The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Graduate Studies in New Orleans was founded in 1965 with the creation of the Medical Center as a separate campus from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. It offers a MS in Biomedical Sciences as well as PhDs in the following fields: Biochemistry; Cell Biology and Anatomy; Human Genetics; Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology; Neuroscience; Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; and Physiology.
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Dissertations from 2026
LOOP DIURETIC RESISTANCE AND THE EFFECTS OF VASOPRESSIN INHIBITION BY KAPPA OPIOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS IN HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION, Ashlyn Y. Anderson
INTEGRATIVE MULTI-OMICS AND MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES FOR TUMOR CLASSIFICATION AND DISCOVERY OF BIOMARKERS IN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, Kristos Martin Anto Domnic Raj
INTERACTIONS OF ALCOHOL AND DIETARY METABOLIC STRESSORS ON HEPATIC LIPID AND BIOENERGETIC ADAPTATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV, Eden M. Gallegos
CARDIOVASCULAR CONSEQUENCES OF POLYSUBSTANCE USE: DUAL CHRONIC PLUS BINGE ALCOHOL AND NICOTINE VAPE, Nicholas R. Harris
HARNESSING MULTI-OMICS DATA AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR THE DISCOVERY OF BIOMARKERS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN LIVER CANCER, Lija MK Hoffman
The Effects of Psilocybin, Sex, and Time on Gene Expression in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex of Wistar Kyoto Rats, Hannah M. Kramer
MULTI-OMIC AND MACHINE LEARNING DRIVEN INSIGHTS INTO STI- AND ALCOHOL-ASSOCIATED DYSBIOSIS, John W. Lammons
Therapeutic Potential of Metformin in KRAS-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Margaret E. Larsen
ASSESSMENT OF ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ON THE FUNCTION OF THE MOUSE PREFRONTAL CORTEX, Hernan Mejia-Gomez
EPIGENETIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION FOLLOWING METHOTREXATE TREATMENT IN PEDIATRIC CANCER, Gabrielle Sheets
Mitochondrial localization and regulation of Leishmania Cytochrome C Oxidase Subunit IV during mammalian temperature adaptation, Isabel Stephany-Brassesco
DEFINING MECHANISMS OF ACTION AND TARGET LANDSCAPES OF NOVEL ORIDONIN-BASED AGENTS IN TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, Gabrielle Vontz
Dissertations from 2025
Lymph-Adipose Crosstalk: A Novel Mechanism of Alcohol-Induced Adipose Tissue Dysfunction, Kourtney Autin
ALCOHOL-ASSOCIATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, RECOVERY, AND SEX DIFFERENCES, Joshua Edavettal
Harnessing the Power of Integrative Bioinformatics and Machine Learning for Unveiling Biomarkers and Classifying Colorectal Cancer Patients, Mark Fertel, Chindo Hicks, and Duaa Alawad
The Impact of Alcohol on Cognitive Deficits and Pain in the Context of HIV, Taylor F. Fitzpatrick-Schmidt
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI INFECTION-INDUCED CARDIAC MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL DYSFUNCTION, Lyndsey N. Gisclair
EXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF HLA AND VIRAL GENETICS ON SARS-CoV-2 DISEASE SEVERITY IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL CLINICAL DATASETS, Grace J. Kim
Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Seroprevalence in Puerto Rico: Associations with HIV Infection and Injection Drug Use, Khushi Kiran
MORPHOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM IN THE ZEBRA FINCH (Taeniopygia castanotis) AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LUNGS AND ADJACENT ORGANS IN OTHER AVIAN TAXA, Aracely Martinez
Antiviral Functions of HIV-Specific Serum IgA in Rhesus Macaques, Justin C. Smith
Dissertations from 2022
Fear Conditioning and Chronic Alcohol Exposure Regulate Endocannabinoid Degradation via MAGL In Adolescent Mice, Muhammad Ali Farooq
Dissertations from 2014
MECHANISM OF HECT DOMAIN E3 LIGASES NEDD 4.1- AND NEDD4.2- CATALYZED POLYUBIQUITIN CHAIN ASSEMBLY, Allison Augustus-Wallace