School of Social Work offers street-level health care
October 04, 2017
Elk Place Health Spot is a free monthly event where the public can obtain services such as vision tests and 1-minute HIV screening along with the chance to pick up a healthy snack and learn about topics like backyard mosquito control.
Pipe down
October 03, 2017
A graduate student in the lab of Stryder Meadows uses a pipette to load protein into a gel.
Researchers work to understand why HIV patients are more likely to contract tuberculosis
October 03, 2017
Researchers in the Tulane National Primate Research Center want to know more about why patients with HIV are highly susceptible to contracting tuberculosis (TB). Using two new grants, totaling $8.4 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Tulane team lead by Deepak Kaushal hopes to figure out how the bacterium that causes TB invades T-cells depleted by HIV. The researchers will also study if B-cells can be a source of protection against tuberculosis for patients battling HIV.
Tulane University awarded $6.28 million to study blood pressure control in low-income patients
September 26, 2017
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University a five-year, $6.28 million grant to test ways to best implement new guidelines to more aggressively manage high blood pressure in adults, especially among low-income patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease.
Tulane research aids in reading Earth’s diary
September 26, 2017
A Tulane University geologist has concluded a study on climate change, which will help develop climate models that simulate the effects of climate change and the Earth’s response to it.
Tulane to launch new online MSW program
September 14, 2017
The Tulane University of School of Social Work (TSSW) will debut an online Master of Social Work (MSW) program in January 2018, pending Council of Social Work Education approval.
New Tulane University drug effective against malaria
September 13, 2017
Tulane University researchers have developed a new drug that is effective against non-severe cases of malaria, according to results from an FDA-supervised clinical trial published online in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Get smart
September 05, 2017
Researchers at Tulane’s PolyRMC are working on the synthesis of smart polymers that have wide-ranging applications.
Researcher advocates removal of lead from hair dye
September 05, 2017
Pharmacology research professor Howard W. Mielke is raising awareness of toxins within hair dye.
New drug protects against advanced Lassa fever
September 05, 2017
An experimental therapy using cloned antibodies from Lassa fever survivors was 100 percent effective in stopping the progression of the deadly disease in nonhuman primates up to eight days after infection, according to a new study in Nature Medicine.
Depression treatment may be improving, Tulane study says
September 05, 2017
Researchers associated with the Tulane Brain Institute say they have moved a step closer to improving treatment for chronic depression.
Man UP! event offers free prostate cancer screenings
September 01, 2017
Rickey Jackson, along with several other New Orleans Saints legends, is partnering with Tulane Health System for a second year to raise awareness of prostate cancer and provide free PSA screenings to any eligible men.
Tulane physicians make annual Best Doctors list
August 24, 2017
More than 75 Tulane physicians made New Orleans magazine’s annual Best Doctors list, which highlights outstanding physicians by specialty based on recommendations from peers nationwide.
Artists, children collaborate on flower installation for Tulane Cancer Center
August 16, 2017
The flower installation was presented to the Tulane Cancer Center to mark National Cancer Survivor’s Day for cancer survivors, recently diagnosed patients and their families, friends and caregivers.
Is lead making birds more aggressive? Tulane researchers investigate
August 15, 2017
Tulane University researchers are studying possible results of lead exposure in wildlife.