# Enrichment Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · 2020 · $12,682

## Abstract

F. Abstract (Enrichment Program)
The Enrichment Program conducts activities that support the mission of the 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 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 researchers, 2) monitoring the activities of investigators 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. The Program teams 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, two T32 Training Grants, one T35
training grant) to maximize resources for training and enrichment. The program is directed by Dr. Phillip
Brantley who has extensive experience in scientific education and has served in his current position since the
inception of the NORC. A variety of vehicles will be used to deliver the enrichment opportunities including
formal coursework, hands on laboratory mentoring, seminars, workshops, scientific retreats, web based
training, newsletters and community health fairs. 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. Future plans include expansion of
activities to include clinical investigators across Louisiana involved in the recently funded PCORI trial to reduce
obesity in primary care and with the state wide expansion of the HEADS UP study examining insurance
sponsored surgical and nonsurgical weight management.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9923633
- **Project number:** 5P30DK072476-15
- **Recipient organization:** LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** PHILLIP J BRANTLEY
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $12,682
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9923633

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9923633, Enrichment Program (5P30DK072476-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9923633. Licensed CC0.

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