Article archive / September 2020
Originally published: . Volume 11, No. 9. Source pages: 6.
Graves Helps Pennington in US Appropriations
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves announced in August that he had secured $3 million for LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center to help improve the performance and resilience of our military service members while reducing injury and recovery time. Under Graves’ amendment, Pennington Biomedical would build upon their position as the top nutrition science provider to the U.S. military to design nutrition programs that further improve the capabilities of our warfighters, according to the announcement.
“Pennington Biomedical Research Center is grateful to the Congress–and especially Rep. Graves—for confirming the broad benefits of Pennington Biomedical’s military nutrition program through this recently announced funding. Thirty-two years ago, the U.S. Department of Defense began a collaboration with experts at Pennington Biomedical to optimize nutrition for America’s warfighters to make them healthier and more resilient. Our collaboration has resulted in not only better health for America’s military, but also for veterans and military families,” said Dr. John Kirwan, Executive Director of Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
Also included in Appropriations was $440,207 for Expansion of Clinical Trials Access to Rural and Underserved Children of Louisiana at LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center, $667,911 for Aging and the mitochondrial response to exercise training, measured by noninvasive 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy also at at LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
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