Aron Culotta's research investigates computational methods to learn about human behavior from online social networks, combining machine learning, natural language processing and social network analysis. Examples include tracking diseases, measuring effectiveness of public health campaigns, informing crisis response, preventing online harassment, detecting deceptive marketing and identifying unsafe products.
Andrea S. Boyles is author of the books You Can’t Stop the Revolution: Community Disorder and Social Ties in Post-Ferguson America (UC Press, 2019) and Race, Place, and Suburban Policing: Too Close for Comfort (UC Press, 2015). She is a sociologist and critical criminologist and joins Tulane University as a visiting associate professor of sociology and Africana studies.
Andrew C. Anderson is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. His work aims to identify the social, behavioral and environmental drivers of health outcomes to inform the development of policy that supports high-quality, equitable health care. Prior to Tulane, Anderson was a research scientist and Phyllis Torda Health Care Quality Fellow at the National Committee for Quality Assurance and a director of quality measurement at the National Quality Forum.
Susan Davies joins the School of Social Work as professor and associate dean for research. She comes from the University of Alabama–Birmingham (UAB), where she led multiple NIH- and CDC-funded studies as PI or co-PI, and collaborated on many translational studies ranging from tailored clinical interventions to population-focused dissemination projects. Her research focuses on reducing HIV/STIs and unintended pregnancy among adolescents, and promoting maternal mental health and social support of caregivers living in poverty.
Dr. Forman was appointed Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost in September 2016. He previously served as dean of the Emory College of Arts and Sciences and the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics at Emory University. He has held faculty and administrative appointments at Rice University, and has served as an instructor at MIT and as a visiting professor at the University of Burgundy, Harvard University and the Mathematical Research Institute. Dr.
