Faculty Mentors
Foremost in the BIRCWH support system is the Scholars’ mentors. Mentors provide trainees with the fundamental training and the inter-professional, intellectual and technical research base necessary to produce high caliber Women’s Health researchers. The Lead Mentor has the main responsibility for guiding the Scholar toward research independence, while each mentor of the team is involved in helping the Scholar to develop both hypotheses and research protocols. The Lead Mentor and Scholar develop a written Career Development Plan and timeline that establishes a planned curriculum, the goals of the mentored research experience and milestones to help mark progress.
The pool of faculty mentors at Tulane includes:

Lydia Bazzano, MD, PhD
Lynda and H. Leighton Steward
Professor in Nutrition
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Epidemiology
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
BIRCWH 1 Alumna

Patrick S. Bordnick, PhD, MPH
Professor
Tulane School of Social Work

Pierre Buekens, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Jing Chen, MD, MMSc, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Nephrology &
Hypertension
Tulane School of Medicine
BIRCWH 1 Alumna

YiPing Chen, PhD
Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Tulane Cancer Center Associate Member
Tulane School of Medicine

Jill Daniel, PhD
Professor
Director of Neuroscience Program
Department of Psychology
Tulane School of Science and Engineering

Samir El Dahr, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics
Tulane School of Medicine

Stacy Drury, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Vice Chair of Research
Department of Pediatrics
Tulane School of Medicine
BIRCWH 3 Alumna
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD
Professor of Medicine
Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute
Tulane School of Medicine

Vivian Fonseca, MD
Tullis-Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Endocrinology
Tulane School of Medicine

Robert F. Garry, PhD
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Director of MCB Program
Tulane Cancer Center Associate Member
Tulane School of Medicine

L. Lee Hamm, MD, FACP
Senior Vice President & Dean
James R. Doty Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine
Tulane School of Medicine

Emily Harville, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
BIRCWH 2 Alumna
Jiang He, MD, PhD
Joseph S. Copes Chair and Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

S. Michal Jazwinski, PhD
John W. Deming, MD Regents Chair in Aging
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry
Director, Tulane Center for Aging
Tulane School of Medicine

Tonette Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Associate Provost for the Health Sciences
BIRCWH Principal Investigator and Research Director

Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, MD, PhD
Professor
Director of the Tulane Diabetes Research Program
Department of Medicine
Tulane School of Medicine

David Mushatt, MD, MPH & TM
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases
Dire tor, Section of Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Tulane University School of Medicine

Gabriel Navar, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology
Co-Director, Renal & Hypertension Center
Tulane School of Medicine

Gabriella Pridjian, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics
Gynecology
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics
Tulane School of Medicine

Minolfa C. Prieto, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane School of Medicine
BIRCWH 2 Alumna

Donald (Diego) Rose, PhD
Professor, head of Nutrition Section
Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Daniel F. Sarpong, PhD
Endowed Chair & Director
Center for Minority Health & Health Disparities Research and Education
Xavier University of Louisiana

Katherine Theall, PhD
Associate Professor
Cecile Usdin Professorship in Women's Health
Director, Mary Amelia Women's Center
Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Andrea Zsombok, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane School of Medicine
BIRCWH 2 Alumna