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Dr. Jay Rappaport, director of the Tulane National Primate Research Center and an infectious disease researcher, has accepted an invitation from the National Institutes of Health to serve on the preclinical therapeutics working group to accelerate the development of safe and effective COVID-19 treatments.
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From doctors on the front line to researchers working to find a vaccine, the efforts of Tulane University experts are being highlighted by major news organizations across the globe. Here are some recent stories about our COVID-19 response.
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Jennifer Coulson, PhD, of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the School of Science and Engineering, studies raptors such as the swallow-tailed kite in the Gulf South. Part of her study is to educate Louisiana residents about raptors and encourage people to be on the lookout for them.
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“Navigate Your Stars” by Jesmyn Ward, award-winning author and English professor in the School of Liberal Arts, shares the story of Ward’s experiences as a Southern black woman and the challenges she and her family faced and overcame.
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Julia Freudenberger, School of Social Work master’s student, is performing her field work remotely through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in New Orleans by assisting COVID-19 patients and veterans in the intensive care unit.
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The School of Medicine will hold a COVID-19 virtual Grand Rounds on Wednesday, April 22, from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom and the School of Medicine Facebook page. Monica Dhand, MD, assistant professor of medicine, and M. Matias Iberico, MD, instructor of medicine and co-director of the Resident Initiative in Global Health at Tulane, will discuss how their prior experiences guide their actions on the frontlines of the COVID-19 healthcare efforts. For more information, click here.
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PBS News Hour
Angie Birnbaum, director of Tulane's Office of Biosafety, discusses a method Tulane is exploring to decontaminate N95 masks.
National Geographic
Robert Garry, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology at Tulane, comments on the need for a serological test to identify patients who already had undiagnosed, asymptomatic or mild cases of COVID-19.
CNN
Susan Hassig, epidemiologist at Tulane, says it’s worth studying whether air pollution in St. John the Baptist Parish makes people more susceptible to COVID-19, while also noting other underlying health conditions.
Science Magazine
Joshua Denson, MD, Tulane pulmonologist, discusses symptoms he has been seeing in COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit.
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Tulane Today accepts, for consideration, news and event submissions that are of interest to the Tulane community. Items must be 80 words or less and contain contact information and a web link that will be included in the published announcement.
Submission deadline is noon three business days prior to publication date.
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