SPHTM News

New program enhances degree for Tulane nutrition master's students

 Baby Asian girl eating watermelon on a picnic blanket.

Tulane partners with Ochsner Health System on leadership certificate programs

 Provost Robin Forman with Ochsner leadership.

Prevention Research Center study finds value in school-garden programs

 FirstLine public charter schools in New Orleans utilize school-garden programming in their curriculum. (Photos from of ESYNOLA)

SPHTM alumnus directing international food and cooking education nonprofit

 Robert Palestina, a 2018 graduate of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, is the new executive director of The Cookbook Project, a New Orleans-based nonprofit organization that promotes food justice and educates youth about healthy eating. (

'Dean Jean' scholars display passion for research

 Olivia Evans used previous volunteer experiences in the Dominican Republic as a springboard to a research project. She is a Dean Jean Danielson scholar for 2018, using the scholarship to support her travel and fieldwork in the country this summer. (Photog