Danielle Tatum recently joined the School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery as director of research. Tatum obtained her PhD at the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine in comparative biomedical sciences with a specific focus on DNA damage and eukaryotic repair mechanisms. At Tulane’s School of Medicine she received postdoctoral training in DNA damage and repair with a focus on telomere instability.
Ilana Horwitz is a sociologist of religion and education who examines how people’s gender, ethnicity, race, social class and religious upbringing shape their life. Horwitz is trained in both qualitative and quantitative research methods. In her new book, God, Grades, and Graduation: Religion's Surprising Impact on Academic Success (Oxford University Press, January 2022), Horwitz examines the surprising ways in which a religious upbringing shapes the academic lives of teens.
Olivia Beckwith is a number theorist whose research focuses on modular forms and their connections to algebraic number theory and combinatorics. Beckwith became interested in number theory after attending a summer math program at the Ohio State University. Later Beckwith completed a bachelor’s degree at Harvey Mudd College and a PhD at Emory University before moving on to postdoctoral positions at the University of Bristol (England) and the University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign.
Brian Bergman is an assistant professor of management in the A.B. Freeman School of Business. Drawing from a background in international development, his research broadly examines how entrepreneurs innovate to address systemic problems (e.g., poverty, climate change, etc.) and how others support and/or challenge them in those efforts. His research can be found in top management and entrepreneurship journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.
Dr. Patrick Mills is a clinical veterinarian in the Department of Comparative Medicine at the School of Medicine. He is from Raleigh, North Carolina, and attended North Carolina A&T State University, where he received his bachelor’s degree in animal science, and then Tuskegee University for his doctorate in veterinary medicine. Thereafter, he completed a two-year residency and assistant clinical veterinarian position at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
