Tulane University awarded $10 million grant to launch national school choice research center
July 17, 2018
The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences has awarded a five-year, $10 million grant to Tulane University to study how different approaches to school choice, such as voucher programs and charter schools, can better serve disadvantaged students.
Tulane researcher honored for work on indigenous women
July 17, 2018
Catherine Burnette, an assistant professor at the Tulane School of Social Work, has dedicated her career to studying the health disparities of indigenous peoples, examining everything from domestic violence to substance abuse.
Study shows New Orleans post-Katrina school reforms boosted student achievement long term
July 16, 2018
New Orleans public schools saw sustained gains in student achievement, high school graduation and college outcomes for the nine years following Hurricane Katrina, according to a new Tulane University study.
Repurposed drugs may halt the spread of cancer cells
July 10, 2018
Asim Abdel-Mageed, DVM, PhD, Zimmerman Professor of Cancer Research at Tulane University School of Medicine, and his colleagues published research in Scientific Reports, examining whether drugs already approved to treat other diseases or conditions could be effective in blocking the spread of cancer cells.
Researcher studies how women balance work and breastfeeding
July 10, 2018
Katherine Johnson, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, explores how working mothers meet infant health recommendations for breastfeeding and fulfill their career commitments.
Disaster-tested doctors
June 26, 2018
Dr. Charity Dean, Dr. Brett Wilson and Dr. Jenni Nix relied on Tulane training to help Santa Barbara County manage a wildfire, mudslide and the aftermath.
John Clements: A career devoted to lifesaving vaccines
June 26, 2018
John Clements, PhD, is retiring this month after 35 years on the Tulane University School of Medicine faculty.
Center offers single-cell sequencing to researchers
June 19, 2018
Fast turnaround for next-generation sequencing is a feature of the new equipment at the Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation.
Jill Daniel named first Gary P. Dohanich Professor in Brain Science
June 19, 2018
Tulane psychology professor Jill Daniel has been named the inaugural Gary P. Dohanich Professor in Brain Science.
Illicit drug use leads to disease progression and early death in kidney disease patients
June 12, 2018
A study by researchers at Tulane University found persistent drug use, especially substances like cocaine and heroin, increases the risks of disease progression and early death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The results are published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).
MD/PhD student recognized for stem cell analysis
June 12, 2018
Tiffany Kaul, an MD/PhD candidate in Tulane School of Medicine's physician scientist program, won top honors for her poster on L1 expression in pluripotent stem cells at the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation’s recent regional meeting in New Orleans.
Tulane study examines pediatricians’ views on spanking
June 12, 2018
A new study involving Tulane University researchers finds three out of four pediatricians don’t approve of hitting children for corrective purposes, often referred to as spanking.
Earth beneath dumpsite offers clues to racial massacre
June 07, 2018
Anthropology graduate student Davette Gadison is analyzing a ground-penetrating radar survey of the mass gravesite of an 1887 Thibodaux massacre in which striking sugarcane workers were killed.
Tulane study sheds new light on inner workings of less expensive superconductors
June 05, 2018
Physicist Jianwei Sun concluded a study that will help scientists unravel the mystery of high temperature superconductivity.
Hard data on ‘soft skills’
June 05, 2018
New research from Jasmijn Bol, associate professor of accounting at the A. B. Freeman School of Business, shows that firms value tacit knowledge in junior employees.