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Student Spotlight: Policy, Politics and Public Health
Trinity Perkins shares her experience working as a health policy and educational legislative intern for Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
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Most Americans don’t know their doctors can prescribe addiction treatment, study finds
A federally supported study, led by Brown researcher Brandon del Pozo, reveals a disconnect between primary care physicians' ability to prescribe medications for opioid use disorder and public awareness and demand.
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Faculty at Brown earn prominent awards, distinctions
In recent months, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship, humanitarian efforts and leadership.
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What Can Different Health Care Systems Learn from One Another?
The School of Public Health’s newest research center focuses on health care cost, access and outcomes by comparing data across the globe.
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Humans in Public Health: A psychedelic pathway toward PTSD recovery
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is among the most common conditions facing U.S. Veterans, with no effective cure. Additionally, many Veterans use alcohol to alleviate their trauma, making medical treatment even more complex. For these high risk patients, Professors Christy Capone and Carolina Haass-Koffler are thinking outside the box: Could a treatment involving psychedelic drugs potentially save Veteran lives?
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Price transparency is critical to fix nation’s health care model, Brown scholar tells Congress
Speaking before a U.S. Senate committee addressing frustration with high hospital prices, public health researcher Christopher Whaley urged lawmakers to increase transparency in hospital prices and ownership.
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In the News
Covid summer wave spreads across U.S., even infecting Biden
Coronavirus activity in wastewater reached levels considered “high” or “very high” in 26 states, according to the most recent CDC data.
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Bird Flu Is Spreading. Why Aren’t More People Getting Tested?
Even as the H5N1 virus evolves, gaps remain in the nation’s contingency plans for human testing, scientists say.
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Why overdose deaths are falling in Rhode Island
For years, the number of people dying of drug overdoses was on the rise nationwide and in Rhode Island. Then, there was a push to change that, specifically by introducing the life-saving drug Narcan. Last year, the number of people overdosing actually dropped. We look deeper into those figures.
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Master’s
Through a balanced emphasis on research and hands-on practice, our master’s programs equip public health scholars with the skills to drive policy change and make a positive impact on the well-being of communities, both locally and globally.
Join us in Providence for a rigorous training program that will teach you to conduct research, bring about policy change, and positively affect the health of populations in Rhode Island and beyond.
Brown's Accelerated MPH for Clinicians is a fast-paced, in-person program designed to deliver an academically rigorous and comprehensive public health education to professionals with prior medical or clinical health care education.
Become a future public health leader in our flexible, case-based online Master of Public Health program.
We educate students to become statisticians trained to work in modern data science environments with expertise in theory and methods of statistical inference and modeling, knowledge and experience with tools of data science, and a well-developed skill set in computer programming, strong communication skills and experience working collaboratively.
At the intersection of data and health lies a highly dynamic and rapidly expanding field in need of skilled leaders—biostatistics. Explore our Online Master of Science (Sc.M.) in Biostatistics, Health Data Science Concentration.
Doctoral
The Brown University School of Public Health’s rigorous doctoral training involves active partnerships with faculty mentors and the execution of innovative research. Full funding is guaranteed, including tuition, healthcare and stipend, for up to five years of graduate study.
This doctoral program offers training in research methods to advance knowledge of issues central to the improvement of population health by focusing on organizational characteristics of health care delivery systems, providers and economic forces that shape consumer and provider behavior, as well as the policy environment in which these relationships exist.
This program provides the training necessary to carry out independent research in theory, methodology and application of statistics to important problems in biomedical research, including research biology, public health and clinical medicine.
Offered by the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, his degree program allows students to learn to employ behavioral and social science theory and methods to understand and address contemporary health problems.
We prepare students to become leading, independent investigators. Our graduates excel in academia, industry, government and public health practice.
Dual Degrees
The School of Public Health offers several opportunities for highly-motivated students to complete dual degree programs at an accelerated pace.
Emphasizing a learning-by-doing approach, this rigorous program offers highly-qualified applicants the opportunity to gain training in public health and public policy to prepare them to address critical health policy issues in the United States and throughout the world.
The 5-year integrated Undergraduate/MPH (UG/MPH) degree is a rigorous program in professional public health education open to Brown undergraduates of any concentration.
The School of Public Health offers a specialized master’s program in Biostatistics for Brown undergraduates looking to complete a fifth year of study.
Why Study Public Health at Brown?
Home to four academic departments and a growing number of cutting-edge research centers, Brown's School of Public Health has earned its place among the top 10 recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Why Brown?Groundbreaking Research
With hundreds of annual peer-reviewed publications and a robust portfolio of federal grants, our researchers contribute invaluable knowledge to the scientific community, influencing policies and practices that shape public health.
Real World Impact
Standing at the forefront of today's most important public health issues, Brown is spearheading vital initiatives that will shape the future of the field.
Our Pandemic Center is working to stop pandemics, other biological emergencies, and the harms they pose to health, peace, security, and prosperity.
Our People, Place & Health Collective works directly and collaboratively with members of the community, advocates, and policymakers to conduct substance use research that pairs rigorous epidemiological methods with broad, accessible communication.
Taking aim at misinformation and disinformation online, our Information Futures Lab is where technology, innovation, policy and community meet: one pilot at a time.