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Tulane public health faculty among first to receive federal funding for gun violence research after decades-long ban

December 8, 2020Gallery gun violence Public Health

The National Institutes of Health awarded a $146,000 research grant to Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine to study how state gun laws may reduce homicide among women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. The school is among the first to receive federal funding for gun violence research after a nearly 24-year ban by Congress. Maeve…

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Developing a fuller picture of COVID-19 impact and spread

K. Lane November 20, 2020Gallery

With many COVID-19 cases going undetected, researchers question how much more widespread the virus may be in the U.S. population. Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is one of five institutions using antibody testing and symptom data to estimate overall COVID-19 infection rates over time. “This is really important because a lot of COVID-19 infections are asymptomatic,…

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Social marketing program advances conversation around Black health

K. Lane November 20, 2020Gallery

Diabetes. Stroke. Heart disease. Even COVID-19. All of these deadly health concerns disproportionately affect Black communities, but the underlying reasons for the inequity have little to do with biology and everything to do with the systems and myths that adversely impact health. The Skin You’re In (TSYI) is a multi-media social marketing campaign, the goal of which is to improve…

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Wastewater surveillance researchers wading through COVID-19 clues

K. Lane November 19, 2020

Since it’s known that viral RNA is shed through feces, even in asymptomatic individuals, the best way to head off COVID-19 outbreaks in New Orleans and elsewhere might just prove to be its waste. Or, as Samendra Sherchan, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences puts it: “Poop never lies!”

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Using everything from art to delivering food and groceries these six Tulane student groups are rushing in to provide support for the New Orleans Community during COVID-19 (Photos by David Roston and NhuNgoc Pham)

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Six Tulane student groups awarded grants from Sprinting to the Front Lines

November 17, 2020Gallery COVID New Orleans

Sprinting to the Front Lines is a rapid funding mechanism for Tulane students to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. Teams of current Tulane students were invited to submit a proposal that would directly impact the health and wellbeing of the New Orleans community during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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