Dr. Francesca Beaudoin appointed Department of Epidemiology chair

After leading the Department of Epidemiology in an interim capacity for over a year, Dr. Francesca Beaudoin, associate professor of epidemiology and of emergency medicine, has been appointed chair of the Department of Epidemiology effective July 1, 2023. A clinical epidemiologist and practicing physician, Dr. Beaudoin began her academic career as assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School in 2010. Conducting research at the intersection of pain, opioid use, and opioid use disorders, her work is widely recognized as impacting the landscape of pain management and improving post-overdose care in acute care settings. A frequent collaborator with state stakeholders, she also leads an initiative at Brown focused on the health effects of Long COVID and serves the community providing clinical care at the nation’s first mobile methadone clinic.