Richard Oberhelman

Associate Dean for Global Health

Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine
School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Affiliated Faculty
Region
  • Africa
  • General Latin America
Richard Oberhelman

Additional Info

Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 3

Research

Tropical Medicine, Tuberculosis, Pediatric Health, Gastrointestinal Infections in Children

Degrees

  • M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical, 1981
  • B.A., Rice University, Spanish, 1977

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Professor of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases; Associate Dean for Global Health, Tulane SPHTM 2020-
  • Professor & Chair, Tulane Univ., Dept of Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences, 2012- 2019
  • Professor, Tulane University, Departments of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases and Pediatrics, 2008-
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Tulane University, Departments of Tropical Medicine and Pediatrics, 1997-2007
  • Assistant Professor, Tulane University, Departments of Tropical Medicine and Pediatrics, 1990-1997

Distinctions

  • Columbia University Faculty Mentoring Award, 2019-2020
  • Distinguished Greenleaf Scholar in Residence Award, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University, 2016
  • Alan Merriam Book Prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology, 2015
  • Certificate of Recognition of Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring, Tulane SPHTM, 2012
  • President, Delta Omega (Public Health Honor Society), 2011-2012
  • Teaching and Research Incentive Award, SPHTM Dean’s Office, 1995
  • Gorgas Memorial Institute Fellowship Award, 1993
  • Honorary Professor, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1993
  • Honorary Professor, Universidad Cayetano Heredia, 1988

Languages

  • Spanish
  • French

Overseas Experience

  • Peru
  • Bolivia
  • Argentina
  • Mexico
  • China
  • Cambodia

Related Experience

  • Principal Investigator, Inter-American Training Program for Innovations in Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATIEID)
  • Principal Investigator, Tulane-Xavier Minority Health International Research Training (MHIRT) Grant, 2005-
  • Pediatric Consultant, Tulane University Travel and Tropical Medicine Clinic, 1991-
  • Clinical Pediatric Infectious Disease Consultant; Tulane Health Sciences Center, Charity Hospital of New Orleans, Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, Ochsner Hospital and Clinic, 1990-

Selected Publications

  • 2024. Efficacy of single-dose albendazole…for…infection in children... With Curico G, Garcia Bardales PF, Pinedo Vasquez TN, Shapiama Lopez WV, Paredes Olortegui M, Schiaffino F, Kosek MN. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 111(1), 80-88.
  • 2023. Effect of preterm birth on growth and blood pressure in adulthood in the Pelotas 1993 cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52(6), 1870-1877.
  • 2021. Low-cost 3D-printed inverted microscope to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a MODS culture. With Salguedo M, Zarate G, Coronel J, Comina G, Gilman RH, Sheen P, Zimic M. Tuberculosis (Edinb).
  • 2021. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of cervical cancer prevention…. with Miles TT, Riley-Powell AR, Lee GO, Gotlieb EE, Barth GC, Tran EQ, Ortiz K, Huaynate CA, Cabrera L, Gravitt PE, Paz-Soldan VA.BMC Womens Health 21 (1): 168.