Cardiovascular Center of Excellence

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Mission statement

To maintain a nationally and internationally recognized center of excellence in cardiovascular research and medicine.
To facilitate the training of young scientists, including postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, medical students and residents in cardiovascular research and medicine.
To encourage the development of basic science, translational, and clinical research with funding from federal agencies and industry

JoB opportunities

The Cardiovascular Center of Excellence in the School of Medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, LA is seeking two candidates for faculty tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. Preferred candidates should have an active NIH or equivalent funded grant, the desire to participate in collaborative research projects related to cardiovascular research and teaching ability. Expertise in all areas of cardiovascular research will be considered, but special consideration will be given to those that complement the existing collaborative research strengths of the Center which include Heart Failure, Hypertension, Diabetes, Pre-Eclampsia, Environmental Exposure, Gut Microbiome, Stroke, Sex Differences and Autonomic Regulation.

Positions for Graduate Students are also available immediately.

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News and Events

Dr. Eric Lazartigues honored by the American Physiological Society

Dr. Lazartigues, Director of the Cardiovascular Center at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, was selected to present the 2026 Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lecture of the APS Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation (NCAR) Section. As the most prestigious award offered by the NCAR Section, the Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship honors the achievements of Carl Ludwig, MD, a prominent professor of physiology in the mid- and late-1800s. 

Carl Ludwig, MD (1816-1895), made significant contributions to nearly every branch of physiology. This honor recognizes the important advancements he made in the understanding the function of secretory neurons and the discovery of spinally projecting vasomotor neurons in the medulla. These findings outlined the concept of autonomic regulation and cardiovascular control through neural pathways and neural-secretory reflexes. Ludwig placed an important emphasis on the training of future physiologists and helped launch the careers of several eminent physiologists including Adolf Fick, Otto Frank and Henry Pickering Bowditch.

The Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship recognizes a world-renowned, distinguished investigator who has recently made major recent innovative contributions toward a better understanding of any aspect of autonomic regulation in normal or disease states.

The NCAR award is intended to recognize recent achievements in developing and applying novel approaches that provide fundamental new insights into autonomic regulation. This lecture recognizes a recipient's major recent research contribution that is particularly innovative and would generate interest in and advance both the NCAR Section and the broader field through its presentation.

Dr. Lazartigues' presentation is scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 1:30–3 p.m. MCC Auditorium 2 Minneapolis Convention Center during the American Physiology Summit to be held April 23–26, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Spotlight news

Congragulations Walia Zahra, Postdoctoral Research Fellow on joining Dr. Wiese's Lab Team

Welcome Carrie Wiese, PhD to the Cardiovascular Center

Welcome Sara Moghimi, Postdoctoral Researcher to the Cardiovascular Center

Welcome Friederike Klempin, PhD to the Cardiovascular Center

Dr. Vahideh Tarhriz, PhD was selected to receive the 2024 Trainee Advocacy Committee New Investigator Travel Award of The American Heart Association. Her award will be delivered during the AHA Hypertension Council meeting in September
Dr. Vahideh Tarhriz, PhD joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow (9/2023)

Dr. Uma Priya Mohan honored by the APS and AHA

Dr. Uma Priya Mohan received the AHA Trainee Onsite Poster Award
Dr. Uma Priya Mohan has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2024 NCAR Research Recognition Award for the American Physiology Summit from April 4-7, 2024, in Long Beach, CA.
2024 Research Recognition Award under Central Nervous System Section

Congratulations Dr. Uma Priya Mohan for receiving a 2-year American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship!!!

Dr. Lazartigues Honored by American Heart Association

Dr. Eric Lazartigues selected as Associate Editor of Cardiovascular Research
Dr. Eric Lazartigues was selected to present the 2023 Lewis K. Dahl Memorial Lectureat the American Heart Association Hypertension conference.
Dr. Eric Lazartigues was nominated as part of the 2025 International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) Academy

Dr. Ifechukwude J. Biose received the LAUNCHED Award

Dr. Biose received the LAUNCHED travel and small research grant program entitled “Gut dysbiosis and butyrate bioavailability in HFpEF”.
Dr. Biose received the LAUNCHED pilot and feasibility award-supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U24DK132740.
Dr. Biose is selected into the 2023 – 2025 LAUNCHED Cohort Scholar Program!

New Publications

"Diurnal beavioral outcomes and BBB integrity in adult male SHR and WKY rats." published in Scientific Reports (11/2025)

Maternal Western Diet Programs Cardiometabolic Dysfunction and Hypothalamic Inflammation via Epigenetic Mechanisms Predominantly in the Male Offspring

“Hypertensive remodelling: when bigger body means bigger problems” published in Cardiovascular Research (12/2025).

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