25th LBRN Annual Meeting 2027

Event Date: January 22–24, 2027

Location: LSU School of Veterinary Medicine Baton Rouge, Louisiana, LA-70803

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About

Join investigators, students, research leaders, and partners from across Louisiana for three days of science, collaboration, career development, and celebration of the statewide biomedical research community.

Distinguished Speakers

Scientific leadership spanning structural biology, health innovation, rural health transformation, informatics, and workforce development.

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Keynote Speaker : Dr. Anirban Banerjee

NIH Intramural Research Program – NICHD Dr. Banerjee is a Senior Investigator and Head of the Section on Structural and Chemical Biology at NICHD. His laboratory studies the structural and chemical biology of membrane proteins, connecting atomic-level structure with cellular function and disease using approaches including crystallography, cryo-EM, protein chemistry, biochemistry, and biophysics.
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Featured Speaker : Eli Brodsky

Louisiana Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)
Eli Brodsky works at the intersection of healthcare transformation, technology, data exchange, workforce, and innovation in Louisiana. His work with the Rural Health Transformation Program focuses on strengthening access, infrastructure, and modern care delivery for rural and underserved communities across the state.

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Featured Speaker : Dr. Gabriela Wilson

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Dr. Gabriela Wilson is Director of the Louisiana Center for Health Innovation and a Professor and endowed chair in Health Informatics at UL Lafayette. Her work advances health informatics, data-driven discovery, public health innovation, workforce development, and collaborative solutions that improve health and resilience.

Tentative Agenda

Times and sequencing may be refined as the final program, project roster, poster session, and committee schedules are confirmed.

1Friday, January 22

Leadership & advisory meetings · Closed sessions

CLOSED SESSION

  • External Advisory Committee (EAC) Meeting

  • Program leadership, review, and strategic discussion.

CLOSED SESSION

  • Steering Committee (SC) & Executive Committee (EC)

  • Joint discussion with the LBRN Administrative Committee.
2Saturday, January 23

Keynote · Research presentations · Posters · Reception

7:30 AM

  • Breakfast & Networking

  • Morning gathering for attendees.

8:45 AM

  • Opening Remarks

  • Dr. Gus Kousoulas, LBRN PD/PI.

9:00 AM

  • Welcome from LSU School of Veterinary Medicine

  • Interim Dean welcome and introduction of the Keynote Speaker.

9:15–10:00 AM

  • Keynote Address · Dr. Anirban Banerjee

  • NIH Intramural Research Program, NICHD.

10:00–10:10 AM

  • Break

10:10 AM–12:00 PM

  • Full Project Presentations · Session I

  • Five project presentations, approximately 20 minutes each, with transition time.

12:00–1:00 PM

  • Lunch

1:00–3:30 PM

  • Full Project & Pilot Project Presentations · Session II

  • Four additional Full Projects (20 minutes each) followed by Pilot Project presentations (15 minutes each), with a short break incorporated as timing allows.

3:30–4:00 PM

  • Featured Speaker · Eli Brodsky

  • Louisiana Rural Health Transformation Program.

4:00–7:00 PM

  • Poster Presentation, Networking Reception & Dinner

  • Research posters, student engagement, networking, and evening reception.
3Sunday, January 24

Health innovation · Translational research · Future investigators

8:45 AM

  • Opening Remarks

  • Dr. Gus Kousoulas, LBRN PD/PI.

9:00–10:00 AM

  • Featured Speaker · Dr. Gabriela Wilson

  • Louisiana Center for Health Innovation, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

10:00–10:15 AM

  • Break / Transition

10:15–10:55 AM

  • Startup & Translational Project Showcase

  • Three startup presentations and one translational project presentation, approximately 10 minutes each.

11:00–11:30 AM

  • Rapid Talks · Students & Future Investigators

  • Approximately six speakers in rapid 2–5 minute research and career-development presentations.

11:30 AM–12:30 PM

  • Closing Lunch & Adjournment

  • Closing remarks, networking, and departure.

Program note: This is a Save-the-Date program preview. Final presentation counts, speakers, session titles, breaks, and exact times will be confirmed in the formal meeting agenda.

Mark your calendar.

LBRN Annual Meeting · January 22–24, 2027 · LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Registration, lodging, poster submission, and final program information will be announced.

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