Event News

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Every year at Commencement, the School of Public Health honors outstanding graduate public health students with the presentation of Graduate Impact Awards. Meet the 2018 awardees!

Public Health Research Day, an annual conference hosted by Brown University’s School of Public Health, highlights the research accomplishments of our students and partners across campus.

The award is made annually to support undergraduate, graduate, and medical students undertaking research in health services, with a focus on health status and access to health care by poor and underserved populations.

The Mindfulness Center at Brown University hosted a “Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Health Meeting” in January.

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 School of Public Health’s inaugural Black History Month Lecture: Mindy Fullilove

Sayles Hall was filled with 80 public health posters on Thursday, April 13th – the most presentations during Public Health Research Day ever! The researchers responsible were on hand, answering the questions of judges, colleagues, and friends.

One hundred forty-two degrees were awarded in Public Health fields during Commencement 2016.

The disturbing and persistent disparities in health between black and white people in the United States arise from a complex mix of socioeconomic disadvantages that should be addressed early in life, said President Christina Paxson in delivering the 2015 Levinger Lecture.