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 Evidence-Based Global Health
The center promotes and supports evidence-based research
addressing todays 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.
Environmental
Diseases Prevention Research Center
The Environmental Diseases PRC works with communities in assessing environmental
and basic health indicators and designing and implementing strategies
for prevention.
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.
Office
of Health Research
The office research includes 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
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.