Tulane researchers create better model to predict heart risks for patients with kidney disease
February 14, 2022
Tulane University researchers have developed a new method to help doctors better calculate the 10-year risk for stroke, heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems for patients with chronic kidney disease.
Tulane research confirms river diversion can limit impacts of Bonnet Carré Spillway openings
February 03, 2022
A Tulane University study demonstrates the potential benefits of upper river diversions reduce spillway openings and their associated environmental damage.
Anxiety and alcohol misuse among pandemic-related mental health challenges Americans face
February 02, 2022
Mental health issues continue to be a crucial concern as the pandemic enters a recovery phase, according to a Tulane study.
Tulane University awarded $1 million NIH grant to train medical residents for careers as physician scientists
February 01, 2022
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University a $1 million grant to increase the number and diversity of physician scientists engaged in heart, lung and blood disease research.
Cypress is a campus high-performance computing powerhouse
January 27, 2022
Tulane’s Cypress supercomputer processes calculations much faster than a traditional computer and is available for use by any Tulane faculty member who is the principal investigator of a research group, as well as members of those research groups.
Could long-dead bacteria be the culprit behind lingering Lyme symptoms?
January 26, 2022
Tulane University researchers have discovered that remnants of B. burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, may contribute to inflammation in both the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Archaeologist offers a new look at ancient Rome
January 24, 2022
Allison Emmerson, archaeologist and associate professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the School of Liberal Arts, has published an award-winning new book, Life and Death in the Roman Suburb, which challenges the idea presented by past scholarship that the Romans were uncomfortable with the dead and as a result kept the dead outside the city, away from the living within the city walls.
Audacious Water: A new podcast by the ByWater Institute
January 13, 2022
John Sabo aims to create a new narrative about water in his new podcast, Audacious Water.
Swapping just one item can make diets substantially more planet-friendly
January 13, 2022
If your New Year’s resolution is to eat better for the planet, a new Tulane University study finds it may be easier than you think. Americans who eat beef could slash their diet’s carbon footprint as much as 48 percent by swapping just one serving per day for a more planet-friendly alternative.
Metabolic syndrome increases risk of respiratory distress, death for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
December 22, 2021
Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who had a combination of high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, or other conditions associated with metabolic syndrome were at much higher risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and death, according to an international study published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open.
Annual Faculty Synergy Research Event celebrates collaboration and achievements
December 20, 2021
The Annual Synergy Research Event celebrates the achievements of Tulane researchers and encourages collaboration.
Tulane researcher receives award to study the threat of diseases from bats
December 20, 2021
Hannah Frank, a bat expert in the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, will share in a $1.25 million award for new research in detecting and mitigating emerging animal-borne infectious diseases.
Tulane professor receives national and international appointments on climate change
December 16, 2021
Jesse M. Keenan, an associate professor of real estate in the Tulane School of Architecture, has received several domestic and international climate appointments.
Tulane professor elected to National Academy of Inventors
December 16, 2021
Tulane University professor Chenzhong Li, PhD, has been named a 2021 fellow by the National Academy of Inventors, an honor that is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
Tulane University doctors treat first patients in pivotal study of new type 2 diabetes treatment
December 15, 2021
Tulane doctors are the first in the country to test a new outpatient treatment for type 2 diabetes that uses heat to resurface a key part of the upper intestine that plays a role in insulin resistance.