Study led by Tulane researchers outlines America’s losing battle to lose weight
November 13, 2019
It comes as no surprise that Americans struggle with weight loss, but a new study led by researchers at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine reveals the extent to which many people try, and fail, to shed extra pounds.
Tulane social work dean looks back on 50 years of 'Sesame Street'
November 07, 2019
The iconic “Sesame Street” celebrates a half-century of educating children, and Tulane's Patrick Bordnick is one of the show's biggest fans.
Tulane researcher studying link between stress and mental health disease
November 05, 2019
A Tulane neuroscience professor has won a $2.1 million grant to study the effects of stress on the brain.
Tulane partners with local MCH Coalition to reduce high maternal mortality rates
November 04, 2019
On Thursday, Nov. 7, the New Orleans Maternal Child Health will ask the New Orleans City Council to put its support behind postpartum home visits for all birthing people in New Orleans, the training and hiring of black and queer health workers and finding ethical ways to reimburse doula care via Medicaid and other insurance plans.
Human impact on the Mississippi River region, planet is subject of Tulane conference
October 31, 2019
"Anthropocene River Campus: The Human Delta" is the culmination of a year-long study of the Mississippi River, bringing together dozens of experts to to discuss the human impact on and around the Mississippi River region basin and the planet.
‘Boys Don’t Cry’ producer Christine Vachon to headline Tulane lectureship
October 25, 2019
‘Boys Don’t Cry’ producer Christine Vachon will headline Tulane the inaugural Bobby Yan Lectureship in Media and Social Change.
Green New Deal visionary Rhiana Gunn-Wright to speak at Tulane
October 24, 2019
Rhiana Gunn-Wright, one of the lead architects of the Green New Deal, will speak Monday, Nov. 4 at Tulane.
Tulane social workers provide counseling in wake of hotel collapse
October 18, 2019
Tulane social workers provide counseling to hotel collapse workers, first responders and others.
Tulane study points to natural cause for arsenic-tainted water
October 15, 2019
A Tulane study looks at arsenic levels in groundwater in western Louisiana.
Study finds topsoil is key harbinger of lead exposure risks for children
October 14, 2019
Tracking lead levels in soil over time is critical for cities to determine lead contamination risks for their youngest and most vulnerable residents, according to a new Tulane University study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Tulane researcher is editor of journal issue honoring 40th anniversary of key cancer discovery
October 01, 2019
Leading p53 researcher Hua Lu, PhD, of Tulane University School of Medicine, was chosen to edit a special edition of the Journal of Molecular Cell Biology dedicated to the history of p53 research. The issue includes articles and perspectives from some of the world’s top research scientists from Princeton’s Institute of Advanced Study, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Northwestern and other universities along with St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Ten students join first allied health program at School of Medicine
September 23, 2019
In January, Tulane will welcome 10 students to the School of Medicine’s first allied health program, the master’s degree as a pathologists’ assistant. The program is one of 13 such programs in the United States and the only one in the Gulf South.
Leaving a legacy
September 23, 2019
During his long career at Tulane University School of Medicine, Dean Baker Ellithorpe, MD, became known for his passion for helping patients with cystic fibrosis. He included Tulane School of Medicine in his estate plans by creating a professorship to ensure his mission lives on.
DNA study aims to ‘change the practice of medicine’ over next decade
September 23, 2019
Tulane is recruiting more than 10,000 people during the next four years as a regional site for the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, a historic effort to collect DNA samples from more than a million people across the country.
Tulane team competes in ‘world’s fastest invention competition’
September 18, 2019
A Tulane team is competing in the APT/PBS reality show “Make48.”