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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.
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Dr. Gerald Berenson, who was a long-time research professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health and...Tulane In the News
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11/26/2018 - 12:15 - Keith Brannon
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. A new consortium backed by Tulane University, the University of Mississippi...
11/15/2018 - 13:15 - Carolyn Scofield
Drs. Jane Bertrand and Julie Hernandez (left) and Dr. Arsene Binanga (right) manage an ambitious program of research, service delivery, advocacy, and capacity-building. (Photos provided by Jane Bertrand) Researchers at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (SPHTM) have...
11/08/2018 - 16:45 - Carolyn Scofield
Maeve Wallace is a reproductive and perinatal epidemiologist at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, and Louisiana consistently ranks among the top states for rates of death among pregnant and...
11/05/2018 - 11:30 - Keith Brannon
Katherine Theall, Cecile Usdin Professor in Women’s Health at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano. Can cleaning vacant lots cause a chain of events that curbs child abuse or stops a teen from falling victim to violence? That’s the...
10/30/2018 - 16:00 - Dee Boling
University students in the U.S. are showing increasingly higher rates of diagnosis and treatment for a range of mental health conditions, potentially putting their academic success at risk, suggests new research published in the Journal of American College Health. The research was conducted by...