Population cohorts and databases
The Bogalusa Heart Study (BHS)
Louisiana Osteoporosis Study (LOS) Public databases including dbGaP, the UK Biobank, Precision Medicine Initiative, All of Us program, The Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed), the Research Action for Health Network (REACHnet), etc. The databases include nearly 1.5 million of human participants, lifecourse risk factors (environment, diet, lifestyle, etc.), multiple omics, and broad-based clinical and health outcomes, which are directed by or accessible to our center members.
Research Centers and Core
Tulane University Obesity Research Center (TUORC): TUORC is a university-wide group of investigators dedicated to excellence in obesity research using systems epidemiological and clinical approaches. A particular focus of the center is a greater understanding of the complex interactions of human genomics, metabolomics, epigenomics, and gut microbiome with diet and lifestyle in determining obesity risk and weight management in the context of population cohorts and intervention trials.
The Center for Lifespan Epidemiology Research
Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics (CBG)
Tulane Center for Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics
Tulane Transgenic/Knockout Core
Tulane Proteomics Core
Tulane’s Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine
Tulane Clinical Neuroscience Research Center
