The Mary Amelia Center has official rebranded as the Mary Amelia Center for Women’s Health Equity Research. It will retain MAC as a shortened name for the center. The name was developed by, voted on, and vetted by current staff, faculty, and community partners. This new name aligns more closely with the center’s mission to conduct interdisciplinary research that identifies and…
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In 2014, Dr. Sue Griffey, mentor emeritus and former member of the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Alumni Association Board of Directors, launched the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (SPHTM) Alumni Mentoring Program. The purpose of the program is to match graduate public health students looking for mentorship with experienced SPHTM alumni. In the program, alumni…
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With 40 years of health systems experience, alumnus Jim Wetrich (MHA ’82) was a natural choice to speak to current School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine MHA students for a recent Leadership Lunch. A lot of changes have impacted the healthcare industry since his administrative residency at Ochsner Foundation Hospital, but he predicts that today’s students will see “massive…
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In February, Dr. John Nonnamaker was welcomed to the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine as the new director of career services. Nonnamaker served as associate vice president in the Tulane University Division of Student Affairs for nine years, a position in which he led operations, training, mentoring, professional development, assessment, communication strategy, policy development, fundraising, and strategic…
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