BIRCWH Faculty Mentoring

Faculty Mentors

Foremost in the BIRCWH support system is the Scholars’ mentors. Mentors provide trainees with the fundamental training and the inter-professional, intellectual and technical research base necessary to produce high caliber Women’s Health researchers. The Lead Mentor has the main responsibility for guiding the Scholar toward research independence, while each mentor of the team is involved in helping the Scholar to develop both hypotheses and research protocols. The Lead Mentor and Scholar develop a written Career Development Plan and timeline that establishes a planned curriculum, the goals of the mentored research experience and milestones to help mark progress.

The pool of faculty mentors at Tulane includes:

Lydia Bazzano, MD, PhD
​Lynda and H. Leighton Steward
Professor in Nutrition
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Epidemiology
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
BIRCWH 1 Alumna


Patrick S. Bordnick, PhD, MPH
Professor
Tulane School of Social Work


 

Pierre Buekens, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine


Jing Chen, MD, MMSc, MSc

Jing Chen, MD, MMSc, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Nephrology &
Hypertension
Tulane School of Medicine
BIRCWH 1 Alumna


YiPing Chen, PhD

YiPing Chen, PhD
Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Tulane Cancer Center Associate Member
Tulane School of Medicine


Jill Daniel, PhD

Jill Daniel, PhD
Professor
Director of Neuroscience Program
Department of Psychology
Tulane School of Science and Engineering


Samir El Dahr, MD

Samir El Dahr, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics
Tulane School of Medicine


Stacy Drury, MD, PhD

Stacy Drury, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Vice Chair of Research
Department of Pediatrics
Tulane School of Medicine
BIRCWH 3 Alumna


Keith C. Ferdinand, MD
Professor of Medicine
Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute
Tulane School of Medicine


Vivian Fonseca, MD

Vivian Fonseca, MD
Tullis-Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Endocrinology
Tulane School of Medicine


Robert F. Garry, PhD

Robert F. Garry, PhD
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Director of MCB Program
Tulane Cancer Center Associate Member
Tulane School of Medicine


L. Lee Hamm, MD, FACP

L. Lee Hamm, MD, FACP
Senior Vice President & Dean
James R. Doty Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine
Tulane School of Medicine


Emily Harville, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
BIRCWH 2 Alumna


Jiang He, MD, PhD
Joseph S. Copes Chair and Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine


S. Michal Jazwinski, PhD

S. Michal Jazwinski, PhD
John W. Deming, MD Regents Chair in Aging
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry
Director, Tulane Center for Aging
Tulane School of Medicine


Tonette Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Associate Provost for the Health Sciences
BIRCWH Principal Investigator and Research Director


Sarah Lindsey, PhD

Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, MD, PhD
Professor
Director of the Tulane Diabetes Research Program
Department of Medicine
Tulane School of Medicine


David Mushatt, MD, MPH & TM

David Mushatt, MD, MPH & TM
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases
Dire tor, Section of Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Tulane University School of Medicine


Gabriel Navar, PhD

Gabriel Navar, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology
Co-Director, Renal & Hypertension Center
Tulane School of Medicine


Gabriella Pridjian, MD

Gabriella Pridjian, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics
Gynecology
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics
Tulane School of Medicine


Minolfa C. Prieto, PhD

Minolfa C. Prieto, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane School of Medicine
BIRCWH 2 Alumna


Donald (Diego) Rose, PhD

Donald (Diego) Rose, PhD
Professor, head of Nutrition Section
Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine


Daniel F. Sarpong, PhD

Daniel F. Sarpong, PhD
Endowed Chair & Director
Center for Minority Health & Health Disparities Research and Education
Xavier University of Louisiana


Katherine Theall, PhD
Associate Professor
Cecile Usdin Professorship in Women's Health
Director, Mary Amelia Women's Center
Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine


Andrea Zsombok, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane School of Medicine
BIRCWH 2 Alumna

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