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...
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...
Tulane University will lead a $2.25 million effort to improve care coordination in diabetes management, which remains a major public health concern in the United States, especially in Louisiana which reports higher rates of illness and death from diabetes and cardiovascular disease than other...
Our thoughts are with our neighbors in northern and northwest Louisiana who have experienced flooding from last week’s storms. While New Orleans was not significantly impacted by the rain, we are well versed in the devastation high water can cause. If those in our community - faculty, staff, or...
Jonathan Rivers, a Tulane University alumnus who is working with the U.N. World Food Programme, received an innovation award for his work in the Cambodia Country Office. Along with colleagues in Malawi, Pakistan and Uganda, Rivers was recognized for success in introducing new ways of working that...
