Topic: public health

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Anita Raj Elected to National Academy of Medicine

The Newcomb Institute leader is recognized for globally influential research on gender, health and violence prevention.

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Tulane Expands Training to Bolster Public Health Workforce

A new certificate equips state and local employees with skills in data, policy and disease tracking.

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Empowering Our Impact

Tulane's interdisciplinarity, outward-facing focus and collaborative culture drive the explosive growth of the university's research enterprise.

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A Gift of a Lifetime

The School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine was renamed in honor of alumna Celia Scott Weatherhead, recognizing her total lifetime giving of more than $160 million in support of the university.

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Compassionate Doctor, Tireless Researcher

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

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Alcohol and Blood Pressure

Limiting yourself to one alcoholic drink a day may not be enough to avoid detrimental impacts on your health.

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Landmark Study Achieves New Importance

This rural Louisiana town once linked heart disease to childhood. Fifty years later, it’s taking aim at dementia.

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Carbon Footprints

A new study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition compared popular diets on both nutritional quality and environmental impact and found that the keto and paleo diets, as eaten by American adults, scored among the lowest on overall nutrition quality and were among the highest on carbon emissions.

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Black Churchgoers’ Health

Katherine Mills, associate professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, said in U.S. News and World Report, “If we meet people where they are, we may be able to have an impact on cardiovascular health in this population.” Mills co-authored a preliminary study that indicates religious beliefs of Black churchgoers in New Orleans may influence health behaviors.https://tulane.it/black-churchgoers-health