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Nurse Ashley Stacy-Boddapati, MPH ’25, the School of Public Health’s inaugural Emerging Leader Award honoree, founded a grassroots organization that’s tackling childhood lead poisoning in North Carolina and beyond.

The 2026 SPH Alumni Impact Award winner and new Secretary of Health for West Virginia aims to lead a transformation of public health in the state, improving health outcomes for residents and boosting operational efficiency statewide.

As the Puente a la Salud clinic celebrates a milestone, co-leader Dr. Angie Coronado ’14 discusses her path from Brown to the front lines of community health, where she works to empower Chelsea’s immigrant families with holistic, culturally competent care.

New book from Pandemic Center’s Seth Berkley recounts how scientific breakthroughs, supply chain bottlenecks and political battles shaped the pandemic response.

Former Congressman David Cicilline ’83 joined Brown University leaders to discuss civic engagement and population health, detailing the challenges of mistrust and disinformation, while highlighting the strengths of local journalism, health equity zones and national service.

The Little Harvest Produce Box program is delivering fresh, locally grown produce to Rhode Island child-care centers to increase access to nutritious food and encourage healthy eating habits in young children, one box at a time.

Samantha Rosenthal MPH’10, Ph.D.’14 encourages men to prioritize their well-being and seek help when needed while working to break down the stigma surrounding men’s mental health.

The health equity advocate and mentor has been honored with the School of Public Health’s 2025 Alumni Impact Award for his service to Rhode Island’s communities.

With Tulip, an AI-powered health care platform featuring the groundbreaking “Dr. Tulp,” Cole Roberts, Sc.M. ’16, aims to revolutionize patient care by equipping physicians with real-time, research-based insights.

Acclaimed writer and historian John M. Barry ’68, author of the “The Great Influenza,” spoke at a Brown University seminar about lessons learned from previous pandemics.

Meehir Dixit ’24, a newly minted Brown alumnus with a concentration in public health, has already found a home as a research assistant in the School of Public Health’s Center for Gerontology & Health Research and Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research (CAHPR).

Brown researchers partnered with influencers to screen potential participants for eligibility into ongoing trials and compare the effectiveness of public health-based influencer ads with traditional advertising.

In celebration of Brown SPH’s 10th Anniversary, we’re featuring an alum on the 10th of each month who is advancing public health in Rhode Island.

Brown armed him with the tools needed to analyze and improve health policy, but Chima Ndumele’s passion for righting injustice keeps him looking forward, focused on improving the lives of low-income Americans.

In celebration of Brown SPH’s 10th Anniversary, we’re featuring an alum on the 10th of each month who is advancing public health in Rhode Island.

In celebration of Brown SPH’s 10th Anniversary, we’re featuring an alum on the 10th of each month who is advancing public health in Rhode Island.

Birth By Us, a maternal health app co-founded by Ijeoma Uche ’21, is one of three winners of the 2024 Westly Prize for Young Social Innovators, the Westly Foundation announced Jan. 23 on X, formerly known as Twitter.

In celebration of Brown SPH's 10th Anniversary, we're featuring an alum on the 10th of each month who is advancing public health in Rhode Island.

In celebration of Brown SPH's 10th Anniversary, we're featuring an alum on the 10th of each month who is advancing public health in Rhode Island.

With the expanded scope of biosecurity involving human, animal, and plant-based pathogens, there is a need for increased collaboration across sectors — human health, veterinary and agricultural authorities must work together to address potential biosecurity threats comprehensively.

With Intus Care, Robbie Felton, Evan Jackson and Alex Rothberg are building healthcare analytics software to help identify risks and optimize healthcare for low-income seniors. Health insurers use the Intus Care platform to help 1,500 providers treat 15,000 patients representing $1.5 billion in value-based care payments. The company expects more than $2.1 million in revenue in 2023.

In celebration of Brown SPH's 10th Anniversary, we're featuring an alum on the 10th of each month who is advancing public health right here in Rhode Island.

In celebration of Brown SPH's 10th Anniversary, we're featuring an alum on the 10th of each month who is advancing public health right here in Rhode Island.

In celebration of Brown SPH's 10th Anniversary, we're featuring an alum on the 10th of each month who is advancing public health right here in Rhode Island.

After a 40 year career championing equitable access to vaccines and improving the way the world prevents and responds to infectious disease, alum Dr. Seth Berkley returns to Brown University to advise the Pandemic Center.

Dr. Jeffrey Peipert named 2023 Alumni Impact Award winner for his landmark work and dedication to reproductive health care.

Megan Hall MPH’15 is a storyteller who specializes in translating complex ideas into language everyone can understand. We talked to her recently about podcasting, and why the medium is such a powerful tool for social change.

No obstacle is a match for MPH student Kerri Connolly. As deputy director of the Rhode Island Public Health Institute, she works tirelessly to improve food access for families. As a Brown MPH student, she works to acquire the skills she’ll need to achieve her food-system busting goals.

Established in 2021, The Brown University School of Public Health Alumni Impact Award is presented annually to one exceptional master’s or doctoral alumnus or alumnae who is making a significant impact on their community and/or in their field.

Summer Gonsalves MPH’19 is a member of the Narragansett Indian Tribe and an advocate for environmental justice.

Aly Beeman MPH’20 takes a positive stance on global health

Professor Jennifer Nazareno welcomed a familiar face back to Brown.

Rhode Island’s first openly LGBTQ Black person elected to the State Senate.

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Janie, a Program Supervisor at the Kent County Health Department in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is applying her global public health training on slowing the spread of HIV, to her hometown health department where she works to slow the spread of COVID-19.

The Brown University graduate, author, public speaker, and entrepreneur was inspired by her father, Deepak Chopra, to help people find intention, balance and a life of purpose.

“In an instant, I was on the ground, in pain. It was terrifying.”

Sam Rosenthal, assistant professor in Johnson & Wales University’s College of Health and Wellness, completed both her MPH and Ph.D. at the School of Public Health. In addition to her faculty position at Johnson & Wales, she is also a research associate in the School’s department of epidemiology.

Clara Berridge, Ph.D. was an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality postdoctoral fellow for two years, focused on chronic disease and aging, at the School of Public Health’s Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research. She is now assistant professor in the University of Washington School of Social Work.

Understanding factors that influence the way vulnerable populations connect with and access health care resources

Marissa Hauptman, MD, MPH is a board certified pediatrician and a pediatric environmental health specialist at the Region 1 New England Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit in the Division of General Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital. She graduated from Brown’s Masters of Public Health program in 2007, after receiving a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Applied Mathematics/Biology from Brown in 2005.

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Allegra Scharff, who studied under the generalist track of the Masters of Public Health program, is now a manager in the community-building department of ONE Neighborhood Builders, a non-profit community development corporation dedicated to revitalizing Providence neighborhoods.

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Fifty years after the Black Student Walkout of 1968, alumni returned to campus to reflect on the impact of this historic event and discuss diversity and inclusion at Brown.

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Maximizing Good in the Global Cancer Fight

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