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Category Archives: Fall 2010
Urban Agriculture in Viwandani
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine MPH student Cate Irvin explains part of her practicum in Viwandani, a slum near Nairobi, Kenya’s industrial district. View the video:
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Ann Anderson: Educator, Scientist, Administrator, Friend
It’s the end of an era at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. As 2010 draws to a close, Ann C. Anderson, senior associate dean and professor of environmental health studies, will retire, leaving a legacy of scholarship … Continue reading
From Passion to Path
Alumnus Honors Mentor With Scholarship Gift Fresh out of the Peace Corps, Stephen Heartwell (EPI MPH ’68/PHD ’72) knew that he wanted to be in the field of public health. But it wasn’t until he attended Tulane University … Continue reading
Introducing…Global Health Systems and Development
Health Systems Management and International Health and Development Join Forces As part of an initiative to further globalize the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, the departments of Health Systems Management and International Health and Development will unite to … Continue reading
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Tagged GHSD, health systems management, international health and development
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Krogstad to Launch International Malaria Research Center
By Arthur Nead Tulane University will receive approximately $11.2 million over seven years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a division of the National Institutes of Health, to establish an International Center of Excellence in Malaria … Continue reading
Researchers Identify Inexpensive, Effective Test for Tuberculosis in Children
By Arthur Nead “Diagnosing tuberculosis in children is challenging,” says Richard Oberhelman, Tulane professor of tropical medicine. Doctors in resource-poor countries now have guidance on the best test for the disease, thanks to an international study led by Oberhelman. The … Continue reading
Researchers Respond to Oil Leak
The explosion and subsequent leak from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig quickly captivated the attention of residents in Southeast Louisiana and throughout the Gulf Coast. For faculty in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, the oil leak presented … Continue reading
Biostatistics Welcomes New Chair
Over the summer, Dean Pierre Buekens announced the appointment of Hong-Wen Deng as endowed Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, funded by the Edward G. Schlieder Educational Foundation. He will also become the director of a new Center for Bioinformatics … Continue reading
Connecting the Dots in Kenya
Kate Macintyre helps develop a national strategy to address the growing epidemic of tuberculosis By Eric Goldscheider Photos by: Betsy Charron* The news from the front lines of the global fight against tuberculosis is not good, according to Kate Macintyre, … Continue reading
The Kenya Connection
By Eric Goldscheider Photos by: Betsy Charron* Tulane graduate students are reaping the benefits of having a base of operations and a network of contacts in Kenya. Last summer Erin Peacock, who had served in the Peace Corps in Tanzania and … Continue reading
Posted in Fall 2010
Tagged international health and development, Kenya, peace corps, social support
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