How do you recognize a luminary in the field of hypertension who literally changed the way practitioners diagnose and manage high blood pressure? You hold a scientific symposium, of course! This fall, the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (SPHTM) and the Department of...
Center for Public Service volunteers Diana Soto-Olson, left, and Lana Nitti sort a donation during a Hurricane Ida donation drive in the University Square parking lot on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. | Rusty Costanza Food and water distribution following a natural disaster is of critical...
A serious birth-related complication, also called “severe maternal morbidity,” can significantly increase the cost of giving birth. Researchers from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine have explored how the cost of giving birth is higher for Black patients, and how those...
New York recently declared a state of emergency in response to the discovery of polio within its community. The reemergence of polio calls to mind several questions involving public health policy, but one of the more interesting aspects of the polio story is the use of wastewater testing as a form...
The Tulane Health Policy Case Competition is returning this fall, hosted by the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. The Tulane Health Policy Case Competition gives teams of undergraduate students an opportunity to apply their talents and knowledge to put together a solution to a...
