2024 HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT NEWSLETTER
Tulane University announces The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
First in public health. New in name.
Tulane University announced this fall that it was naming its School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in honor of alumna Celia Scott Weatherhead in recognition of her landmark total lifetime giving of more than $160 million in support of the university. Weatherhead’s commitment – the largest in Tulane’s history – continues her legacy of providing funding to attract world-leading faculty researchers to Tulane and ensuring that top students from all backgrounds can attend the university. This gift will transform the university’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine to establish it as the premier school of its kind in the United States and one of the top such schools in the world. Read more >>
MHA reaccredited for another seven-year term
The Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) Board of Directors has approved the reaccreditation of the Master of Health Administration program at the Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. The program resides in the school’s Department of Health Policy and Management. The reaccreditation will remain in effect for a full seven-year term. Read more >>
Dr. Arthur Mora named chair of Department of Health Policy and Management
Calling him “a champion for health policy and management” and “integral to the Master of Health Administration program’s rise in the national rankings,” Dean Thomas LaVeist named returning faculty member Dr. Arthur Mora to the top spot in the department. Read more>>
Students Stand Out in Case Competitions
Department students performed well in multiple case competitions over the past year, applying innovative solutions to tricky policy situations. At the same time, the department’s own competition continues to grow. Read more>>
Three Health Policy and Management Faculty Gain Professorships
Dr. Lizheng Shi, Dr. Kevin Callison, and Dr. Brigham Walker all received named faculty appointments this fall. Read more>>
New Faces in HPAM
The Department of Health Policy and Management expanded its roster this fall with the addition of two new faculty – Dr. Tyra Mitchell-Williams and Dr. Jillian Torres. Neither is a complete stranger to the Tulane family. Read more >>
Award-winning Students and Faculty
Several faculty and students have been honored for their achievements in recent months. Read more>>
Health Policy & Management News
Every year, the Tulane MHA Program conducts several site visits with local hospitals, national consulting groups, academic medicine departments, and others to prepare students in their search for residency opportunities after their first year.
Photos from the 2024 ACHE Tulane SPHTM Alumni and Friends reception in Chicago.
MPH students visited the state capitol in Baton Rouge earlier this year and met with local leaders, attended the special legislative session, and toured the capitol grounds to see local and state-level policy in action. Dr. Callison and Dr. Glover accompanied.
The department is proud to have so many staff graduates from the Celia Scott Weatherhead EDI Professional Development Program. Congratulations to Dr. Alison Rinehart, Shelby Olin, Dr. David Washburn, and Dr. Richard Priore.
HPAM faculty delve into AI models, pre-exposure prophylaxis update, and substance use.
