Epidemiology Seminar Series 

Please join us for the seminar:

Investigating the human health effects of drinking water exposure to PFAS: 

The GenX Exposure Study

presented by

Jane Hoppin, ScD

Deputy Director, Center for Human Health and the Environment

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

University Faculty Scholar

North Carolina State University

Monday, April 11, 2022, Noon to 1 p.m., Tidewater Room 1201

For additional information please contact

Join the Translational Science Institute as they host a longevity seminar with Dr. Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, who is a global leader in the fields of epidemiology and geriatrics at Columbia who has dedicated her career to the science of healthy aging and longer health span for all, and creating the knowledge needed for transition to a world where greater longevity benefits people of all ages.

The seminar will be held at Tidewater, Room 1210.

Lunch will be provided at 11:45AM.

Join the Translational Science Institute as they host this CVD seminar with Dr. Vasan Ramachandran, M.D., Principal Investigator and Director of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS), and Principal Investigator of the Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal Study (RURAL) at Boston University. Dr. Ramachandran is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at BUSM/BUSPH, and Chief, Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, BUSM. He is the Jay & Louis Coffman Professor of Vascular Medicine at BUSM. 

The seminar will be held at Tidewater, Room 1210.

Learn About Opportunities to Research and Teach Abroad!

Join us for  “Food, migration, and health among Latin American communities: Research overview and next steps, presented by Dr. Melissa Fuster, Associate Professor.

Tue 4/12, noon-1pm

Zoom link

Please join us for the seminar, Examining the Relationship Between Sleep and Diet in the Bogalusa Heart Study, presented by Kaitlin Storck Potts, MPH, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Monday, April 4, 2022, Noon to 1 p.m.

Tidewater Room 1201

For additional information please contact:

Therese Carter at (504)988-6809 or tcarter1@tulane.edu

DTM Seminar Series: “Improved Vaccines and Diagnostics for Pediatric Pneumonia” presented by Dr.  Jay K. Kolls, Professor (TU) at 9:00-10:00 a.m. in Tidewater bldg. Rm 1210.

Pneumonia is leading of killer of children under age 5 in the world. Our research program is focused on improving mucosal vaccines targeting the respiratory tract as well as improving diagnostics of underdiagnosed etiologies of pediatric pneumonia.

Join us for the Tulane Personalized Health Institute (TPHI) Seminar Series: Application of dietary biomarkers in nutritional research: from nutritional epidemiology to precision nutrition.

Speaker: Dr. Qi Sun, MD, Sc.D. Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard University

Time: Apr 4, 2022 04:00-5:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://tulane.zoom.us/j/95579039503

Please join us Monday April 11th from 12:00 - 1:00pm in the Diboll Auditorium for a school-wide seminar presented by Dr. David Gaus on understanding local power dynamics in north-south global health collaborations. Dr. Gaus is an accomplished alumnus of both the SPHTM and School of Medicine (combined MD/MPH program, 1992), and his life and career are profiled in a book called "Long Road from Quito" that was published in 2019. Dr. Gaus has received many humanitarian awards and awards for social entrepreneurship.

The 2022 EEE Virtual Alzheimer’s Summit will be presented by HC3D, a local community organization dedicated to making life better for caregivers. This is a unique educational opportunity to learn about evidence-based knowledge and solutions on brain health and Alzheimer’s treatment, prevention, and care, featuring speakers from Tulane's schools of Public Health, Medicine, Science & Engineering, and Goldring Center and from universities and community organizations across the South. 

Presented Virtually

Students - $25