Tulane's Office of Community Affairs and Health Policy

01/28/2013

Tulane has a new healthy living campaign!

With the theme Move, Fuel, Balance and Thrive, the Tulane employee wellness program teams up with the student health service to create a healthier campus culture.

01/25/2013

Beware of the flu!

With one of the worst flu seasons in years in full swing, Dr. MarkAlain Déry of Tulane says the flu vaccine remains the most effective way to avoid getting sick.

01/24/2013

News on Louisiana health care

http://www.nola.com/health/index.ssf/2013/01/health_clinics_ask_gov_jindal.html

Leaders of the New Orleans-area clinics using a unique waiver that has provided expanded Medicaid coverage here since 2010 are asking Gov. Bobby Jindal to figure out how to keep the program going past this year. More than 57,000 people received care through the program at dozens of clinics in the ci...

01/24/2013

Tulane students teach gifted high school students about medicine!

http://theadvocate.com/news/4984036-123/students-in-hands-on-med-seminar

A group of 30 high school students spent their day at Tulane University School of Medicine on Tuesday getting hands-on training in what …

01/02/2013

Ruth U. Fertel/Tulane Community Health Center makes Tulane's top "10 things we talked about in 2012"!

http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/122112_10_things_we_talked_about.cfm

The New Wave staff shares the most talked-about topics of the year.

12/20/2012

This is a great read about the non-profit world!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444017504577647502309260064.html

What if we let philanthropies operate like businesses? Let them pay for talent, advertise aggressively to build market share—even build a stock market for charity. Maybe then capitalism could finally save the world, writes Dan Pallotta.

12/18/2012

Great job, Leah!!!

Community health expert Leah Berger travels to Senegal to share Tulane University expertise in treating those without access to traditional clinics.

12/12/2012

City and state health leaders want to get out the message: flu season is here and it’s not too late to get vaccinated.

12/12/2012

Fresh fruits and veggies please!

Many New Orleans neighborhoods are still without full-service grocery stores, according to mapping conducted by the Prevention Research Center.