Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
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| Motto | a global commitment to public health |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1912 |
| Dean | Pierre Buekens, MD, PhD, MPH |
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Academic staff
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115 full-time faculty and 255 part-time or adjunct faculty |
| Students | more than 1,400 students, representing over 70 cultures |
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana, US |
| Website | http://www.sph.tulane.edu |
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The Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is part of Tulane University of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences
Global Environmental Health Sciences
Epidemiology
Global Health Systems and Development
Tropical Medicine
Center for Applied Environmental Public Health
Center for Bioenvironmental Research
Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics
Center for Cardiovascular Health
Center for Evidence-Based Global Health
Center for Global Health Equity
Center for Infectious Disease
Health Office for Latin America
Hypertension and Renal Center for Excellence
Mary Amelia Douglas-Whited Women's Health Education Center
Office for Global Health
Office of Health Research
Prevention Research Center
South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness
South Central Public Health Institute
South Central Public Health Training Center
Specialized Center of Interdisciplinary Research (SCOR)
The study of public health in Louisiana began in the early 19th century, when New Orleans suffered from endemic malaria and almost yearly epidemics of cholera and yellow fever. Attempts to control tropical diseases led to the establishment of the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834, founded by a group of young practicing physicians. The founders issued a prospectus that emphasized the lack of knowledge of these diseases and the necessity to study them in the environment in which they occurred. In 1881, formal instruction in hygiene was offered for the first time.
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