Review articles by year: 2011 | 2010
May
'The Weight of the Nation' doc features Tulane doc
As Tulane cardiologist Dr. Gerald Berenson knows all too well, the obesity epidemic is one of the most pressing health issues facing the nation today. More than two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, while nearly one-third of the nation’s children and adolescents are overweight or obese. Berenson and his groundbreaking Bogalusa Heart Study will be featured in a new, four-part HBO documentary series. more>>
Models for Collaboration
Articulate a vision. Create a brand. Be a team player. These are just three of the 10 tips Charles Van der Horst shared in his presentation “How to be #1,” delivered at last week’s Cross Departmental Research Forum held by the Interdisciplinary Innovative Programs Hub for Global Public Health, or I2PH. more>>
Centennial Online Registration Now Open
Online registration for the Tulane SPHTM is now open. Alumni, current and former faculty and staff, and anyone who loves global public health are encouraged to register for the event - the first of its kind in the U.S! more>>
Successful Fundraiser for the Penny Jessop Travel Fund
Friday, April 27th, students and faculty from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine gathered at neighborhood bar Handsome Willy’s to celebrate Penny Jessop, beloved professor and international travel mentor. more>>
April
Plans for ‘complete streets’ roll forward in NOLA
Walking, bicycling and taking public transportation soon will get easier in New Orleans, thanks to work from a Tulane University public health group. The city is beginning to make plans to follow its new “complete streets” policy, a set of procedures that promotes improvements to streets and sidewalks to support people who don’t use or have motor vehicles. more>>
Malaria prevention saves children’s lives
New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Malaria Journal has used a Lives Saved Tool (LiST) model to show that the increase in funding for the prevention of malaria has prevented 850,000 child deaths in the decade between 2001 and 2010 across Africa. more>>
Fulbright Award Will Take Brad Hawkins to Suriname
Brad Hawkins, a doctoral candidate in Global Environmental Health Sciences, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at the University of Suriname’s public health program during the 2012-2013 academic year. more>>
Tulane PRC Study: Neighborhood Walking Path Increases Resident Activity
New Orleans residents are more active when they have a public walking path in their neighborhoods, according to a recently published Tulane University study. more>>
Prevention Research Center networking at New Orleans Hornets game
Community leaders and local residents learned more about the work of the Prevention Research Center (PRC) at Tulane University during a networking event and information booth the PRC hosted at the New Orleans Hornets Arena April 11, 2012. more>>
Photo contest winner: Maasai Mardi Gras
Cultures mingle as Tulane students and children in Losho, Kenya, exchange songs, dance and Mardi Gras beads. Epidemiology student Nikki Davis is the first-place winner of a photo competition in the Tulane School of Public Health for her shot taken in Losho in June 2011.more>>
Tulane will share in funding to mentor global health scientists
Tulane University is one of 20 institutions that will share more than $20 million to train the next generation of global health researchers, through funding from the Fogarty International Center. more>>
March
Centennial Celebration Update
The Centennial Celebration is fast approaching and detailed information is now available online! In just a few months alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends of Tulane's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the school's founding.more>>
Tulane and Iraqi university to partner
The Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine has signed a memorandum of understanding with Wasit University in Iraq that will lead to the development of a public health school within the Iraqi institution. The memorandum was signed on March 7 by Dr. Pierre Buekens, dean of the Tulane School of Public Health, and Jawad M. Al-Mosawi, president of Wasit University. more>>
AMA Foundation honors SPHTM alumnus Byron D. Hughes with Foundation Award
Byron D. Hughes has been named a recipient of the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation’s 2012 Leadership Award. This award provides medical students, residents/fellows and early career physicians from around the country with special training to develop their skills as future leaders in organized medicine and community affairs. more>>
Centennial Kickoff Event Photo Gallery
The Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine held a kick-off to its centennial year on Wednesday. The event included commemorative beads, give-aways for all attendees, and a special 4-piece king cake in the shape of 1-9-1-2, the year of the school’s founding. more>>
Public health students celebrate school’s centennial
As the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine kicked off the celebration of its centennial year, the school’s Student Government Association hosted its first Global Health Summit featuring several guest speakers who discussed issues such as healthcare reform and social justice. more>>
February
Inaugural Student Global Health Summit
The SPHTM Student Government Association is hosting its first ever Global Health Summit in honor of the school's founding 100 years ago. The theme for the three day event is One World, One Community and the schedule features guest speakers and lectures, networking events, student initiative and photo competitions, and social gatherings. more>>
Healthy picking: Abundant fruit for needy families
Tulane SPHTM alumna Megan Nuismer leads a team of volunteers who gather fruit that's free for the picking and donate it to community organizations. more>>
Crossing lines of class, culture and language
After a 20-hour flight, public health major Michael Celone touched down in South Africa to embark on a life-changing journey with 25 other American students during fall semester 2011. Although we faced many frustrations along the way, the four months spent in South Africa would expand our worldview and expose us to an array of cultures, traditions and languages that we had never before experienced. more>>
Spotlight on women researchers
Faculty members and graduate students discussed their work in a variety of disciplines at Women’s Research Day, held on Friday (Feb. 3) in the Kendall Cram Lecture Hall at the Lavin-Bernick Center. The session was sponsored by the Newcomb College Institute and several initiatives within the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. more >>
EPA Head Lisa Jackson to speak at Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Commencement
Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will deliver the commencement address at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine diploma ceremony. more>>
January
Master's International students create mural that represents Peace Corps Programs
At the beginning of the spring semester, the Tulane Peace Corps Programs decided to create a mural for our school that represents how the Peace Corps contributes to Tulane. more >>
Tulane Ranks on Peace Corps Top Colleges Rankings
This year Tulane University ranks No. 3 on the 2012 top Peace Corps volunteer-producing colleges and universities in the graduate school category, and No. 18 in the undergraduate medium school category. more >>
Students work together to rebuild wetlands
Undergraduate students at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine have partnered with science students at Nunez Community College in St. Bernard Parish, La., for a service-learning project focused on coastal restoration. more >>
