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Tiffany Ardoin, MD
School of Medicine
Internal Medicine - Baton Rouge

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Food Insecurity Nutrition Education Resident Education
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Narrative Medicine Problem Based Learning

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	Educational Diet Video/Handout Food Insecurity Intervention Problem Based Learning


Keywords Associated with Work:
	Food Insecurity Food Is Medicine Graduate Medical Education Narrative Medicine Nutrition Obesity Patient Education Preventive Medicine Problem Based Learning

Last Updated: 03/27/2024

Alison Davis, PhD
School of Nursing
Adult Nursing

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Education, Nursing Education, Nursing, Graduate Interprofessional Education Patient Simulation Safety
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Advanced Cardiac Life Support Maternal Health Services Nursing, Team Obesity Patient Care Team





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Education, Nursing Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate Education, Nursing, Graduate Faculty, Nursing Interprofessional Education Nursing Education Research Patient Simulation Students, Nursing

Last Updated: 02/10/2020

Dania Felipe
School of Medicine
Pediatrics

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus Lipodystrophy





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Diabetes Early Puberty Obesity Short Stature Thyroid Disorders

Last Updated: 02/19/2019

Carlos Galvani, MD
School of Medicine
Surgery

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Obesity, Morbid
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Gastroparesis





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Gastroesophageal reflux disease

Last Updated: 03/29/2024

Marcella Houser, MD, FAAP, DABOM
School of Medicine
Pediatrics

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Medical Education Obesity Pediatric Obesity
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Immigrant Child Health Care





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Obesity Pediatrics

Last Updated: 03/28/2024

Stefany Primeaux, PhD
School of Medicine
Physiology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Animal Models Cell Culture Techniques Feeding Behavior Obesity Physiology Reproductive Behavior





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Feeding Behavior Obesity Reproductive Behavior

Last Updated: 01/24/2017

Tung Sung Tseng, PhD
School of Public Health
Community / Behavioral Health
Grant Review Committees Served on: NIH Other Committees

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Behavioral Research Cancer Prevention and Control Community-Based Participatory Research(CBPR)Health Status Disparities Healthcare Disparities Minority Health Mobile Health Units Obesity Smoking
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Community Medicine Diabetic Diet Epigenesis, Genetic Geographic Information Systems Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation Quality of Life Risk Reduction Behavior

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Community-Based Participatory Research(CBPR)Genetics, Behavioral International Cooperation Program Evaluation Research Design


Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cancer Prevention and Control Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation Intervention Studies Obesity Public Health Smoking Social Behavior

Last Updated: 10/18/2018

Qinglin Yang, PhD
School of Medicine
Pharmacology / Cardiovascular Center of Excellence
Grant Review Committees Served on: NIH DOD Other Committees

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cardiac Pathophysiology Underlying Molecular and Biochemical Mechanisms
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Diabetes Metabolic Mechanisms Obesity

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	Generating Transgenic and KO Mouse Models Tissue-Specific Gene Therapy
Unique Equipment Used:
	Assess in vivo mouse heart function and metabolism using isolated heart Catheterization Echocardiography Oxygraph assessment of mitochondrial respiration and metabolism Seahorse Bioanalyzer with live-cell imaging to determine cellular bioenergetics
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cardiac Hypertrophy Cardiomyopathy Diabetes Energy Metabolism Heart Failure Mitochondrial Biology Mouse Models with Genetic Manipulations Obesity

Last Updated: 04/01/2024