Featured Event:
The Harold Cummins Memorial Lectureship
“30 Years of Translational Research in Anatomy: UBI Sumus?”
R. Shane Tubbs, Ph.D., MS, PA-C
Dr. Tubbs is the Director of Surgical Anatomy, Program Director of Anatomical Research, and Clinical Neuroscience Research Center Professor in the Departments of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Surgery, and Structural and Cellular Biology. He is also a Professor of Anatomy in the Department of Anatomical Sciences at St. George’s University, School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies; Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Anatomy; Chair, Federative International Programme for Anatomical Terminologies; and President of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists.
School of Medicine Main Auditorium • 1st Floor
Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 2:30 p.m.
Reception to follow in lobby
Located within the School of Medicine at Tulane University's Downtown Campus in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Department of Structural and Cellular Biology (SCB) is committed to providing a quality education for both medical and graduate students while pursuing funded research, which will keep the Department at the forefront of cancer biology and neuroscience. The Department is further committed to providing service to the Medical School and University by the participation of the faculty on many key committees.
The department includes 12 full-time faculty members, a number of adjunct faculty, and a support staff which combine to meet its educational and research goals. Educational responsibilities include teaching major components of the first-year medical school curriculum, including Gross & Developmental Anatomy, Human Medical Histology and Medical Neuroscience, as well as teaching various related graduate level courses including our Anatomy Certification Program and Masters Degree Programs. Research areas of expertise include reproductive endocrinology and toxicity, neuroendocinology, neuroendocine influences of breast cancer, endocrine response mechanisms of breast cancer and prostate cancer, circadian biology and circadian disruption in cancer, transposable elements and genetic instability in cancer, mechanisms of initiation, progression and metastasis of prostate cancer, and experimental therapeutics for breast and prostate cancer.
