Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
LSUHSC Dental School awarded $1.8 million for HIV care and education
The LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Dentistry has been awarded a $1.8 million grant over five years by the Health Resources and Services Administration to support a "Community-Based Dental Partnership." Under the direction of Robert Barsley, D.D.S., J.D., the program educates dental and dental hygiene students about caring for patients with HIV/AIDS, provides dental services to this patient population, and monitors quality of care.
US Health Resources and Services Administration

Public Release: 1-Aug-2013
55th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition
Katherine A. High, M.D., to present 2013 American Society of Hematology E. Donnall Thomas Lecture
The American Society of Hematology will honor Katherine A. High, M.D., of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with the 2013 E. Donnall Thomas Lecture and Prize for her unparalleled work to identify the molecular basis of hemophilia and to develop novel genetic therapies to treat the disorder.

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
New book explores importance of understanding presidential preoccupation with power
Prof. William G. Howell hopes to focus the national conversation about the American presidency. In his new book, Thinking about the Presidency: The Primacy of Power, Howell argues that to understand presidential behavior, it is necessary to recognize that a president's core interest is in guarding, acquiring and expanding his base of power.