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The Center for Long-Term Care Quality & Innovation, known as Q&I, is a sister research center to the Center for Gerontology.

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded a five-year $53.4 million grant to Brown University and Boston-based Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL) to lead a nationwide effort to improve health care and quality of life for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, as well as their caregivers.

Shekinah Fashaw, MSPH is interested in home and community based services, health disparities, aging, and quality and access to care. She was a McNair Scholar and also a Brown University Diversity Fellow.

The Catalyst Grant Program supports work that builds outward from existing strengths to deepen and broaden the School’s research program around the four themes identified in the Strategic Plan: Mental Health, Resilience and Mindfulness; Environmental Health and Climate Change; Vulnerable Life Stages: Children and Older Adults; and Addiction. We are proud to fund the following projects:

Master of Public Health (MPH) program: Maternal & Child Health Track

It’s about making a difference in the lives of countless children around the world. It’s also about making a difference in the lives of those who live right here in Rhode Island.

Transforming the health of children and families by targeting autism, asthma, obesity, and other urgent health challenges.

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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Rhode Island Governor, Gina Riamondo and a group of leaders in health and education seek to improve third-grade reading levels by 2025.

A national survey finds that children whose mothers use marijuana try it two years younger, highlighting a public health need for targeted interventions.

The results are not good, but the latest report from the National Physical Activity Plan Alliance does reveal positive signs, especially regarding opportunities and infrastructure that support physical activity, and guidance for addressing gaps among demographic groups.

For 25 years, Elizabeth Burke Bryant has been at the helm of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, an organization dedicated to improving children’s lives by using information to change public policy.

The Latest School of Public Health Faculty Awards & Recognition, Spring 2019

Anderson, a Master of Public Health candidate in the class of 2019 at the Brown University School of Public Health, is concentrating in Maternal and Child Health. He was also a 2018 Hassenfeld Child Health Institute Scholar working with the Childhood Asthma Research Innovation Program to examine how various maternal exposures influence the development of asthma.

Brown’s Swearer Center and the Hassenfeld Institute Forge a New Partnership.

We spoke with Abigail Harrison, MPH, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Alan Hassenfeld’s $12.5 million gift launched the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute in 2015.

At a precarious time for the planet, Brown’s Center for Environmental Health and Technology is working to promote resilient, sustainable, healthy communities.

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.

Joseph Braun, MSPH, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Epidemiology: Linking environmental exposures and children’s health.

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Kalloo, a fourth-year doctoral student in epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health, examines which chemical combinations pregnant women might be exposed to and how those exposures impact newborn outcomes and neurodevelopmental outcomes in early childhood.

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.

The Senator from Rhode Island is passionate about acting on climate change and protecting our environment. As a founder of the Senate Climate Action Task Force he is fighting for smarter solutions.

Brown University has a unique role in contributing research, fostering innovation, and in providing a model for environmental sustainability to the greater Providence community and beyond. The University strives to contribute to building a clean, just, and responsible global environment.

When we think about recent environmental disasters, Flint, Michigan’s water quality crisis quickly comes to mind. But the Great Lakes State has another pollution problem that is less well known outside the state.

We spoke with Laura Bozzi, Ph.D., Climate Change Program Manager at the Rhode Island Department of Health, about the challenges facing our state, and the strategies being used to protect our environment, and our health.

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.

Originally published in THE GLOBE AND MAIL AUGUST 19, 2018

Sunday, May 27, 2018

The Latest News & Updates from School of Public Health Alumni

A unique new research laboratory at Samoa’s Ministry of Health.

Maximizing Good in the Global Cancer Fight

Mentoring global health leaders and teaching “Burden of Disease in Developing Countries” since 1993.

The world’s first global marketplace for lifesaving innovations.

The Brown University School of Public Health welcomed exciting new faculty in 2017-18.

The latest School of Public Health faculty awards and recognition, Winter 2018.

When it comes to establishing a network of trust, Brown researchers know that community building is essential.

Bess Marcus wants to help people make healthy choices.

Global fieldwork requires getting out of one’s physical, psychological, and cultural comfort zones and being immersed in challenging and sometimes dangerous environments.

How can smartphones address public health problems?

DO YOU OR DOES SOMEONE YOU KNOW . . .
. . . drink more than intended?
. . . spend a lot of time drinking or recovering from hangovers?
. . . try to cut down or stop drinking but fail?

The latest news & updates from School of Public Health alumni

Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Director of Doctoral Studies in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences