Tulane receives $4.7 million grant to continue national health equity research collaborative
The Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine has been awarded $4.76 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to continue Partners for Advancing Health Equity (P4HE Collaborative), a national research learning collaborative that aims to inform and synchronize research to advance solutions toward health equity. Keep reading>>
New grant will study effectiveness of nutrition interventions for elderly
The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University is looking to test the effectiveness of culinary interventions to address the problem as part of a new grant secured from Humana. Lu Qi, director of the Tulane University Obesity Research Center, will be the principal investigator on the study, which will evaluate efforts to improve cardiometabolic and emotional health outcomes among diverse seniors. Keep reading >>
Tulane to lead new CDC center for public health emergency preparedness across South Central US
The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University joins Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and six other leading universities as the site of one of a series of new regional centers the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is establishing around the country to help regions better prepare for future pandemics and other public health emergencies. The Region 6 Center for Health Security and Response Readiness will address critical gaps in crisis preparedness in public health systems across Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and 68 federally recognized tribal nations. Funded by a $4 million, five-year CDC grant, it is one of 10 regional centers to be established nationwide to advance and implement new evidence-based strategies and interventions. Keep reading >>
