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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
05/02/2016 - 09:45 - Dee Boling
Dr. Maureen Lichtveld, Freeport McMoRan Chair of Environmental Health Policy, was recently inducted into the Society of Scholars of Johns Hopkins University. The Society of Scholars, the first of its kind in the nation, was created in 1967. The society inducts former postdoctoral fellows,...
04/26/2016 - 09:45 - Dee Boling
The Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine has entered into a memorandum of understanding with China’s Nanjing Medical University to establish a joint degree program. Under the agreement, Chinese students will have the opportunity to complete a bachelor of preventive...
04/19/2016 - 08:45 - Dee Boling
Over the weekend, two different communities suffered the devastating effects of massive earthquakes. The largest of two earthquakes on the Japanese island of Kyushu registered a magnitude of 7.0 while Ecuador was hit with a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Both occurred on Saturday. We here at the Tulane...
04/18/2016 - 09:15 - Dee Boling
Dean Pierre Buekens was officially named chair of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health at the organization’s seventh annual meeting held in San Francisco last week. Dr. Buekens will hold the post for two years. “I am honored to lead CUGH over what I know will be an exciting period of...
04/08/2016 - 09:15 - Dee Boling
Dr. Valerie Yeager, assistant professor of Global Health Management and Policy at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, has completed three “edutainment” videos that are being used in eLearning in the South African healthcare environment. These videos are part of a...