Centers and Institutes
Center for Applied Environmental Public Health
In addition to housing the School's health and safety distance learning programs, CAEPH is a research base for such programs as the Louisiana Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance Program and the Mississippi River Water Quality Database Project.
Center for Bioenvironmental Research
The CBR is dedicated to the research and teaching of environmental issues, and provides solutions through innovative communication and technology.
Center for Cardiovascular Health
The mission of the Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health is to prevent heart disease in future generations, by understanding the origin of major causes of adult heart diseases, atherosclerosis, hypertension and diabetes, and by applying prevention modalities
Center for Evidence-Based Global Health
The center promotes and supports evidence-based research addressing today’s most critical global health issues.
Center for Health Equality Research
The center coordinates and promotes health services research at the Tulane University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. It serves as a unifying resource for the emerging group of health services and health disparities researchers and their practice-based partners.
Center for Infectious Diseases
The CID is a research-based center with specialties in basic and applied studies of HIV/AIDS, vaccine development, tuberculosis, Lyme Disease, and malaria.
Health Office for Latin America
Tulane's historical ties to Latin America coupled with its recognition as an international leader in health areas relevent to the region have led to the opening of a health office in Lima, Peru.
Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence
The Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence is composed of faculty from multi-disciplinary fields who are specifically dedicated to investigative efforts, patient care, and public education in the crucial areas of hypertension and renal diseases.
Office of Global Health
The mission of the Tulane Global Health Office is to create new educational and research opportunities in global health for Tulane students, as well as to foster interdisciplinary, collaborative research opportunities for faculty.
Office of Health Research
The Office of Health Research conducts studies on risk factors for kidney and heart disease among patients with mild kidney problems, the effects of dietary protein supplementation on lowering blood pressure, and the impact of exercise on blood pressure in African-American women with hypertension.
Prevention Research Center
The Prevention Research Center at Tulane University works with communities in assessing the effect of changes in the social and physical environment on health and healthy behaviors, and designing and implementing strategies for prevention.
South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness
The South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness is a multi-state and multi-university collaborative center that will design assessments and train public health practitioners to prepare for and respond to public health threats and emergencies, particularly bioterrorism.
South Central Public Health Leadership Institute
The SCPHLI is a regional collaboration offering leadership development and enhancement for practicing public health professionals.
South Central Public Health Training Center
The SCPHTC is a partnership aiming to strengthen the technical, scientific, managerial and leadership competence of the current public health workforce.
South Central Public Health Partnership
The South Central Public Health Partnership is composed of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Public Health, and the state health departments in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Tulane/Xavier National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
TUXCOE is a collaborative effort to increase awareness of women's health, make health services work better for women, and increase women's involvement in their health and healthcare.
