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CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH IN THE GULF SOUTH

A symposium on Community, Research, Design, and Action

Climate change poses a significant danger to human health in both the short and long term. In the U.S., that threat is especially grave for the Gulf Coast. Over the next several years, the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine intends to take on the issue of climate change and the myriad health impacts anticipated.

To kick off the school’s efforts, the school will hold a symposium on Tuesday, April 2. Entitled “Climate Change and Health: A Symposium on Community, Research, Design, and Action,” the symposium brings together public health researchers in several disciplines, community groups, and architecture faculty to discuss where we are and how to proceed going forward.

SPHTM by the Numbers

1st

We were the first school of public health in the country (est. 1912)

10%

In the top 10% of Public Health Schools & Programs in the US

99%

of graduates working or continuing education within a year of graduating

49

Students hail from 49 US states & territories

21

Our students are from 21 different countries

28

Average age of our students