Tulane’s efforts to treat, cure and prevent disease are not confined within the walls of the School of Medicine. Instead, the most exciting medical discoveries will happen across campuses and departments — made possible by the teamwork of researchers in multiple schools and departments. Three School of Medicine investigators — one who recently joined Tulane, one who has seven years of service to the university, and one who returned to Tulane shortly before the pandemic began — show that the future of medicine hinges on capacity for collaboration, inside the lab and out. GIOVANNI PIEDIMONTE, MD Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, has always espoused a collaborative approach. Piedimonte, a practicing pediatric pulmonary physician, investigator and administrator who joined Tulane as vice president for research and institutional official, as well as a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, keeps an eye toward the evolution of medicine and physician education.