<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/louisiana-tech-and-lsu-health-shreveport-create-historic-research-partnership.php" dsn="blogs"><pubDate>08/05/2026</pubDate><title>Louisiana Tech and LSU Health Shreveport create historic research partnership</title><main-featured>true</main-featured><category-featured>true</category-featured><summary>Two prominent research enterprises in North Louisiana are officially partnering, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), establishing a new framework for collaborative research, student training and shared access to specialized research facilities and expertise.</summary><image><img src="/news/_images/lsus-latech-mou-signing.jpg" alt="Oren Rom LSUHS Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, Lester Johnson LSUHS Senior Vice Chancellor, Jim Henderson President, LA Tech, Ramu Ramachandran Interim Vice President for Research LA Tech"/></image><tags><tag>Partnerships</tag></tags></item>