Medical Consultants Core Valerie H. Myers, Ph.D. Pennington Biomedical June 1, 2012

LSU ICON Joint effort to improve the care of LA patients Targeted at improving quality of patient health care in LA through shared resources and collaboration Translate the results into health improvement for the vulnerable population we serve Multiple cores to meet these goals

LSU ICON Themes

Medical Consultants Core: Who we are Physicians and psychologists experienced in clinical projects methodology and management – Will Cefalu, MD: Basic and clinical research to improve the metabolic state – Ricky Bass, MD, MS, MPH: Internal medicine and pediatrics – Phil Brantley, PhD: Obesity and weight loss management; translation to primary care – George Bray, MD: Clinical and experimental science in obesity and diabetes – Tim Church, MD, MPH, PhD: Exercise and health outcomes – Val Myers, PhD: Obesity and diabetes; translation to primary care

Medical Consultants Core: What we do We are – Mentors – A Resource – “The First Step” Projects must involve improving clinical outcomes or improving health services – Point of entry into the LSU ICON system – Concept creation – Concept refinement – Project advocates from study start to finish