Dr. Eric Lazartigues, Associate Professor, received his Bachelor of Sciences in 1993 from University Paul Sabatier of Sciences in Toulouse, France. His Master of Sciences was awarded in 1994 from the University of Pharmacy Claude Bernard of Lyon, France. He received his PhD from University Paul Sabatier of Sciences in Toulouse in 1999. He completed his postdoctoral training at The University of Iowa, School of Medicine in the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology. Dr. Lazartigues joined the department of Pharmacology at LSU Health Sciences Center-NO in August 2005 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in July 2011. Dr. Lazartigues is internationally renowned for his research in hypertension and type 2 diabetes, with collaborations in Austria, France and Brazil. He has authored over 50 publications dealing with the central regulation of blood pressure, local renin-angiotensin systems in health and disease. He is the principal investigator of research grants from the National Institutes of Health and has received awards from organizations including the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association. He is an Established Investigator and a fellow of the American Heart Association. Dr. Lazartigues is also the Joint-Programming Committee Representative of the Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section of the American Physiological Society and Associate Editor for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology.
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Role of the pancreatic β-cell Renin-Angiotensin System in glycemic control
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