Thursday March 13th
Evening Welcome Reception
Location: Tidewater Building, Diboll Gallery
4-4:30pm
Registration and sign-in
Meet and greet with current students
View award-winning Delta Omega academic posters
4:30-5:30
Faculty Panel: "How and Why Did You Get Into the Field of Public Health? Why Tulane?"
Laura Murphy, PhD International Health and Development
Diego Rose, PhD Community Health Sciences
Susan Hassig, DrPH Epidemiology
Faye Grimsley, PhD Environmental Health Sciences
Richard Culbertson, PhD Health Systems Management
Latha Rajan, MD, MPHTM Tropical Medicine
Larry Webber, PhD Biostatistics
5:30-6:30
Reception
Refreshments to be served Friday, March 14, 9am - 5pm
Open House
Tidewater Building, Diboll Gallery
9-10am
Breakfast with the Deans
Pierre Buekens, MD, PhD W. H. Watkins Professor and Dean
Ann Anderson, PhD Senior Associate Dean of Academics
Jeffery Johnson, PhD Associate Dean of Admissions
Overview of Events
Leslie Gilman, Director of Admissions 10-11:00
Department Introductions
Diboll Auditorium
John Lefante, PhD Acting Chair, Biostatistics
Jeanette Magnus, MD, PhD Acting Chair, Community Health Sciences, and Cecile Usdin Professor in Women's Health
Patty Kissinger, PhD Faculty, Epidemiology
Maureen Lichtveld, MD, PhD Chair, Environmental Health Sciences and Freeport McMoRan Chair of Environmental Policy
Dominique Meekers, PhD Chair, International Health and Development
Claudia Campbell, PhD Health Systems Management
Richard Oberhelman, PhD Acting Chair, Tropical Medicine 11-12
Departmental Breakout Sessions
12-1
Lunch
Tidewater Building, Room 1210
1-2
Current Student Panel: "Life in New Orleans and at Tulane"
2-2:30
Financial Aid Overview
Mike Goodman, Associate Vice President of University Financial Aid 2:30-3
Local and international public health opportunities
Maya Begalieva, MD, PhD, MPH Clinical Assistant Professor
John Hembling, MPH Global Health Fellows
3-4
Downtown tour of School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, and Deming Pavillion
Optional events
Tour the Uptown campus via Tulane shuttle (every 30 minutes)
Dinner with SGA at Mulate's at 6:30pm | 
Learn more about graduate public health programs at Tulane from current students and faculty! Featuring a faculty panel presentation, departmental break-out sessions, continental breakfast, and lunch.
Register now!
Hotel Accommodations
Near Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Ameri-Host Hotel
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1300 Canal Street
(.1 mile from TUSPHTM)
P: 800.434.5800 Courtyard by Marriott
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124 Saint Charles Ave
(.46 miles from TUSPHTM)
P: 504.581-9005
Holiday Inn/French Quarter
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301 Dauphine Street
(.71 miles from TUSPHTM)
504.581-1303 Wyndham Riverfront Hotel
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701 Convention Boulevard
(1.14 miles from TUSPHTM)
P: 504.524.8200
Chateau Hotel
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1001 Chartres Street
(1.27 miles from TUSPHTM)
P: 504.524.9636 The above mentioned hotels are not affiliated with or endorsed by Tulane University |
