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Ernie Ballard

@eballard.bsky.social

Senior Director of Communications and Marketing at Pennington Biomedical. Former media relations director at LSU. Lots of Saints, Pelicans, Braves and LSU posts

71 Followers  |  80 Following  |  1 Posts  |  Joined: 19.11.2024  |  1.3771

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Fall pies

Fall pies

Pennington Biomedical Encourages “Small Shifts” for a Healthier, More Energized Holiday Season www.pbrc.edu/news/media/2... #SmallShifts

19.11.2025 22:41 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

This Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, we’re calling attention to the science that could change lives. Help us spread the word.
➡️ pbrc.edu/childhoodobe...
#childhoodobesity #pediatricresearch #pediatrichealth

30.09.2025 14:45 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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💪🐯💪🫄🏋️ SPEAKER Announcement!!!

Coming all the way from @penningtonbiomed.bsky.social
to #IBEC2026 Dr. Leanne Redman is heading up our session on the effects of parental exercise! Cannot wait!!

#40WeekCountdown

08.09.2025 12:10 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Pennington Biomedical has launched Greaux Healthy—an initiative developed in partnership with the State of Louisiana to support kids’ health at every age. Backed by 35 years of research, it offers tools and programs for families, providers, and educators: www.pbrc.edu/news/media/2... #WBTTW

07.06.2025 15:23 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Pelicans’ Problem Isn’t Joe Dumars - It’s Ownership’s Shortsighted Approach Mandates, Misplaced Loyalty, and the Cost of Ignoring Player Voices

Sources say Willie Green has lost virtually all player support and yet ownership insists he be retained. It's not about Joe Dumars, it's about the process leading up to this. The dysfunction starts at the top.

New at the substack:

intheno.substack.com/p/pelicans-p...

16.04.2025 13:30 — 👍 113    🔁 45    💬 20    📌 22
Dr. Amanda Staiano and Dr. Alyssa Button

Dr. Amanda Staiano and Dr. Alyssa Button

Pennington Biomedical’s Pediatric Obesity and Health Behavior Laboratory Authors Childhood Obesity’s Most Downloaded Paper of 2024 www.pbrc.edu/news/media/2... #PBRC #PBRCresearch

30.01.2025 15:26 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Not your typical Tuesday in South Louisiana. We hope everyone enjoyed today’s snowfall and stays warm. A special thanks goes out to the Pennington Biomedical security and facilities teams for always taking care of the Center even when we’re closed for weather emergencies #PBRCfam

22.01.2025 00:18 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Three researchers from Pennington Biomedical Research Center served on the Lancet Commission on Clinical Obesity, a global group that generated a new approach to diagnosing clinical obesity. To learn more abou the new consensus on #obesity, visit ow.ly/aQ5F50UHW9E

17.01.2025 15:01 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

So good! Thank you again for what you do!

05.12.2024 17:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dr. Stephanie Waldrop recently joined Pennington Biomedical as an assistant professor in the Clinical Sciences division. Learn more about her and her reserach career at www.pbrc.edu/news/media/2.... #WBTTW #ScholarshipFirst

05.12.2024 16:19 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Baton Rouge Home to Two of the World’s Most Influential Researchers One of your neighbors posted in Neighbor News. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

Baton Rouge is home to two of the world’s most influential researchers: Dr. Steven Heymsfield and Dr. Peter Katzmarzyk: patch.com/louisiana/ba... #WBTTW #ScholarshipFirst

03.12.2024 15:42 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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