Advancing public health for more than a century, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the world. The oldest American school of public health, Tulane's Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine offers a strong, skills-based education from undergraduate through doctorate degrees. Programs are based out of seven academic departments: biostatistics & data science, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health policy & management, international health & sustainable development, social, behavioral & populations sciences, and tropical medicine & infectious disease. We offer nearly 30 different programs of study, meaning you can find just the right program niche to meet your academic and professional goals. The school is located in the culturally rich city of New Orleans, Louisiana, and we are the leading school of public health in the Gulf Coast. This location gives faculty the opportunity to pursue research locally throughout the South, on issues of concern to urban centers as well as rural health problems, making Tulane a powerhouse for research possibilities. Our faculty also work in more than 75 countries around the globe, leaning on our decades of global experience. By the Numbers: 95% of graduates working in field or in advanced degree program 1 Bachelor's Degree 18 Master's Degrees 7 Doctoral Degrees 120+ faculty active in 76 countries 1st school of public health in the U.S. 1 of only 2 American schools of tropical medicine The only combined school of public health and tropical medicine. Find out why Tulane SPHTM alumni are passionate about the skills they learned as a student that prepared them for long lasting, fulfilling careers in the upper echelons of public health, tropical medicine, and health administration.