# Enrichment Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · 2021 · $21,025

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT (ENRICHMENT PENNINGTON/LOUISIANA NORC)
The Enrichment Program conducts activities that support the mission of the Pennington/Louisiana NORC and
are designed “to facilitate and promote collaborative and multidisciplinary interactions that will foster new
research ideas and enhance the translation of basic nutritional research findings into the clinical-research arena
and ultimately into clinical application”. It provides opportunities to foster multidisciplinary approaches to
nutrition/obesity research and to attract new investigators or investigators with relevant expertise to the field. The
program accomplishes this by 1) improving communication among NORC members, 2) monitoring the
participation of investigators in enrichment activities associated with the NORC grant, 3) promoting awareness
of the NORC and disseminating information about its research findings to other scientists, health care
professionals and the community, and 4) coordinating events that attract distinguished nutritional scientists to
Pennington Biomedical and Louisiana. To maximize resources for training and enrichment, our program
dovetails with other NIH-sponsored research and training groups in Louisiana (The Louisiana Clinical and
Translational Science Center, Pennington Biomedical’s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence and two T32
Postdoctoral Training Grants). The program is directed by Dr. Leanne Redman who is the Associate Executive
Director for Scientific Education at Pennington Biomedical and Co-Program Director of the Training in Obesity
Research T32. The enrichment program strives to specifically cater to 5 unique groups including NORC
members, the participating institutions’ faculty, postdocs and students, and the lay community. Efforts will be
made to reach out across the state and to provide enrichment opportunities for current and future nutrition/obesity
researchers at multiple career levels including NORC member scientists, faculty from Louisiana universities and
medical schools, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and medical students. A variety of
evaluated activities will be used to deliver enrichment opportunities. Our new annual initiatives include a traveling
Louisiana/Pennington NORC roadshow “Obesity Day”, sponsoring seminars and visiting scientists, providing
webinars and on-site training courses, teaching graduate courses in molecular and clinical nutrition and providing
undergraduate student internships, a NIH-funded postdoctoral training program in obesity research
(T32DK064584-16; recently renewed through May 2024).

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10177145
- **Project number:** 2P30DK072476-16
- **Recipient organization:** LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Leanne Maree Redman
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $21,025
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2005-07-01 → 2026-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10177145

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10177145, Enrichment Program (2P30DK072476-16). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10177145. Licensed CC0.

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