Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana seeks to improve and increase biomedical research capabilities of its research faculty members and students through its MBRS Program. It is believed that increased research capability of the faculty, intensive student training and achievement of truly productive biomedical research activities will result in increased number of minorities pursing biomedical research as a career. In order to achieve the above stated objectives, we have adopted a multidisciplinary approach to research. Most of these projects deal essentially with problems of pollutions and their impacts on human health as well as a project on cancer. These projects traverse the areas of biochemistry, organic chemistry, toxicology, parasitology and social health services. Most of the instrumentations are similar but with modified techniques and ideas in solving research problems. We will continue to view each research project not as a separate entity but as an aspect of related projects. The research efforts will be complemented with weekly seminar presentations. Instrumentation and techniques in biomedical research will be taught to our students. We will continue to encourage the participation of non-MBRS faculty members as well as non-MBRS students in our program in an effort to improve their research skill and expertise or retool themselves in the biomedical research. This will help increase the number of trained minority individuals going into the mainstream biomedical research, thus enhancing our chances of greater success and achievement of MBRS goals and objectives.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Minority Biomedical Research Support - MBRS (S06)
Project #
5S06GM008025-21
Application #
3513164
Study Section
Minority Programs Review Committee (MPRC)
Project Start
1977-06-01
Project End
1994-05-31
Budget Start
1991-06-01
Budget End
1992-05-31
Support Year
21
Fiscal Year
1991
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Southern University A&M Col Baton Rouge
Department
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
City
Baton Rouge
State
LA
Country
United States
Zip Code
70813
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