Gary “Hoov” Hoover, a nationally renowned economist in the study of economic policy, has been appointed the new director of Tulane University’s Murphy Institute and full professor in economics.

Public health expert Susan Davies joins the Tulane School of Social Work as the new associate dean of research.

After a year when so many friends and family have spent months apart, will people let down their guard and ignore COVID-19 safety precautions because they can’t bear to forgo cherished holiday traditions?

A Tulane researcher will use a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study the impact of noxious weed invasion on livestock, food production and supermarket prices.

David Hinkle, MD, will be named the Oliver and Carroll Dabezies Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology at the Tulane School of Medicine.

Demetrius “Demetri” Maraganore, MD, is the recently appointed Herbert J. Harvey, Jr. Chair in Neurosciences and Chair of the Department of Neurology at Tulane University School of Medicine, where he runs the Healthy Brain Aging Initiative that helps patients prevent cognitive decline and dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.

Tulane researcher Kathleen Ferris will use a $1.2 million NIH grant to study the genetics and evolution of ecologically important traits in monkeyflowers, a wildflower native to western North America.