WaveMakers in Medicine
Samir El-Dahr, MD

Samir El-Dahr, MD

Dr. Samir El-Dahr, MD, the Jane B. Aron Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital New Orleans, was honored with the prestigious Henry L. Barnett Award at the Pediatric Academic...
Carolyn Scofield, MPS

Carolyn Scofield, MPS

Carolyn Scofield, the Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been officially recognized as a “Rising Star” in the prestigious Fierce Pharma PR & Communications Summit’s 2024 West Coast conference. This...
Heddwen Brooks, PhD

Heddwen Brooks, PhD

Dr. Heddwen Brooks, PhD, was recently named the 2024 Virendra B. Mahesh Lecturer by the Medical College of Georgia Department of Physiology at Augusta University. Dr. Brooks, an esteemed figure in research mentorship, scientific ethics, and professional scientific...
James Zanewicz, JD, and Elaine Hamm, PhD

James Zanewicz, JD, and Elaine Hamm, PhD

Tulane University School of Medicine’s Chief Business Officer James Zanewicz, JD, LLM, and Executive in Residence Elaine Hamm, PhD, are both part of the Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAIH) leadership. Zanewicz serves as treasurer of the...
Zabrina Reyes

Zabrina Reyes

Zabrina Reyes, a fourth-year Tulane University School of Medicine student, won the American Academy of Neurology’s 2023 Roland P. Mackay Award. Reyes won this year’s award for her essay about the history and first documented case of multiple sclerosis. She...
Tulane Medicolegal Partnership

Tulane Medicolegal Partnership

The Louisiana State Bar Association selected the Tulane Medicolegal Partnership as its 2023 Friend of Pro Bono Award winner. The partnership is led by Helen Pope, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Faculty Advisor for Student Health Clinics; Jessica DeBord, MD,...