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Dr. Jiang He, Joseph S. Copes Chair of Epidemiology at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine was the lead author of a study that showed the vital role of community healthcare workers in treating patients’ high blood pressure.
New $2.8 million grant continues Tulane research into chronic kidney disease
A new $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will continue groundbreaking research into chronic kidney disease (CKD) by Tulane University. A team of investigators, including epidemiology chair Dr. Jiang He, has been conducting a landmark kidney study — the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study since 2001. The new grant allows the team to investigate novel risk factors for the progression of CKD, cardiovascular disease and other related disease outcomes among patients with CKD.

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. In 2013 the City of Bogalusa celebrated the Heart Study’s 40-year history by bestowing Dr. Gerald Berenson with the key to the city.
In Memoriam: Gerald Berenson
Perinatal epidemiologist Emily Harville (left) and Endowed Regents Professor Lizheng Shi are part of two teams of investigators given 2018 CORNET awards for research fighting health disparities in the Mississippi Delta.
Research teams awarded funding to fight health disparities in the Mississippi Delta
Left photo: Drs. Jane Bertrand and Julie Hernandez; right photo: Dr. Arsene Binanga.
Tulane’s family planning research continues in the DRC with $11 million Gates/Packard grant
Maeve Wallace, Assistant Professor, Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Tulane researcher studies maternal mortality and the reasons behind it
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Upcoming Events
Seminar
Special School Wide Grand Rounds: Microaggressions: How Do They Impact the Environment for Health Professional Students and Researchers of Color
Dec 11
Other
PolicyMap Webinar: Treating the Whole Community: Addressing Social Drivers of Health
Dec 12
Other
January SPHL 6020 Foundations in Public Health Challenge Exam
Jan 11
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For the fourth consecutive year, Tulane University is the No. 1 graduate school nationwide in producing Peace Corps volunteers, with 22 SPHTM student volunteers for 2018.

95% of graduates find jobs or continue education within a year following graduation

Founded in 1912, Tulane SPHTM is the oldest school of public health in the U.S.