Tulane University is a key partner in the New Orleans ReFresh project bringing healthy living to a blighted inner city New Orleans neighborhood.
The project, located in a former grocery store on Broad and Bi- enville Streets, includes a fresh and healthy grocery, commer- cial kitchens for healthy school food service providers, café and retail space, o ce space for community and mission-driven organizations, and a communi- ty education and engagement space.
Opened in August 2014, the Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine offers free healthy cooking classes to the community as well as teaching future physicians and practicing doctors how to change the dialogue they have with their patients about food and nutrition
The Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine at Tulane University offers
an innovative, integrated approach to nutrition education for medical students and community members.
For the rst time, a medical school has implemented a fully integrated, comprehensive curriculum for doctors, medical students, chefs and community members focused on the significant role that food choices and nutrition play in preventing and managing obesity and associated diseases in America.
Thee Center has crafted a curriculum to help physicians understand the impact of food on the health of their patients. GCCM Courseware has been adopted by 28 other medical schools across the United States, 2 residency programs and 2 nursing schools.
Bringing basic science curriculum together with clinical education, the center offers a more complete view of how future physicians can incorporate dietary intervention strategies into their practice of medicine. rough hands-on cooking classes, medical students and physicians learn the practical aspects of lifestyle change necessary to help them guide their patients to healthier choices.
In addition to instructing students, programming within the Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine offers cooking classes for patients of Tulane’s community clinics and the New Orleans community.
