Community health workers can help lower blood pressure
September 19, 2017
Community health workers using proactive strategies such as home visits, health coaching, home blood pressure monitoring and other tactics were more successful in helping low-income patients control their hypertension than doctors using traditional approaches, according to new Tulane University research published in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Tulane receives grant to reduce auto emissions
September 19, 2017
Members of Tulane University’s Shantz Lab will work with industrial scientists to assist in the development of next-generation materials designed to reduce harmful automotive emissions. The three-year-old lab and its group of students have received a grant and equipment resources from SACHEM, Inc., a chemical science company.
Tissue box
September 19, 2017
Tulane researchers use specimens to search for the genes that cause facial anomalies in affected embryos.
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.
Tulane student hopes research will lead to protection from volcanoes, earthquakes
September 12, 2017
East Africa may be a long way from the Crescent City, but it is top of mind for Tulane PhD student Sarah Oliva, who is studying data from volcanoes and earthquakes in that region. Her goal is a better understanding of how a 3,000-kilometer long deep valley — the East African rift system — formed. Ultimately, she hopes her research will enable her to work with scientists and help governments protect residents living near the rift.
Kindred spirits
September 12, 2017
Professor celebrates innovative early 20th century photographer in upcoming book.
Ancient site holds research opportunity for undergrads
September 12, 2017
Five undergraduate students joined professor Emilia Oddo in Crete to work on a pottery find from a Bronze Age civilization.
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.
Silencing mosquito gene could slow spread of disease
August 28, 2017
Next time you slap a mosquito consider this – Tulane researchers are testing a strategy to alter the genes of female Aedes aegypti mosquitos so they die soon after a blood meal.
River diversions can build new, storm-resistant land
August 28, 2017
Restoring the flow of fresh water and sediment from the Mississippi River can rebuild the state’s protective wetlands, making them more resilient to looming threats from storms, according to a new Tulane University study.
Tulane student spends summer conducting vital tumor research at NIH
August 22, 2017
Tulane rising sophomore James Rogers made the most of his summer in a big way. Rogers was selected for an internship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and worked in the Neuro-Oncology Branch (NOB) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Tulane historian examines the world of ‘Women Against Abortion’
August 22, 2017
A new book by Karissa Haugeberg, assistant professor in the Tulane School of Liberal Arts, sheds light on women activists’ peaceful and violent work against abortion from the 1960s through the 1990s.