The Pennington Biomedical Research Center at a Glance:

Mission
Promoting healthier lives through research and education in nutrition and preventive medicine.

Size
Research facility, 430,000 square feet
Administration & services, 100,000 square feet
Planned, 80,000 square-foot addition to Clinic Research Building
Grounds, 237 acres

Staff
Over 80 faculty members and more than 600 physicians, scientists, technicians, and support personnel

Executive Director
Claude Bouchard, Ph.D.


Organizational Chart
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2007-08 Operating Budget
$61 million


6 Key Research Areas
- Functional Foods
- Experimental Obesity
- Clinical Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
- Nutrition and Chronic Diseases
- Health and Performance Enhancement
- Nutrition and the Brain


Major Research Funding
National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Agriculture, State of Louisiana, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation, and others.


University Support
As a member of the Louisiana State University System, the Pennington Center benefits from close ties with LSU’s Baton Rouge campus, the LSU Medical Center, and the LSU Agricultural Center.


Laboratories
Eight Basic Research laboratories, four Clinical Research Units, and nineteen core service laboratories, including genomics, proteomics, clinical chemistry, mass spectrometry, cell culture, comparative biology, transgenic, body composition, and food analysis laboratories.


Clinic
Outpatient examination and interview rooms, 14 inpatient rooms, metabolic kitchen, metabolic procedure room, two whole-room indirect calorimeters, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, ultrasound imaging, air displacement plethysmography, MRS, and underwater weighing unit.