The CEVT represents a central priority for the administration and faculty of LSU Health Shreveport through the engagement and intersection of critical public health needs, timely clinical and vaccine trials and delivery, timely and accurate COVID-19 testing, needed basic science and clinical research, key SARS-CoV2 and other pathogen clinical diagnosis, important education and outreach, surveillance, and the required training of future scientists, physicians and other health related work force members.
Leadership
Director of the CEVT
Andrew Yurochko, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Executive Director of Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats, Assistant Director of Research of Center of Excellence for Arthritis, Director of CAIPP, Carroll Feist Endowed Chair of Viral Oncology, Associate Director of Research for Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
Associate Directors of the CEVT
Kevin Murnane, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Basic Science Research for Louisiana Addiction Research Center
Faculty
Faculty with the CEVT
Jason Bodily, PhD
Associate Dean for School of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Ana Maria Dragoi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Research at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
Nicholas E. Goeders, PhD
Professor and Chairman of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience; Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; Executive Director of Louisiana Addiction Research Center
Kevin Murnane, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Basic Science Research for Louisiana Addiction Research Center
Dennis O'Callaghan, PhD
Boyd Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Professor of Center of Excellence for Arthritis and Rheumatology
A. Wayne Orr, PhD
Professor and Director of the Research Division for Pathology and Translational Pathobiology, Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences
James C. Patterson II, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Christus Schumpert Endowed Chair of Neurobiology, Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience
Board of Directors
CEVT Board of Directors
A. Wayne Orr, PhD
Professor and Director of the Research Division for Pathology and Translational Pathobiology, Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences
James C. Patterson II, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Christus Schumpert Endowed Chair of Neurobiology, Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience
Martin Sapp, PhD
Department Chair of Microbiology and Immunology, Willis Knighton Chair of Molecular Biology
Matthew Woolard, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, O'Callaghan Family Endowed Professor of Microbiology
Andrew Yurochko, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Executive Director of Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats, Assistant Director of Research of Center of Excellence for Arthritis, Director of CAIPP, Carroll Feist Endowed Chair of Viral Oncology, Associate Director of Research for Feist-Weiller Cancer Center