You can always count on SPHTM alumni to be active, involved, and take the lead.
Lisa Chang: Public health by day, novelist and letterer by night
One of the realities for students at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is that beginning a journey in public health does not lock a person into a static, narrow career path. Lisa Chang is a living, breathing example of this. By day Chang, who graduated with a PhD in public health education and promotion, is the Hepatitis Surveillance Supervisor for the Louisiana Department of Health’s STD/HIV/Hepatitis Program. That’s compelling work on its own. But after hours, Chang also operates a top-shelf lettering business in addition to co-writing mystery novels. Keep Reading >>
Alumnus, advisory board member recognized for leadership
Ben Swig, a 2009 MPH graduate with a degree in environmental health sciences, was recognized recently by the Academy of International Mobile Healthcare Integration (AIMHI) with the Leadership in Integrated Healthcare Award. Swig serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council, an advisory board to the dean of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Swig is a public health entrepreneur and business strategist based in Colorado, and currently serves as the director of healthcare innovation and strategy at Acadian Ambulance, the country’s largest private ambulance company, as well as director of Acadian Health, Acadian’s in-home mobile healthcare division. Keep reading >>
Alumnus demonstrates sustainability in action
One of the central tenets of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine’s global health work is capacity building. Rather than bring in professionals to “fix” a problem in a resource-limited country, it’s a much better practice to build capacity from within the country. Such is the case in Ethiopia. Starting in 2006, SPHTM worked with the University Technical Assistance Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop training curricula to expand Ethiopia’s growing health workforce. In particular, Dr. Carl Kendall, professor of social, behavioral, and population sciences, worked with Jimma University, one of the oldest public universities in Ethiopia, to establish the International Center for Monitoring and Evaluation.
Yibeltal K. Alemayehu was one of the first students to benefit from this partnership. He graduated from Jimma with a Master of Science in Health Monitoring and Evaluation in 2008. Alemayehu was not done with his connection to Tulane, however. Keep reading >>
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