SPHTM News

Research teams awarded funding to fight health disparities in the Mississippi Delta

 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.

Tulane’s family planning research continues in the DRC with $11 million Gates/Packard grant

 Left photo: Drs. Jane Bertrand and Julie Hernandez; right photo: Dr. Arsene Binanga.

Tulane researcher studies maternal mortality and the reasons behind it

 Maeve Wallace, Assistant Professor, Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences

Tulane awarded $2.3 million to study whether clearing blight stems teen violence in New Orleans

 Katherine Theall, Cecile Usdin Professor in Women’s Health, stands next to blighted house. Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano.

Significant increase in mental health conditions among US college students

Woman in thought at a desk. Stock photo.