Pandemics
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Jennifer Nuzzo DrPH
Director of the Pandemic Center, Professor of EpidemiologyResearch Interests: Pandemics and public health preparedness and response, health systems resilience -
Ashish Jha M.D., MPH
Dean of the School of Public Health, Former White House COVID-19 Response CoordinatorResearch Interests: health systems, pandemic response, vaccination, global health, public health communications -
Beth Cameron Ph.D.
Senior Advisor to the Brown Pandemic Center, Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and PracticeResearch Interests: health policy, pandemic preparedness, government pandemic response, biosecurity, bioterrorism -
Wilmot James Ph.D.
Senior Advisor to the Brown Pandemic Center, Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and PracticeResearch Interests: global health, vaccine manufacturing, pandemic preparedness, biosecurity -
Alyssa Bilinski Ph.D.
Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice and of BiostatisticsResearch Interests: COVID-19, Infectious disease epidemiology, data-driven infectious disease management -
Craig Spencer M.D., MPH
Associate Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and PracticeResearch Interests: Emergency medicine physician, frontline preparedness, global health, real world impact, equitable access to treatment
Our experts in the news
Washington Post
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.
Even as the H5N1 virus evolves, gaps remain in the nation’s contingency plans for human testing, scientists say.
Farmworkers need paid sick leave and widespread testing to help prevent an H5N1 pandemic, experts say.
The dean of the Brown University School of Public Health shares what to know to stay safe amid a summer wave of COVID-19 cases and the new strain circulating.
Good Morning America
Dr. Ashish Jha talks increase in COVID cases
The dean of the Brown University School of Public Health shares what to know to stay safe amid a summer wave of COVID-19 cases and the new strain circulating.
New York Times
How Scared Should You Be of Bird Flu?
How worried you should be about H5N1, the bird flu virus spreading on dairy farms in the United States, depends on who you are. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has described the current H5N1 risk to the general public as low. The risk that the virus poses is tempered by the fact that it doesn’t spread easily among people — yet.