WaveMakers in Medicine
Erin Johnson, PhD

Erin Johnson, PhD

Erin Johnson, Ph.D., a third-year medical student at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been appointed Diversity Research Committee Co-Chair of the Student National Medical Association. The SNMA is the nation’s oldest and largest independent, student-run...
Monica Stevens, PhD

Monica Stevens, PhD

The Louisiana Psychological Association recently named Monica Stevens, PhD, as a director of the LPA Executive Council. Stevens is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Tulane University School of Medicine. The LPA represents psychologists...
Oluwagbotemi Igbaroola, MS, and Hailey Phillips, BS

Oluwagbotemi Igbaroola, MS, and Hailey Phillips, BS

Tulane University School of Medicine students Oluwagbotemi Igbaroola, MS, and Hailey Phillips, BS, have been selected as Henley Scholars in this year’s cohort for the Evelyn E. Henley Anesthesia Society (EEHAS). The students will present a case report at the...
Paula Zeanah, PhD

Paula Zeanah, PhD

Paula Zeanah, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Tulane University School of Medicine, received this year’s Distinguished Psychologist recognition from the Louisiana Psychological Association. The award is given annually to an individual who has made...
Jeremy Coleman, DVM, MS

Jeremy Coleman, DVM, MS

Jeremy K. Coleman, DVM, MS, presented a continuing education (CE) lecture at the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) 2023 National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Coleman was invited to lead a lecture entitled “TikTok, Doc… and unconventional methods of...
Smruti Kedarnath Mahapatra

Smruti Kedarnath Mahapatra

Smruti Kedarnath Mahapatra, a second-year medical student at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been named as one of this year’s Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation’s Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship recipients. The program...
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...
Chancellor Donald, MD

Chancellor Donald, MD

Chancellor Donald, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hematology & Medical Oncology, and UMCNO Cancer Management Medical Director, has been named a 2022 Advocacy Champion by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ACSO). The ACSO honors its most engaged...
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...