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
