The Department of Tropical Medicine has a long and proud history of contributions to parasitology and tropical medicine. The department's origins are in classical parasitology, and today its courses and research programs span the breadth of public health problems in the developing world.
News
Attention Tulane Tropical Medicine/Parasitology Alumni!
We want to hear from you. Please contact the department to update your contact information, (504) 988-3558 or tropmed@tulane.edu. Research Pins Down Yellow Fever Mosquitoes
Tulane/North Carolina study identifies chemical cues for Aedes aegypti egg deposition in open containers.
Click here for the paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences or here for the feature in Tulane's New Wave. Study Finds Increase in Arboviral Disease after Hurricane Katrina
Tulane Post-Doctoral Fellow, Kevin Caillouet and colleagues report an increase in West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Click here for the paper in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Upcoming Events
December 9, 2008 7PM-9PM
Dept of Tropical Medicine Alumni Reception
The Plimsoll Club - Galvez Room World Trade Center of New Orleans 2 Canal Street, Suite 3000
New Orleans, LA (Held during the annual ASTMH Meeting) December 7-11, 2008
New Orleans Sheraton
57th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
For more information about the conference, click here. For more departmental seminars and events, click here. To subscribe to the department's listserve, click here. | 
