Diabetes to the Progression of
Breast Cancer"