LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER - 
 SHREVEPORT
 1501 Kings Highway
 Shreveport, LA  71130

 
 
www.sh.lsuhsc.edu  

          
             
              STARS Team Contact Person:        Tony Giordano, Ph.D.
                                                                          STARS Team Leader
                                                                          Associate Professor
                                                                          Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
                                                                          Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
                                                                          Phone:   318-675-7791
                                                                          Fax:       318-675-5180
                                                                          agiord@lsuhsc.edu

                                     Deputy Leader:          Sandra Roerig, Ph.D.
                                                                          Professor
                                                                          Dean of Graduate Studies & Associate Dean of Research
                                                                          Phone:   318-675-7877
                                                                          Fax:       318-675-4343
                                                                          sroeri@lsuhsc.edu

                                              Members:           David Bloomer, MHA, CCRA
                                                                          Director of Medical Services
                                                                          dbloom@lsuhsc.edu

                                                                          Steven Conrad, M.D., Ph.D.
                                                                          Professor
                                                                          Emergency Medicine
                                                                          sconrad@lsuhsc.edu

                                                                          Tammy Dugas, Ph.D.
                                                                          Assistant Professor
                                                                          Pharmacology
                                                                          tdugas@lsuhsc.edu

                                             Mike Manheimer, MPA
                                                                           Director of Technology Transfer
                                                                           mmanhe@lsuhsc.edu

                                                                           John Staczek, Ph.D.
                                                                           Professor
                                                                           Microbiology
                                                                           jstacz@lsuhsc.edu

                STARS Team Presentation:           PDF Presentation

The LSUHSC-Shreveport STARS Team is composed of faculty members and administrators representing basic and clinic sciences and licensing.

Our STARS Team's objective is to provide assistance in commercialization of science, both at the research and clinical levels.  Our STARS Team members have insights into the various research endeavors underway across the campus and into the opportunities to conduct clinical trials at LSUHSC-Shreveport.  In addition we can provide consultation in technology transfer matters and in developing new biotechnology start-ups.

LEARNING AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES:
The University has developed a new Biotechnology Track that includes a course on Biotechnology Entrepreneurship.  The focus of the Track is to train Ph.D.s for careers in the biotechnology industry.  As part of the Track, through support from NLPI and the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana, we have brought in a number of speakers from biotechnology, pharmaceutical and venture capital companies who have met with students, faculty and local companies.


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