Outbreak exhibit spotlights Tulane research against epidemics

Tulane University researchers across disciplines have played an important role in fighting infectious disease epidemics around the globe. That storied history has been brought to life in Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World, a new exhibit housed at Tulane SPHTM and co-sponsored by The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The exhibit covers a wide breadth of interdisciplinary research from…

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MS in Clinical Investigation fills need for gap year program

The Department of Epidemiology has revised its Master of Science program in Clinical Investigation (MSCI). The program now requires 36 credits and can be completed in one year. “We looked at the students who were attracted to the existing program and surveyed program offerings across the country,” said Amanda Anderson who co-directs the MSCI program with Epidemiology Department Chair Jiang…

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A big year for Tulane Fogarty Global Health Fellows

A record four Tulane affiliates have been named as Fogarty Global Health Fellows for 2019-2020. Fellows participate in collaborative, mentored, global health research training in low- and middle-income countries. The Global Health Fellows is the flagship program of the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The program is coordinated by six consortia, and Tulane is a…

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CRESCENT VIEW

Dear Friends, I’m closing in on my first full year here at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and, looking through the pages of this magazine, I’m pleased with the many things we have accomplished – so far. We’ve launched an online program, held our first Public Health Film Festival, rebranded the school, and gone through a thoughtful…

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Mollye Demosthenidy Named Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives at Tulane Public Health

EARLIER THIS SPRING, Dr. Thomas LaVeist, dean of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, announced that Mollye Demosthenidy would become the associate dean for strategic initiatives for the school. Demosthenidy, a clinical associate professor, has been on faculty in the Department of Health Policy and Management for eight years. Her new role took effect on July…

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