Baton Rouge Health District

Big step forward for Baton Rouge.

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐑𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐃 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 $𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.

When we invest in our people, the whole community benefits.

February is National Cancer Prevention Month. We couldn't let this month pass by without highlighting a Launchpad Innovation Pilot Project that is successfully catching cancer early and saving lives of Louisiana women.

Led by Pennington Biomedical Research Center and in partnership with Our Lady of the Lake, Woman's Hospital, and LSU Health New Orleans, this Launchpad Pilot Project is focused on early detection of endometrial cancer which is currently the fastest growing cancer in young women in Louisiana.

Follow the link below to learn more about the successful innovative work being achieved by Pennington Biomedical Research Center and partners.

New screening tool saving lives: Metamor team developing tool to catch cancer earlier A new partnership between a Pennington Biomedical physician-researcher at the Metamor Institute and an LSU School of Medicine oncologist has already saved women’s lives in southeast Louisiana.

BRHD was getting this morning. Special thank you to MOHSEP and Red Stick Ready for pulling stakeholders together and leading the charge on community planning and recovery.