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.
Tulane team competes in ‘world’s fastest invention competition’
September 18, 2019
A Tulane team is competing in the APT/PBS reality show “Make48.”
Cancer cells turn to cannibalism to survive chemotherapy
September 18, 2019
Researchers from the Tulane University School of Medicine have discovered that some cancer cells survive chemotherapy by eating their neighboring tumor cells. The study, which was published in the Journal of Cell Biology, suggests that this act of cannibalism provides these cancer cells with the energy they need to stay alive and initiate tumor relapse after the course of treatment is completed.
Tulane University student spends summer conducting brain tumor research in Switzerland
September 17, 2019
Tulane University senior James Rogers has been charting a course in the name of research since he arrived on campus in the fall of 2016. Rogers’ journey has led him from New Orleans to Bethesda, Md., and across the Atlantic Ocean to Scotland and, most recently, Switzerland, where he spent this past summer as a visiting research scholar in the Brain Tumor Center at the University Hospital Zürich (USZ).
Tulane, Blue Cross Foundation launch free programs to help new parents and babies
September 12, 2019
Becoming a parent can be exciting but overwhelming, and new programs through Tulane University aim to give new moms and dads the tools they need to bond with their babies. The programs, Tulane Building Early Relationships (TBEARS) and NOLA STRONG (Strengthening Resources for Nurturing and Growth) for Moms are offered through a collaboration between the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and the Department of Global Environmental Health at Tulane University. The programs are being funded through a new grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation.
President Fitts affirms Tulane’s commitment at Shifting the Paradigm 2019
September 12, 2019
At the fifth annual “Shifting the Paradigm” event on Sept. 11, 2019, Tulane University administrators including President Mike Fitts reaffirmed their commitment to end sexual violence on campus and presented data from the Case Management and Victim Support Services Office, which showed a decrease in the overall number of complaints the university had received regarding sexual misconduct as well as how those complaints were handled.
Tulane Cancer Center to Host Free Prostate Cancer Seminar
September 12, 2019
Dr. Oliver Sartor will provide a Prostate Cancer Seminar on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 5:30 p.m. in the first-floor conference room of the Louisiana Cancer Research Center, 1700 Tulane Ave. (corner of Tulane and S. Claiborne).
Advanced technology, research contribute to Tulane Professional Athlete Care Team’s championship year
September 09, 2019
The New England Patriots weren't the only team to have a championship season last year. The Tulane University Professional Athlete Care Team (PACT) had its most successful year in 2018-19, as well, completing over 600 patient screenings, including a record 139 former players at Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta.
Board of Tulane member starts new scholarship for New Orleans students
September 09, 2019
New Orleans lawyer Kim M. Boyle, far left, is creating a scholarship fund to improve diversity at Tulane.
Keck Foundation awards Tulane University $1 million to study why women have stronger immune systems than men
August 27, 2019
Do women have an extra line of defense in their immune systems that gives them an advantage over men in fighting infections? That’s one of the questions Tulane University researchers hope to answer using a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to study how sex differences shape disparate immune responses in men and women. The goal is to learn more about how immune systems evolved differently in the two sexes and to use this information to eventually create more precise treatments for men and women against various diseases.
Tulane researcher receives national honor for work in energy materials
August 27, 2019
A Tulane University materials physics and engineering scientist is one of only 10 scientists being honored nationally by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Researchers awarded $2.3 million for virus-related malignancies research
August 14, 2019
Members of Tulane Cancer Center's Flemington Lab team were awarded two grants to investigate how circular RNAs contribute to Epstein-Barr herpesvirus-associated cancers.