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Spring 2022

Kennedy Walker

Tulane Class of 2022: Kennedy Walker

stock image of the brain

Study examines why the memory of fear is seared into our brains

Jasmine Kiley (left), a Sophomore biochemistry major, and Navya Murugesan (right), a Sophomore pursuing a dual degree in neuroscience and cell and molecular biology

Two Tulane Students Win '22 Goldwater Scholarships

Researcher Tracy Fischer

Tulane study shows COVID-19’s lingering impacts on the brain

Elizabeth “Liz” Engler-Chiurazzi, assistant professor of neurosurgery at the School of Medicine, was chosen as one of the 120 If/Then ambassadors. (Photo courtesy of the If/Then Collection)

Tulane neuroscientist among women honored in Smithsonian's If/Then exhibit

Tulane awarded $14 million NIH grant to study why heart disease, diabetes may blunt brain benefits of estrogen therapy

Moore Portrait

Tulane Professor to Lead NIH Group Developing Advances in Brain Science.

If Then She Can The Exhibit

The Tulane Brain Institute applauds one of its faculty members, Elizabeth "Liz" Engler-Chiurazzi for being honored as an If/Then Ambassador. Her likeness will be displayed as part of #IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit. Congratulations Liz!.

Marko Spark Innovation Research

Marko Spark Innovation Research Fund Provides Support Pioneering Research Tulane Brain.

Michele Longo

Dr. Michele Longo, assistant professor of neurology at the School of Medicine, says about 10 percent of patients who had COVID-19 may have lingering symptoms, some of which are neurological.

Amelia Eldridge

Meet Amelia Eldridge - A Senior Studying Neuroscience

Jean-Pyo Lee

Tulane Researcher Shows Enhanced Therapeutic Stem Cell Migration Improves Neurodegenerative Disease

Eliminating HIV

Tulane Researcher Uses Gene Editing Technology in Promising Step Toward Eliminating HIV

Research on how infants Learn

Tulane Researcher Launches Study on How Infants Learn About Their Bodies

Dementia Prevention

Neurology Chair Dedicated to Dementia Prevention and Brain Health

aging and disease of the brain

Tulane Researcher awarded 3 million to address aging and disease impacts on the brain

Panic Disorder

Tulane study seeks new insights into panic disorder and post traumatic stress disorder

SfN welcomes its newest cohort of neuroscience scholars. Two Tulane Neuroscience PhD students, Lauren Yowelunh McLester-Davis and Lee Vaasjo, were named 2020 – 2022 Neuroscience Scholars - Congratulations

Spring/Summer 2020

Tracy Fischer

From Proposal to funded research in 48 hours: Tulane scientists receive Fast Grants - Congratulations to Brain Institute faculty member, Dr. Tracy Fischer

Stacy Drury

NIH taps Tulane Neuroscientist to lead effort to standardize research in genetic aging

Rachel Wise

Fifth Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition

Michael Moore

Tulane team researching ways to end opioid addiction

Jeffrey Tasker, Ph.D

Tulane Researcher studying link between stress and mental health disease

James Rogers

Tulane University student spends summer conducting brain tumor research in Switzerland

Hanan Fulbright

Fulbright Recipient Reflects on Time Teaching in Jordan

Sarah Gray, PhD

Tulane researcher to study trauma intervention in mothers and children

Jean Pyo-Lee, PhD

Tulane researcher awarded $2.4 million to study stem cell treatment for stroke

James Zadina, PhD, and Amy Feehan, PhD

New opioid offers speedier recovery, fewer side effects