Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD

Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD

Dean, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Thomas A. LaVeist, Ph.D. is dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. Before joining Tulane he was chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health. LaVeist focuses mainly on the development of policy and interventions to address race disparities in health-related outcomes.