Tulane professor wins heart association’s excellence award
October 16, 2018
Dr. Paul Whelton, a clinical professor and the Show Chwan Health System Endowed Chair in Global Public Health at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, has been recognized with the American Heart Association 2018 Excellence Award for Hypertension Research. The award is considered one of the most prestigious awards for a researcher in the field of hypertension.
Prostate cancer patients target of new $1.6M Tulane study
October 16, 2018
Tulane researcher wins grant to develop a tool that could lower tumor recurrence in cancer patients.
Treatment for common STD doesn’t work for some women, study finds
October 05, 2018
A new study led by an infectious disease epidemiologist at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine could change the way doctors treat a common sexually transmitted disease.
Tulane researchers get $2.6 million to study pre-pregnancy Chagas disease treatment
October 02, 2018
More than six million people are currently infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite that causes Chagas disease. Of those infected with the T. cruzi parasite, one million are women of reproductive age.
Study seeks agent that can overcome drug resistance
September 25, 2018
Nakhle Saba, MD, an assistant professor of clinical medicine in the Tulane University School of Medicine, recently received a one-year, $30,000 Ladies Leukemia League grant to study the role of a protein in the most common form of leukemia in children.
Hope for the dying
September 20, 2018
On Wednesday, Sept. 26, the Program in Medical Ethics and Human Values of Tulane School of Medicine will host professor, writer and bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan of New York University School of Medicine in a lecture titled “The Ethics of Compassion: Requests for Unapproved Drugs and the Right to Try.” The lecture is free and open to the public.
Tulane mental health experts assist Puerto Rico post-Maria
September 19, 2018
As Puerto Rico marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria this week, officials from Tulane University’s Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy (DRLA) are on the island discussing the state of mental health post disaster.
Palliative medicine clinic celebrates first year of care, collaboration
September 11, 2018
The Palliative Medicine Program celebrated its first year of operation at University Medical Center New Orleans with a pair of anniversaries. On Aug. 1, 2018, the outpatient clinic marked its first anniversary; the inpatient clinic marked its first anniversary on Sept. 1, 2018. Together, the clinics have had more than 1,500 patient encounters.
Tulane alumnus directing international food and cooking education nonprofit
September 04, 2018
Robert Palestina, a 2018 graduate of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, took over as executive director of The Cookbook Project, a New Orleans-based organization.
Risky business: Expert conducts biosafety world tour
August 29, 2018
The Department of State and Defense Threat Reduction welcomed Angela Birnbaum, director of the Tulane Office of Biosafety, to its summer tour in Zanzibar and Dubai.
Tulane Cancer Center to host free prostate cancer seminar
August 24, 2018
Renowned prostate cancer specialist Dr. Oliver Sartor will provide a seminar on the latest advancements in prostate cancer treatment on Thursday, Sept. 6.
Tulane doctor elected to elite surgery college
August 22, 2018
Tulane surgeon Raju Thomas, MD, has been inducted into the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Scotland, a distinction that recognizes some of the world’s top surgeons.
Tulane rheumatologist named Doctor of the Year by Scleroderma Foundation
August 21, 2018
Dr. Lesley Ann Saketkoo, an associate professor of clinical medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been named Doctor of the Year by the Scleroderma Foundation.
Tulane researcher wins national junior faculty award
August 20, 2018
Tulane researcher Nicholas Sandoval wins national junior faculty award.