Six fellows with connections to Tulane University have been named to the Global Health Fellows and Scholars Program of the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health. The Global Health Fellows program is spread out across six different university consortia, and Tulane is part of the UJMT Consortium, administrated through the University of North Carolina. “Tulane is proud…
Keep Reading Six Tulane affiliates named Global Health FellowsA 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…
Keep Reading A big year for Tulane Fogarty Global Health FellowsDear 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…
Keep Reading CRESCENT VIEWEARLIER 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…
Keep Reading Mollye Demosthenidy Named Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives at Tulane Public HealthBY AGE 60, Dr. Jane Bertrand, professor of health policy and management, had clocked over 20 years as a faculty member at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, as well as another eight at Johns Hopkins. She was itching for a new kind of challenge. Bertrand had traveled extensively overseas but not much in the U.S. west…
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