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Enjoy three Q&A sessions with WSPH alumni!
From Public Health to Dentistry
When Dr. Kaushal Shah came to Tulane University’s Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, he already had a dental degree from India. What he wanted was a broader understanding of health care.
“I just wanted to know healthcare beyond just treating individual patients,” he said. “I wanted to know how to prevent it at the public health level.” Shah chose Tulane because of its public health program and the opportunity to work with faculty researchers. He studied epidemiology at Tulane, gaining the research skills he still uses today as a dentist and clinical director. Keep Reading >>
Tulane public health graduate named Fulbright grant recipient
Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine graduate Layla Babahaji is one of six Tulane graduates to be named Fulbright grant recipients for 2026-27. These graduates receive funds through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program — the U.S. Department of State’s flagship international educational exchange program — to either study for a graduate degree, conduct an individually designed research project or participate in an English Teaching Assistant Program outside the United States.
Babahaji graduated in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in public health from the Celia Scott Weatherhead School, as well as a minor in Spanish from the School of Liberal Arts. In 2022, she graduated from the Celia Scott Weatherhead School with a master's degree in international health and sustainable development. Keep reading >>
Public health innovator will challenge the status quo at Aspen Ideas Health
In May, Talore Gray walked across the stage to receive her Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree in leadership in social and behavioral sciences from the Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. The following month, June, she took that new credential to Colorado as an Aspen Ideas Fellow, where she explored innovative solutions to some of our most pressing health challenges. Gray was nominated for the fellowship by Dr. Jylana Sheats, associate professor of social, behavioral, and population sciences. Sheats also serves as associate director at The Aspen Institute in the Science & Society Program. Keep reading>>
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