Research Hall of Fame: Dr. Jiang He
Hall of Fame
For the first time, Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Awards were bestowed on Tulane’s stellar researchers and scholars. We devote several stories to them in this issue of the Tulanian.
Quoted: Laviest in Washington Post
“These are the types of traumas that chip away at your resilience. … And people of color have to be more resilient because we face
more trauma.”
more trauma.”
QUOTED: THOMAS LAVEIST 2021
“The reason that we’re not treating COVID like any other virus, like we treat smallpox and mumps, is that it became politicized.”
Thomas LaVeist: Vaccine Hesitancy
QUOTED: THOMAS LAVEIST
“I completely understand the mistrust. But you have to consider the risk of COVID versus the risk of the vaccine. This is a devastating disease and it has disproportionately impacted Black Americans. That is what we do know.”
A Good Night’s Sleep
A Tulane study found that adults with the healthiest sleep patterns had a 42 percent lower risk of heart failure regardless of other risk factors compared to adults with unhealthy sleep patterns.
Medicine and Public Health on the Front Lines
Tulane’s MD/MPH joint degree program has trained physician leaders for 50 years — and counting.
Health Equity
Health Equity: story about Thomas LaVeist, dean of School of Public Health
Health Equity: story about Thomas LaVeist, dean of School of Public Health