Topic: medicine

Pulmonary Fibrosis Has No Cure. Could a Cancer Drug Hold the Answer?
Researchers have identified a potential new treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which currently has no cure.

One Year In: Tulane-LCMC Health Partnership
The Tulane University and LCMC Health partnership marks its first anniversary expanding access to care across South Louisiana.

$10 Million to Fight Cancer
The gift, prompted by Board of Tulane member and alumnus E. Pierce Marshall Jr. (B ’90), honors the memory of Marshall’s father, E. Pierce Marshall.

White Coat Ceremony
The 190 students of the Class of 2028 began their medical careers with the White Coat Ceremony.

$17.2 Million for Geriatric Medicine and Research
A gift from Newcomb College alumna Myrna L. Daniels will fund geriatric initiatives and research at the School of Medicine.

Nobel Prize Comes Home to Tulane
Forty-seven years after endocrinologist Dr. Andrew Schally was awarded the Nobel Prize for medical research conducted at Tulane, the prestigious award is returning home.

Compassionate Doctor, Tireless Researcher
Dr. Paul Kieran Whelton leads the way in the prevention and treatment of high blood pressure, a global killer.

Health Disparities
Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed racial and ethnic health disparities nationwide, those disparities continue to exist in American communities of color.