About the Center
The Pennington Biomedical Research Center puts science to work for a healthier Louisiana.
Pennington Biomedical is at the forefront of medical discovery as it relates to understanding the triggers of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia. Pennington Biomedical has the vision to lead the world in promoting metabolic health and eliminating metabolic disease through scientific discoveries that create solutions from cells to society. The center conducts basic, clinical, and population research, and is a campus of the LSU System.
The research enterprise at the center includes approximately 65 faculty and more than 20 post-doctoral fellows who comprise a network of 44 laboratories supported by lab technicians, nurses, dietitians and support personnel, and 13 highly specialized core service facilities. The center’s more than 600 employees perform research activities in state-of-the-art facilities on the 222-acre campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
5 CENTERS:
- Nutrition Obesity Research Center
- Institute for Dementia Research & Prevention
- Louisiana Clinical & Translational Science Center
- Metabolic Basis of Disease Center
- Center for Military Performance & Resilience
10 RESEARCH AREAS:
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Epidemiology & Prevention
- Genomics & Molecular Genetics
- Neurobiology
- Neurodegeneration
- Nutrient Sensing & Signaling
- Cancer
- Physical Activity & Health
- Developmental Biology
