Tulane University’s Anita Raj, PhD, globally recognized scholar for research on gender, public health, violence prevention, and numerous other areas, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Raj serves as the executive director of Tulane’s Newcomb Institute and the Nancy Reeves Dreux Endowed Chair and Professor of Public Health in the Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She has more than two decades of leadership in advancing research at the intersection of health, gender and global development.

St. Bernard Parish Hospital (SBPH) has named Kim Ellender as its new chief executive officer (CEO).