WSPH Global Health Research Projects

Protecting Highly Vulnerable Children - Research, Monitoring and Quality Improvement Activity

Tonya Thurman (PI; Associate Professor); Johanna Nice (Director of Technical Assistance & Database Management; Assistant Professor)

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Southern Africa

2020-2025

South Africa

Diagnostic Innovations for Pediatric Tuberculosis in Bolivia

Richard Oberhelman, MD (PI);Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases; Tulane WSPHTM

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; NIH

2023 - 2028 (anticipated)

Bolivia

Water is Life, but at What Cost? Understanding Water Insecurity in Morocco

Shalean Collins, PhD, MPH, RD (PI)

American Institute for Maghreb Studies; Newcomb Institute Tulane University, ByWater Institute Tulane University

2025-Present

Zagora Region, Morocco

Water insecurity among families participating in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program in Louisiana

Shalean Collins, IHSD, PhD, MPH, RD (PI)

Caroll Lavin-Bernick Faculty Grant, Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) UAB

2026-2028

Louisiana

Receptivity, Expectations, Usability, Sustainability and Enjoyment (REUSE) of menstrual cups among rural women in Rwanda

Kristefer Stojanovski, PI, SBPS

Tulane Newcomb Institute and the Rwanda Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

2026

Rwanda

Evaluating Attractive Targeted Sugar Baits in Zambia

Thom Eisele, Ruth Ashton, and Josh Yukich

Gates Foundation via the Innovative Vector Control Consortium

2017 - 2024

Zambia, with partner cites in Mali and Kenya

PROMIS 2 - Scaling Up Access to Family Planning in the DR Congo

Julie H. Hernandez, Associate Professor, Department of International Health and Sustainable Development

The Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI)

2025 - 2028

Democratic Republic of Congo

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Dr. Arachu Castro, Professor and Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America, Department of International Health and SustainableDevelopment, Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

National Science Foundation, Zemurray Foundation, Tulane University

2016 - present

Dominican Republic

Collaborative Research Ethics Education Program (FoCEP)

Troy Moon, MD, MPH; William G. Vincent Professor of Tropical Medicine and Pediatrics; Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Collaborator

NIH Fogarty International Center

2014 - 2030 (anticipated)

Mozambique, Cabo Verde, PALOP (Portuguese-Speaking African Countries)

hybrid type III effectiveness-implementation, pragmatic intervention trial for cervical cancer screen and treat in Mozambique

Troy D. Moon, MD, MPH, Department of Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease

National Cancer Institute

2024-2029

Mozambique