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Dr. Gurpreet Kaur serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine since 2015, while also holding a Lecturer position at California State University, Dominguez Hills, School of Public Health and Health Sciences. Her expertise bridges medical training and public health disaster management.
Her educational background includes:
- MD from Kharkiv State Medical University
- MPH in Disaster Management from Tulane University
Dr. Kaur's research centers on psychosocial disaster dynamics, with emphasis on vulnerable populations' emergency preparedness and mental health resilience. She develops evidence-based, culturally tailored community education programs that translate academic knowledge into actionable social change, reflecting her belief that targeted education drives meaningful disaster response improvements.
She actively advises students through Tulane's Culminating Experience and Practicum programs, guiding applied public health projects. Her leadership extends to founding the Kaur Institute of Disaster Studies in 2018, which addresses systemic gaps in disaster preparedness through community-focused initiatives.
The Kaur Institute of Disaster Studies operates as her primary research vehicle, implementing community-based programs that address emergency preparedness disparities and promote mental health resilience among at-risk populations through linguistically appropriate educational frameworks.
