Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation is continually working to secure private funding for endowed chairs, fellowships, and professorships — one of the most powerful ways to invest in science.
Endowments exist in perpetuity — only a portion of the annual earnings are spent, ensuring your gift funds research forever.
Chair & Professorship Giving Levels
$500,000
Endowed Professorship
Permanently endow a faculty professorship, providing long-term support for a scientist’s research program and lasting recognition in their name.
$2 Million
Endowed Chair
Fund an Endowed Chair — the highest level of academic recognition — recruiting and retaining the world’s foremost researchers in metabolic science.
Endowed Chairs & Fellowships
Named chairs and fellowships honor their donors while providing long-term, stable funding for our most accomplished scientists.
Claude B. Pennington, Jr. Endowed Chair
Donor: C.B. “Doc” Pennington
Jacqueline Stephens, Ph.D.
Mary Kay and Terrell Brown/Harris J. Chustz Endowed Chair
Donor: United Companies Life Insurance Co.
Philip Schauer, MD
Hibernia National Bank / Edward G. Schlieder Endowed Chair
Donor: Edward G. Schlieder Educational Foundation and Capital One, formerly Hibernia National Bank
Jeffrey Keller, Ph.D.
George A. Bray, Jr. Endowed Super Chair in Metabolism
Donor: Pennington Medical Foundation
John P. Kirwan, Ph.D.
Douglas L. Gordon Endowed Chair in Diabetes and Metabolism
Donor: Edward G. Schlieder Educational Foundation
Eric Ravussin, Ph.D.
LPFA Endowed Fellowship
Donor: Louisiana Public Facilities Authority
Corby Martin, Ph.D.
Marie Edana Corcoran Endowed Chair in Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes
Donor: Our Lady of the Lake Foundation
Peter Katzmarzyk, Ph.D.
Peggy M. Pennington Cole Endowed Chair in Maternal Biology and the Risk of Obesity
Donor: Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation; Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan
Claudia Kappen, Dr. rer. nat.
John S. McIlhenny Endowed Postdoctoral Fellowship
Donor: Coypu Foundation Trust
Bhaswati Ghosh
John W. Barton, Sr. Endowed Chair in Genetics and Nutrition
Donor: Various
Currently Vacant
Fairfax Foster Bailey Endowed Chair in Heart Disease Prevention
Donor: Laura and James J. Bailey III; Virginia and John Noland; P. Foster Bailey
Currently Vacant
Endowed Professorships
Douglas L. Manship, Sr. Endowed Professorship in Neuroscience and Metabolism
Donor: Douglas L. Manship, Sr.
Heike Muenzberg-Gruening, Ph.D.
John Stauffer McIlhenny Endowed Professorship in Nutrition
Donor: Coypu Foundation Trust
Currently Vacant
George H. Bray Professorship
Donor: Various
Hans-Rudolph Berthoud, Ph.D.
John S. McIlhenny Professorship in Nutritional Neuroscience
Donor: Coypu Foundation Trust
Christopher Morrison, Ph.D.
John Henry Hernandez Professorship in Health Promotion
Donor: Coypu Foundation Trust
Currently Vacant
Dudley and Beverly Coates Endowed Professorship
Donor: Catherine Coates, Camille Coates, Holly Coates Carville
Tiffany Stewart, Ph.D.
Endow a Position
Create a Lasting Scientific Legacy
An endowment in your name or in honor of a loved one provides perpetual support for a scientist, funding research forever.