Tulane addresses cancer disparities in New Orleans
April 04, 2018
Paul Friedlander, MD, and colleagues created the organization Healing Hands Across the Divide following Hurricane Katrina in an attempt to address cancer disparities among the under-served in our area.
Safe Schools NOLA offers hope to trauma-exposed students
April 03, 2018
Tulane University professors Stacy Overstreet, Courtney Baker and Kathleen Whalen, have collaborated with a team of community partners to determine how six local schools can better support trauma-exposed students through an innovative study called Safe Schools NOLA.
Researcher probes genetic mutation that leads to liver cancer
March 27, 2018
Dr. Hua Lu, chair of the Department of Biochemistry in the Tulane University School of Medicine, and his research team recently published a study in Molecular Cell that sheds light on a unique genetic mutation believed to be associated with a higher incidence of liver cancer in China and some African countries.
Small, wireless pacemaker reduces risks for cardiac patients
March 20, 2018
Tulane Medical Center is one of the first hospitals in Greater New Orleans to offer the new Micra Transcatheter Pacing System, a pacemaker that can present fewer complications than traditional kinds of pacemakers. It is the smallest pacemaker available for bradycardia.
Tulane medical students celebrate Match Day 2018
March 19, 2018
Fourth-year Tulane School of Medicine students learned where they'll spend the next three to seven years of their careers.
Change the odds
March 06, 2018
Study reveals significant racial inequity in adverse birth outcomes in Louisiana.
Jean-Michel Cousteau among speakers at Tulane Law’s annual law summit
March 06, 2018
Top environmentalists from around the world, including Jean-Michel Cousteau, the son of Jacques Cousteau, are headlining Tulane Law School’s 23rd annual Summit on Environmental Law and Policy.
Tulane researcher wins $6 million Outstanding Investigator Award
February 27, 2018
Dr. Jay Kolls, MD, a professor of medicine and pediatrics and the John W Deming Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine, was recently awarded a seven-year, $6 million Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to research how lungs fight deadly diseases.
Busted
February 22, 2018
Pioneering surgeon and distinguished professor is immortalized in library display.
Steve and Jann Paul donate $10 million for new Science and Engineering building at Tulane
February 21, 2018
Tulane graduates Steve and Jann Paul have made a $10 million gift to support construction of a new School of Science and Engineering building at Tulane University.
New research center launched to study Ebola and Lassa survivors
February 20, 2018
Tulane University virologists are part of a team of researchers working on a new $15 million federally funded project to help eradicate Ebola and Lassa fever by studying in detail how survivors were able to fight off the deadly viruses.
Science fare
February 20, 2018
Researchers come together for annual health science poster presentations.
Tulane University shares in $20 million NIH grant to LA CaTS
February 20, 2018
Last year, the National Institutes of Health awarded the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center with funding to aid researchers in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Shreveport in their work over the next five years.
Tulane experts chime in on Mardi Gras cleanup and a major Mayan discovery
February 16, 2018
Tulane researchers talk about problems with Mardi Gras beads including lead exposure and drainage issues, while archaeologists celebrate the discovery of an ancient Mayan megalopolis in Guatemala in today’s News in Review video.