Tulane Public Health Experts

Associate Director, Professor of Practice, Emergency & Security Studies

Nina Cleveland is an expert in the field of public health emergency, worksite wellness, emergency response plans, and disaster management.

Professor in Information Technology, Emergency Management, Archaeology, GIS/Remote Sensing and an Instructional Technology Manager and Geospatial Scientist

Blaine Fisher is an expert in Informational Technology, Emergency Management, Artificial Intelligence, GIS and Remote Sensing.

Associate professor of epidemiology

Susan Hassig is an expert in infectious disease outbreaks, vector-borne disease, HIV and associated infection and COVID-19.

Professor and Chair

Jiang He is an expert in public health, epidemiology, and clinical research.

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Oncology

As a clinical health psychologist and decision scientist, Dr. Hoerger is Louisiana's leading expert in psycho-oncology research

Dean of Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine

Dean Thomas LaVeist's areas of expertise include U.S. health and social policy and the role of race in health research.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, Co-Director, RIGHT program (Resident Initiative in Global Health at Tulane), Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine

Has worked in Ghana developing & teaching in-service trainings in basic emergency care for mid-level providers in district hospitals

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Dr. Lauren Teverbaugh is a pediatrician and child and adolescent psychiatrist at Tulane University School of Medicine.