Date
November 5, 2018
New Faculty 2018-19
The Brown University School of Public Health welcomes exciting new faculty. Our newest members join over 250 faculty working across the School’s four academic departments and 13 research centers.
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Judson Brewer, MD, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Tim Janssen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
Lisa Littman, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of the Practice, Behavioral and Social Sciences
Jennifer Nazareno, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Epidemiology
Angela Bengtson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Health Services, Policy and Practice
Nina Joyce, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Ellen McCreedy, MPH, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Whitney Mills, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice (Research)
Patience Moyo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Maricruz Rivera-Hernandez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Ian Saldanha, MBBS, MPH, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Anya Rader Wallack, Ph.D. Professor of the Practice, Health Services, Policy & Practice
Samuel Zwetchkenbaum, DDS, MPH Assistant Professor of the Practice, Health Services, Policy & Practice
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