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.
Lynch Syndrome can lead to cancer — why physicians don't test for it
October 09, 2018
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.
Tulane faculty a valuable asset to undergraduate research
October 02, 2018
Tulane students are part of the university’s exciting research endeavors almost from the moment they enroll. Tulane’s best research resource is access to the university’s impressive faculty.
Russian manuscripts key to student’s research
September 25, 2018
Sophia Kalashnikova Horowitz, a senior in the School of Liberal Arts, traveled to St. Petersburg to conduct research on Turkology manuscripts in the original Russian. The project will form her honors thesis.
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.
New $2.8 million grant continues Tulane research into chronic kidney disease
September 18, 2018
A new $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will continue groundbreaking research into chronic kidney disease (CKD) by Tulane University. A team of investigators, including Dr. Jiang He from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and Drs. Jing Chen and Lee Hamm from Tulane University School of Medicine, has been conducting a landmark kidney study — the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study since 2001.
Mad about science
September 18, 2018
The School of Science and Engineering expands with the emergence of the uptown science district.
Study shows parents display more conservative attitudes
September 17, 2018
Nicholas Kerry, a Tulane University PhD student, and co-author Damian Murray, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, published a study that examines whether parents display more conservative attitudes because they are more often risk-averse.
Tulane political scientist wins national award for gender research
September 11, 2018
Tulane political science professor Mirya Holman was recently awarded the Clarence Stone Scholar Award by the urban politics section of the American Political Science Association, a leading international association of political scientists.
Law student’s interests include research and pro bono work
September 04, 2018
Andrew Taylor, a third-year student at Tulane Law School, recently published an article in the July edition of Environmental Law Reporter. He serves as editor-in-chief of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal and is also dedicated to performing pro bono work.
Slavery, capitalism and the law in old New Orleans
August 28, 2018
Newcomb College Institute scholar Maria Montalvo is using antebellum court records to examine the experience of slaves and free women of color in the New Orleans court system.
Vietnamese book translation gives new perspective on war
August 28, 2018
The story of how Tran Dinh Tru escaped Vietnam during the fall of Saigon in 1975 and later returned to Vietnam to find his wife can now be read in English, thanks to School of Liberal Arts professor Jana K. Lipman.
Surface control
August 21, 2018
In a Tulane lab, researchers work toward controlling how quickly plastic biodegrades.