LONG-TIME PROFESSOR of nutrition, John Beverly Mason, passed away August 28, at the age of 74, after bravely battling cancer over the last eight years. Mason was born in Welwyn, England, in 1944, and earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Magdalene College and his doctorate in nutritional biochemistry from the University of Cambridge. His career prior to Tulane included…
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Beyond the Degree: SPHTM Alumni
ASHLEY FEHRINGER (MPH GCHB ‘16) had lunch with SUE GRIFFEY (MPH INHL ’83, DrPH INHL ‘93), who provided an update on Ashley. Just three weeks before their lunch, Ashley had started her “ideal job” as an early childhood training specialist at the Institute of Innovation and Implementation at the University of Maryland. She landed the job after returning from serving…
Keep Reading Beyond the Degree: SPHTM AlumniTropical Medicine Chair to Step Down, Search Committee Seeks Candidates
OVER THE SUMMER, Dean Thomas LaVeist announced that Dr. Preston Marx would be stepping down from his role as chair of the Department of Tropical Medicine. A search committee has been formed, and Dr. Marx will remain in the position until a new chair has been identified. “I’d like to thank Preston for his leadership,” Dean LaVeist said when it…
Keep Reading Tropical Medicine Chair to Step Down, Search Committee Seeks CandidatesNew Research Collaboration Focuses On the Delta
Tulane University, University of Mississippi Medical Center, and University of Tennessee Health Science Center have formed a new research consortium to fight health disparities in the Mississippi Delta. The Delta Clinical and Translational Science Consortium will be dedicated to improving the health of communities stretching along both sides of the Mississippi River from Memphis to New Orleans as well as…
Keep Reading New Research Collaboration Focuses On the DeltaTulane Partners with Ochsner Health System on Leadership Programs
The changing healthcare market challenges physicians, nurses, and administrators to stay on top of best-practices. The Department of Health Policy and Management is helping health system leaders meet the challenge with new graduate certificate programs in leadership. Mollye Demosthenidy, JD, clinical associate professor of health policy, and colleagues developed the concept for the program, and then connected with the Ochsner…
Keep Reading Tulane Partners with Ochsner Health System on Leadership Programs