BusinessCoronavirus Pennington part of major study providing insight into long COVID By David Jacobs - May 26, 2023 John Kirwan, executive director of Pennington Biomedical Research Center. (Collin Richie) FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailPrint The Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge participated in a major federally funded study of long COVID, which refers to symptoms and conditions that continue or develop after an initial COVID-19 infection. Already an INSIDER? Sign in.