Article archive / February 1, 2014
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 6. Source pages: 8.
Governor Jindal and Pennington Biomedical Research Center announced the new Childhood Obesity and Diabetes Research Program at Pennington’s Baton Rouge-based campus and opened a newly renovated space for the program’s activities. The Jindal Administration provided $6.4 million in funding for the renovated building that houses the new research clinic. The funding has allowed Pennington Biomedical to retain 19 direct jobs for pediatric studies, and to create more jobs in the future as grants are obtained.
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