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The nutrition section of the Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences (GCHB) is launching a new training program targeted at nutrition students interested in working in the maternal and child health (MCH) area. The program is being funded by the U.S. Health Resources &...Tulane In the News
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05/02/2018 - 12:45 - Dee Boling
Dr. Ellen Einterz (MPHTM ‘90) was recognized by the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) with the Esther Pohl Lovejoy Award at the association’s recent anniversary meeting held in Philadelphia, Penn. The award is named for Esther Pohl Lovejoy, who served as city health officer for Portland,...
04/30/2018 - 12:00 - Faith Dawson
Barbara Weis, MD, a 1987 graduate of the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, directs Sante Total, a U.S.– based group that operates a temporary clinic in Jacsonville, Haiti. (Photo by Tracey Brown) More than 30 years after Barbara Weis, MD, graduated from...
04/27/2018 - 11:45 - Carolyn Scofield
Anastasia Gage’s current research at Tulane focuses on adolescent health, gender-based violence, and maternal and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti. (Photo provided) Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine professor Anastasia Gage has been named a member of...
04/26/2018 - 11:30 - Mary Cross
A collaboration between Tulane’s Undergraduate Student Government and the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library led to the creation of 70 new seats and work spaces for students. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) When Tulane senior Caroline Scott began feeling discomfort while spending long hours studying...
04/25/2018 - 14:45 - New Wave Staff
Lu Qi, MD, PhD, who holds the HCA Regents Distinguished Chair and is a professor of epidemiology at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, presented a study on the link between middle-aged tooth loss and cardiovascular disease at a recent American Heart Association meeting...