Nicole R. Villemarette-Pittman, Ph.D., is director of Clinical Research at Ochsner Health in New Orleans. She joined Ochsner in January 2022 and directly oversees the Neuroscience Research Center of Excellence, the Cardiology Research Center of Excellence, Ochsner BioDesign Lab, Baton Rouge Multispecialty Research, Lafayette Multispecialty Research and the Clinical Research Internship. Dr. Villemarette-Pittman is an associate professor of Biomedical Sciences at Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine, Associate Professor (Hon) at the University of Queensland Medical School in Brisbane, Australia and Gratis Faculty at LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans, Department of Neurology. She is a board member of the LA Epilepsy Foundation. Dr. Villemarette-Pittman and Dr. Fawad Khan are co-founders of the Louisiana Epilepsy Care and Research Consortium, a nonprofit organization seeking to build a society of professionals within the state of Louisiana that focuses on clinical care and research in the epilepsy community. Dr. Villemarette-Pittman serves as managing editor of the Journal of the Neurological Sciences, the official journal of the World Federation of Neurology.