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2018 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 94
BY REPRESENTATIVE STOKES
A RESOLUTION
To commend LSU Health Sciences Center at New Orleans for its participation in the
Southeast Partnership for Improving Research and Training in Cancer Health
Disparities and the partnership's receipt of a National Institutes of Health P20
Exploratory Center Grant.
WHEREAS, LSU Health Sciences Center at New Orleans has partnered with the
NCI-designated Moffitt Cancer Center to form the Southeast Partnership for Improving
Research and Training in Cancer Health Disparities; and
WHEREAS, this partnership has the primary goal of reducing health disparities by
planning and implementing focused collaborations in cancer precision medicine research,
cancer research experience, and cancer education; and
WHEREAS, the combination of research, cancer research education, and cancer
outreach/education activities is expected to provide mutual benefit to each institution, inspire
the next generation of researchers, rapidly lead to the submission of larger grant applications,
and bring the benefits of cancer research advancements to our communities; and
WHEREAS, the partnership seeks to promote research education and outreach that
will improve racial/ethnic minority awareness of and participation in precision medicine
research; and
WHEREAS, the partnership has received a National Institutes of Health P20
Exploratory Center Grant that supports both a breast cancer ribonucleic acid sequencing
program for Hispanic/Latino patients and a three-pronged cancer research education
program.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend LSU Health Sciences Center at New
Orleans, as well as its faculty, staff, and students for its participation in the Southeast
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Partnership for Improving Research and Training in Cancer Health Disparities and the
partnership's receipt of a National Institutes of Health P20 Exploratory Center Grant and for
its dedication to finding a cure for cancer for the citizens of Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Dr. Lucio Miele, Professor and Department Head, LSU Health Sciences Center at New
Orleans School of Medicine, Department of Genetics & Director for Inter-Institutional
Programs, LSU Stanley Scott Cancer Center and Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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