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Nicolas G. Bazan, MD, PhD<\/strong>, is the inaugural founder of the Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair for Research in Retinal Degeneration, the founding Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health New Orleans, and has been appointed to the highest academic rank in the LSU System\u2014Boyd Professor. He previously served as a Foreign Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institutet (2017\u20132023) and is the former Editor-in-Chief (1987-2020) of Molecular Neurobiology<\/a> (Springer). \u201cA true Renaissance man,\u201d Dr. Bazan is an innovative research scientist, effective mentor, generous community leader, creative author, executive movie producer, arts patron, entrepreneur, and transformative influencer in implementing a knowledge-based local economy. His pioneering research has opened conceptual inroads in neuroscience, ophthalmology, and medicine by uncovering signaling mechanisms and novel molecular principles of aging, cell survival, and neuroprotection as part of his ongoing quest to respond to one major challenge to civilization: the growing incidence of the loss of sight and cognition. He has served in leadership roles, including on multiple advisory committees for NIH study sections. Additionally, he is a Founding Senate Member of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases<\/a>\u00a0(DZNE)\u2014a nationwide research program on Alzheimer\u2019s disease in Germany\u2014and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Governors for the ARVO Foundation. \u00a0He is also the author of Una Vida: A Fable of Music and the Mind<\/em><\/a> (2012), The Dark Madonna: A Fable of Resiliency and Imagination<\/em><\/a> (2013), and Brain Aging and Resilience: Exploring the Adaptability of the Human Brain in the Face of Aging and Adverse Conditions<\/em><\/a> (2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5157,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-5156","committee","type-committee","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNicolas G. Bazan | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans | USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nicolas G. 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