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The Department of Epidemiology is committed to discovering and disseminating knowledge of the distribution, determinants and prevention of disease, disability and premature death in populations. Our faculty offer substantial experience in cardiovascular/renal diseases, infectious diseases, occupational and environmental epidemiology, reproductive epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, clinical trials, and epidemiologic methodology. The Department of Epidemiology prepares students for careers in research, academia and public health practice. We offer masters and doctoral degree programs. | |
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Study Shows Training Improves Care for Mothers (read more) A study involving researchers at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and other institutions showed that hospital education programs can change physician behavior over the long term. An article on the study appears in the May 1 New England Journal of Medicine.
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| An ounce of precaution: HPV vaccine protects against virus that causes most cervical cancers (read more) There are about 40 types of HPV (that cause genital warts)," said Patricia Kissinger, a professor of epidemiology at Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans. "The Gardasil vaccine that's been FDA approved protects against the four HPV types that cause 70 percent of cervical cancer. | |
Tulane Gains Infectious Disease Epidemiologist Ivo M. Foppa (read more)
For most people, the mosquitoes that plague the Gulf Coast are an unpleasant reality -- but for Tulane University infectious disease epidemiologist Ivo M. Foppa, they are a star attraction. Foppa recently joined the faculty at Tulane as an assistant professor in the department of epidemiology at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. | |
Smoking is Major Risk Factor for Stroke in China (read more)
Study shows smoking prevention and cessation could be an important approach to reducing the societal burden of stroke in China. | |
Sniffing the Air for Mold (read more)
Although it resembles a UFO, the metal contraption atop the Deming Pavilion on Tulane's downtown campus is actually part of serious science. Tulane University epidemiologist Felicia Rabito and her team are using a spore trap to collect air samples in New Orleans to find out if there is a relationship between environmental exposure and mold allergies in city residents. | |
Early Prevention Helps Kids Be Heart Smart (read more)
Tulane cardiologist Gerald Berenson is applying lessons learned from Tulane's Bogalusa Heart Study to promote healthy lifestyle and nutrition choices for children. | |
Nurturing Promising Resarchers in Women's Health (read more)
Tulane University is helping build careers for researchers in women's health with the benefit of a new $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). | |
More Risks For Men Who Smoke (read more)
Smoking cigarettes causes cancer and increases the risk of cardiovascular and other diseases, but there's even more bad news for men who smoke. | |
Tulane Leads Global Maternal and Child-Health Team (read more)
The school is slated to receive $2.5 million from the National Institute of Child Health and Development to study a method of preventing preterm babies from dying by treating their mothers just before they deliver in low- and middle-income countries. | |
PACE Study Promotes Active, Healthy Lifestyles in New Orleans (read more)
Tulane University public health researchers are investigating factors that influence how active people will be, according to Jeanette Gustat, clinical assistant professor of epidemiology at Tulane and principal investigator of the study. | |
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