2. We are the only combined school of public health and tropical medicine in the United States.
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Tulane as a university was founded to address public health issues including malaria, yellow fever, smallpox, and cholera.
4. The first formal course in hygiene was taught at Tulane all the way back in 1881.
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Dr. Isadore Dyer, who was once a dean of the school, helped to establish the National Leprosarium at Carville. He was one of the few at the time who didn’t believe that Hansen’s Disease was “hopeless.”
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The school is named after benefactor Celia Scott Weatherhead, a graduate of Tulane University’s Newcomb College and supporter of public health. The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine joins the A. B. Freeman School of Business as the only named entities among Tulane’s 10 schools and colleges.
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The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University has received the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine for two straight years.
This national honor recognizes U.S. health colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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Fifty years ago, our school was one of the first schools to offer a combined MD/MPH program, and it’s one of the largest such programs today.
14. Ours is the only school of public health designated by the American Society for Microbiology as a Milestones in Microbiology site.
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99% of graduates are working, volunteering, or continuing education within one year of graduation, a higher percentage than the average rate among all schools of public health.
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The 50th class of Dietetic Interns graduated in 2023.
18. The school’s Bogalusa Heart Study, one of the longest on-going studies of a biracial, semi-rural community in the South, has celebrated its 50th anniversary.
What's next for this groundbreaking study? Find out.
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Researchers at our school were among the first to receive federal funding for gun violence research after a decades-long ban.
24. We also have students from most U.S. states.
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The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University offers numerous ways for students to make an impact on school culture and decision-making, including the Student Government Association, the Ambassador program, and the new Student Council, which works directly with Dean LaVeist.
Section Two: Academics (28-54)
28. The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs.
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We offer both in-person and online programs.
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Don’t have time for a full degree program? Our school offers four graduate certificates (in environmental health), a diploma course in tropical medicine, and a dietetic internship.
31. Dean Thomas A. LaVeist is a major voice on the topic of health equity. Health equity is the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health.
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Our nutrition faculty have been studying the link between diet and climate change.
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Tulane has been a leader in the research and public information space on COVID-19.
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We are also a leader in research on maternal and child health.
35. Our online program features the same instructors and instruction that in-person students get.
37. We have a strong research-active faculty with a range of expertise across public health disciplines.
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Diversified research portfolio with funding from a variety of federal agencies (e.g., CDC, NIH, and USAID) and private foundations (e.g., Gates Foundation).
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Well-established major research programs in key public health areas: global health; cardiovascular epidemiology; genetics and molecular biology; prevention research; disaster management; evaluation and effectiveness research; health equity; and health administration.
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A steadily growing undergraduate BSPH program; the curriculum is strengthened with undergraduate core courses ... and it's now the second largest undergraduate major at Tulane!
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There is a place for everyone: student groups focused on sexual health, Latin American health, doctoral students, health management students, and many, many more.
44. A travel fund (the Penny Jessop Travel Fund) that aids students international travel.
46. We were the seventh Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society chapter (the Eta Chapter), established in 1950.
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Lots of opportunities for professional development.
51. We have one of the largest, most far-reaching alumni networks which gives students access to practicum opportunities.
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A comprehensive communication network.
53. A student community that stands out for being capable, supportive, and diverse.
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With more than 30 different degree programs, you can chart the path most suited to you at the Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. We offer add-on certificate programs, too!
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Our school doesn’t just have Career Services – we have a whole Career Studio, offering One-on-One Career Coaching, Resume and Cover Letter Review, On Campus Employment Information Sessions, Mock Interviewing, a dedicated Interview Room for students to interview virtually, Tulane Connect (an alumni and student engagement platform), Career Preparation Workshops, Tailored Public Health Career Resource Guides, Handshake (a Career Platform for jobs, internships, and fellowships), and more!
61. Tulane’s downtown campus includes access to a state-of-the-art gym, the medical school, and several great restaurants and entertainment venues.
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The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University is slated to move into the completely renovated, state-of-the-art former Charity Hospital building as its largest tenant.
66. Shuttle services between campuses and to malls, grocery stores, etc.
69. Venerated legacy and status as a founding school of public health.
70. “The Tulane Mafia:” a strong network of faculty, staff, alumni, and friends who support one another and promote public health across the globe. A mafia for good!
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Bike rack room dedicated to those that want to ride their bikes to the building to get more exercise and/or create less CO2 emissions.
Section Four: The City (75-89)
75. EVERYTHING New Orleans.
79. No. 3 best college city per U.S. News.
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Located in a community both rich in culture and rife with public health problems.
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“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.”
~Tennessee Williams
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“There are a lot of places I like, but I like New Orleans better.”
~ Bob Dylan
85. New Orleans is the 5th most sung about city in the US.
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“There is no other place on earth even remotely like New Orleans. Don’t even try to compare it to anywhere else.”
~ Anthony Bourdain
Section Five: The Region (90-98)
94. The challenges in Louisiana represent an opportunity to learn, grow, and improve … in other words, it's a place to identify problems, foster innovation, and make an impact.
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“To love a swamp, however, is to love what is muted and marginal, what exists in the shadows, what shoulders its way out of mud and scurries along the damp edges of what is most commonly praised. And sometimes its invisibility is a blessing. Swamps and bogs are places of transition and wild growth, breeding grounds, experimental labs where organisms and ideas have the luxury of being out of the spotlight, where the imagination can mutate and mate, send tendrils into and out of the water.”
~ Barbara Hurd, Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination
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104. The university comes in at No. 5 in U.S. News polling for service learning, an educational experience that combines academic knowledge with critical thinking skills to address community needs.
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Tulane is No. 34 in "most innovative schools" per U.S. News.
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Our university has a low faculty to student ratio.