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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Toxic Traps Prey on Mosquito’s Motherly Instincts
Effort targets another disease spread by mosquito vectors Tulane University researchers are using mosquitoes’ motherly instincts against them to develop a novel trap to fight the spread of dengue fever. Researchers are deploying small devices with just the right mix … Continue reading
TARGETING A GLOBAL DISEASE
Tulane researchers use different approaches toward eliminating the same disease By Madeline Vann Photos by Paula Burch-Celentano Eradicating malaria is an ambitious goal, but Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine experts are doing their part to achieve … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2011
Tagged eradication, global health, malaria, tropical medicine, vaccine
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Protecting the City’s Critical Infrastructure
When she isn’t responding to natural or manmade disasters, alumna Ashley McConnell (EHS MPH ‘09) is working to prevent them as Critical Infrastructure Planner for the New Orleans Urban Area Security Initiative. Since 2003, the program has received over $30 … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2011
Tagged alumni, disaster, emergency preparedness, environmental health, global health, security
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Undergraduate Students Present at APHA
When Victoria Aucoin and Laura Rudberg signed up for Latha Rajan’s summer course in Malaysia, they didn’t realize that they would be blazing new ground. While in Malaysia, they conducted research on sexual health education among Burmese refugee adolescents. Last … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2011
Tagged adolescents, APHA, BSPH, global health, international health, malaysia, refugees, sexual health
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MPH Student Creates Global Exchange for High School Students
This summer, Caitlin Canfield will combine her love of travel with her commitment to service when she takes a group of Sojourner Truth Academy students on a service-learning trip to Panama. Canfield is a master’s student in international health and … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2011
Tagged global health, international health, panama, service learning, student
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Alumnus Reaches HIV+ Cameroon and Rwanda Youth
Andrew Koleros was assigned as an HIV/AIDS Technical Advisor for CARE International as part of his Masters International Peace Corps service in Maroua, Cameroon, when he was approached by a few HIV-positive youth in February 2005. “They were interested in … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2011
Tagged AIDS, alumni, cameroon, community health, global health, HIV, international health, peace corps, rwanda, youth
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Guinea Worm’s Last Stand
By Laura Horne The end of Guinea worm disease is near, according to alumni Matt Ward (IHD/TM MPH ‘07) and Steve Bennett (TM MPH ‘09) and current tropical medicine student Brady Zieman, all of whom have worked in Southern Sudan … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2011
Tagged alumni, global health, guinea worm, international health, Kenya, sudan, tropical medicine, war
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SIV Research Makes News
Preston Marx, professor of tropical medicine, made news last fall when he published research suggesting that the HIV-like virus that infects monkeys is thousands of years older than previously thought. His research was so noteworthy, in fact, Discover magazine included … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2011
Tagged Africa, global health, HIV, international health, primates, SIV, tropical medicine
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Researcher Returns to Jamaica to Combat HIV
A few years after free HIV medication was made available to developing countries in 2004, public health researcher Katherine Andrinopoulos began working alongside officials at the Jamaican Department of Corrections and the Ministry of Health to roll out testing and … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2011
Tagged global health, HIV, HIV testing, international health, Jamaica, prison, sexual health
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Spreading the Word about Breast Cancer
With late-stage breast cancer diagnoses on the rise among African-American women, a new interactive DVD was released during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The DVD is targeted to African-American women to promote regular mammograms in this vulnerable population group. The … Continue reading
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