To lead a new paper in Health Affairs that describes the exceptional success of Costa Rica’s approach to primary care, student Madeline Pesec combined her own initiative and talent with Brown’s unique academic programs and alumni network.
To inform and enhance her efforts to connect fellow African immigrants in Rhode Island with medical care, Akosua Boadiwaa Adu-Boahene dedicated her master’s thesis work at Brown to understanding the community’s health needs.
Alumnus Seth F. Berkley, MD’78 MD’81, epidemiologist and CEO of Gavi, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, visited Brown University on February 25, 2015 to deliver a presentation titled “Going to scale: delivering vaccines to the world’s poorest countries.”