Also involved in the project is Richard F. Burroughs, MD, director of the Baton Rouge General Regional Cancer Center. The LSU Vet School is involved because its molecular medicine program works to enhance research in comparative medicine, which is the method of comparing medicine for humans and animals. Along with directing the molecular medicine program, Kousoulas established and directs the Gene Probes and Expression Systems Laboratory, or GeneLab, in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology. The GeneLab works to train students, faculty and staff in the effective use of new molecular technologies. Kousoulas is also a professor of veterinary virology and biotechnology at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Each year LSU helps approximately 1,500 students from 450 Louisiana high schools graduate on time. The program allows students to obtain high school credit by taking correspondence courses through the University. They were able to continue their education by taking high school courses and mailing course work to the University from Europe, he said. Today, the correspondence program serves students for a variety of reasons, McCrory said. For example, a student may have an academic deficiency that causes him or her to fail a particular subject, in which case LSU offers that student a second chance to take the class again for credit.