The Department of Tropical Medicine has a long and proud history of contributions to parasitology and tropical medicine. The department's origins are in classical parasitology, and today its courses and research programs span the breadth of public health problems in the developing world. News Dr. Dawn Wesson Appointed Director of Tulane's Vector-Borne Diseases Initiative
For more information see the Fall/Winter 2007 issue of Global Health. Upcoming Events April 25
Tidwater 1201
"The Natural History of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever: Searching for the Reservoir"
Dr. Serena Reeder, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA December 7-11
New Orleans Sheraton
57th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Students collect mosquitoes in City Park, New Orleans, to conduct research. |
