IH: Emory or Tulane?

[phoenixnyc]

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I've been accepted to Emory's Global Health Dept, and Tulane's International Health and Development, both for an MPH. I think it's going to be a hard choice; Emory offers a Public Nutrition concentration (and the CDC is right there, which seems hard to pass up), but Tulane offers concentrations in Nutrition/Food Security and Disaster Management, which I'm really interested in.

I've also been accepted to Minnesota's MPH Nutrition program. Does anyone have thoughts on any of these schools or departments?

Thanks in advance!

 

[jayhawk16]

I've been accepted to Emory's Global Health Dept, and Tulane's International Health and Development, both for an MPH. I think it's going to be a hard choice; Emory offers a Public Nutrition concentration (and the CDC is right there, which seems hard to pass up), but Tulane offers concentrations in Nutrition/Food Security and Disaster Management, which I'm really interested in.

I've also been accepted to Minnesota's MPH Nutrition program. Does anyone have thoughts on any of these schools or departments?

Thanks in advance!

I personally think that Tulane has a better program than Emory. If your goal is to work at the CDC going to Emory might make it a little easier. However, I know several people who have graduated from Tulane that work at CDC. Both are well respected schools for public health but Tulane is more known for global/international health (along with Hopkins). Although I could be bias since I plan on enrolling at Tulane this fall 🙂

I would suggest visiting both schools to see which has faculty with the same interests as you. Good luck with your decision!

 

[phoenixnyc]

Thanks jayhawk. What program are you enrolling in?

Tulane also has a language requirement for IHD, but I think that's a minor detail in the grand scheme of things... hopefully! I'm planning on going to both open houses, then taking it from there.

 

[jayhawk16]

Thanks jayhawk. What program are you enrolling in?

Tulane also has a language requirement for IHD, but I think that's a minor detail in the grand scheme of things... hopefully! I'm planning on going to both open houses, then taking it from there.

I'll be in their MPH in epi program. I'm also going to their open house in a couple weeks. See you there!

 

[Sharing]

I attended the American Society for Tropical Medicine any Hygiene's annual meeting this December which took place in New Orleans just a few blocks away from Tulane's public health school. This conference hosts thousands of Public health professionals, academics from all over the globe and provides a splendid networking opportunity as well as a way to learn about the current research and projects going on. I could rant about how beautiful it was to see this sharing of knowledge and active dialogue that was invoked by this conference but that is not the point of this post 🙂.
Both schools were well represented at this conference. I would say that Tulane was more so, however this probably had to do with the conference taking place right down the street from its door step.
Tulane seemed to be very well known internationally especially for the public health work that they do in Africa.
Emory's work seemed to have a strong grasp of the global context of most of the public health issues at hand, often collaborating with CDC workers and putting things in perspective on a global scale.
One thing about Tulane is that Katrina had a large effect on their university. To compensate for funding losses they have tried to recruit students heavily and inherently increased enrollment. Some of their core classes like Epi, Biostats etc. have class sizes in the 80's or 90's. After you get out of the core classes and more into your specified fields that class sizes do indeed drop.
I fell in love with New Orlean's myself. No open container laws, progressive almost zany mentality, life just seems more laid back down there. Also, lots of Hispanic immigrants there if your trying to work on your Spanish.
I consistently hear good things about Emory, I have yet to hear about an MPH student that was unsatisfied with the program (Although I would love to hear someone that is unhappy with the program to get some contrasting viewpoints).
I believe that Emory's Global health program generally takes 2 years while Tulane's can be finished in 1.5 years and possible 1 year if you pull some strings. I don't know if this is good or bad, probably depends on your situation and what your goals are. Tulane's tuition is a bit more expensive, however that is evened out because the program is 1 semester shorter than Emory's.

Hehe I hope I didn't serve to muddle your decision even more, these are things that I have been considering in my decision process as well. Follow your heart 🙂.