Join Us in Celebrating!
Ready. Set. Action!
Every April, the American Public Health Association celebrates National Public Health Week highlighting how public health efforts have added decades to live expectancy, strengthened health systems, and improved quality of life. The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, launched way back in 1912, has been a vibrant part of that history.
This year we’re celebrating National Public Health Week by reminding our community just what public health is, and we have a slate of events on both Tulane’s Uptown and Downtown campuses.
Don’t take public health for granted. We invite you to renew your commitment to science, community partnerships, and making the world a healthier place.
Monday, April 6
Downtown
Indonesia's Universal Health Care (UHC)
Program Speaker: Nuzulul Putri
Essays on subsidies, fiscal transfers, and payment reform for maternal health financing under Indonesia’s UHC
Hosted by the Department of IHSD
Time: 12-1 pm
Location: Tidewater 1201
Virtual attendees can use this Zoom link
Uptown
Forward in Health
Cohosted by the Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and the Gulf Scholars
Program Speaker: Dr. Deanna Wathington
Moderated by a panel of students from the Public Health Undergraduate Student Government and the Gulf Scholars Program
Networking Mixer: 4:30-5:15 pm
Program: 5:15-6:15 pm
Location: Freeman Auditorium & Woodward Way
Join us for an evening examining the future of U.S. health policy and exploring how students can advance equity-centered, community-driven solutions, featuring Dr. Deanna Wathington—Clinical Director of REACHUP, Inc. and affiliate professor at the University of South Florida College of Public Health—who brings more than 25 years of experience in health equity and maternal and child health leadership. A nationally recognized leader, she serves on the Council on Education for Public Health and multiple workforce and policy bodies, with prior service including chair of the American Public Health Association executive board and appointments to National Academies and HHS equity committees. Dr. Wathington earned her MD from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, an MPH from Temple University, completed family medicine residency training in New Jersey and Florida, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Her scholarship centers on health equity, maternal and child health, clinical–community linkages, and diversifying the health professions. This discussion will highlight the connection between public health scholarship and real-world impact.
Tuesday, April 7: World Health Day
Downtown
Social Marketing
Speaker: Karis Schoellman
Hosted by the Department of SBPS
Time: 12-1 pm
Location: Tidewater 1204
Dr. Karis Schoellmann share her work on social marketing. Bring your lunch and join the conversation!
The End of USAID
Moderator: Dr. Katherine Andrinopoulos
Co-hosted by the Department of IHSD and the Office of Institutional Excellence and Opportunity
Time: 12-1 pm
Location: Tidewater 1208
Join us for this screening of the PBS documentary that covers the impact of U.S. funding on HIV and health programs in Kenya and Ghana. Lunch will be provided.
Tidewater Tuesday with Campus Health
Time: 12-1 pm
Location: Diboll Gallery
Uptown
What is Public Health? With Student Panel
Speaker: LeShawn Simplis-Barnes, Director of Admissions
Refreshments provided
Time: 4-5:30 pm
Location: Howard Tilton, Room 406
Public Health Trivia Night
Presented by the Public Health Society
Time: 6 pm
Location: James Lounge in the LBC
Online
Advancing Community Health through Move with the Mayor Webinar
For more than a decade, mayors across the country have partnered with the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention to implement Move with the Mayor, using evidence-based messaging, policy, program, and infrastructure strategies that encourage residents to live more active and connected lives. These efforts not only promote cardiovascular and mental health but also strengthen resilience at both the individual and community levels.
Time: 1-2 pm
Location: Online, Register here.
Wednesday, April 8
Both Campuses
Give Green
Tulane's annual day of giving! It's a statement of pride, purpose, and believe in the future. Support Public Health. Give Green!
Downtown
Public Health in Action: Lunch with Dr. Georges Benjamin
Time: 11:30 – 1:30 pm
Location: Diboll Gallery
This event serves as the April WSPH SGA General Body Meeting
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, is executive director of the American Public Health Association, a role he has held since 2002, where he leads efforts to make the United States the healthiest nation. A nationally recognized physician leader and public health advocate, Benjamin previously served as secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and deputy secretary for public health services. Board-certified in internal medicine, he began his career as a military physician and later held leadership roles in emergency medicine and public health in Washington, D.C. An author of more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters, Benjamin also serves as publisher of the American Journal of Public Health and The Nation's Health. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and has been repeatedly recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the most influential leaders in health care.
Accessible by Design: Public Health, Disability, and Inclusive Futures & Give Green
Coordinated Tabling with Institutional Excellence & Opportunity & Alumni Relations
Time: 11:30-1:30 PM
Location: Tidewater Lobby
Online
Ready. Set. Action! #NPHW Flood the feed
Join us for a coordinated Social Media Activation of positive, action-oriented messaging as we highlight the strength and impact of the public health community.
Time: 12pm, 1pm, 2pm
Location: On major social media
Learn more about NPHW Flood the Feed
The Office of Student Experience will participate on Instagram at tulanewsph_se
Thursday, April 9
Downtown
MikeDrop
Guest: President Mike Fitts
Time: 12-1 pm
Location: Tidewater Lobby
Join Pres. Fitts as he shares smoothies from Smoothie King.
Packing with a Purpose
Hosted by Office of Student Experience, Institutional Excellence & Opportunity, WSPH Staff Council, WSPH Student Government Association, Global Scholars, Students for Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity (SSHARE), and Bake Back America.
Join us as we pack 450 packages for the unhoused in New Orleans.
Pizza will be provided.
Time: 11:30 – 1:30 pm
Location: Tidewater Diboll Auditorium
Uptown
SWAG Sale!
WSPH Merch will be available for sale! Show your public health pride!
Time: 3-6 PM
Location: Caroline Richardson Building
Non-profit Public Health Panel (Details TBD)
Presented by the Public Health Undergraduate Student Government, the Public Health Society, and the Health Policy Club.
Time: 5:30-6:30 pm
Location: Lavin-Bernick Center, Room 208
Online
Building Well-being, Promoting Community Life, and Supporting Neighbors
This webinar will explore how individuals and communities can nurture mental health and well-being, support one another, and strengthen social connections in the face of life’s challenges. Panelists will discuss the connection between personal wellness and thriving communities and share practical actions people can take to support themselves and their neighbors.
Time: 11 am-12 pm
Location: Online, Link TBD
Research, Justice, and Maternal Health in the Gulf South
This Perinatal Seminar with Regan Moss, MPH, will highlight community-based research and transformative strategies advancing maternal and reproductive health equity for marginalized women across the Deep South. The session will explore: Maternal and reproductive health among justice-involved women. Health disparities affecting women along the carceral continuum. Community and clinical approaches to supporting sex workers and sexually exploited adolescent girls. Tulane's collaborative work focused on Justice-Involved Women and Children. Sponsored by the Southern Center for Maternal Health.
Time: 12 pm
Via Zoom, Register here
Friday, April 10
Downtown
Delta Omega Poster Session
Time: 3:30-5:30 pm
Location: Bioinnovation Center, 1441 Canal St.
Join the closing event for Admitted Students Day and learn about our graduate and undergraduate students' fascinating research projects as they compete in our annual poster session. The event includes a reception open to all.
Uptown
Informational Tabling
Public Health Undergraduate Student Government & Public Health Society
Time: 2-4 pm
Location: McAllister Way
