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The Lab will investigate the harms of misinformation, data deficits, outdated communications practices, and other barriers to meeting the information needs of communities.

The founder of the Community Noise Lab will partner with the Piney Woods School on a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded study of the air, noise, and water quality of the Jackson, Mississippi Metro area.

The Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health joins the Alzheimer's Association, the American College of Radiology, and the American Society of Neuroradiology in announcing a new national registry, The National Treatment and Diagnostic Alzheimer's Registry, to quickly and transparently advance science by utilizing real-world evidence on new and developing therapies.

In a recent study, researchers in Health Services, Policy and Practice, analyzed how COVID-19 has impacted Black and Hispanic populations living with kidney failure. They examined excess deaths—the difference between observed and expected deaths based on historical trends—to capture those deaths related to COVID-19 infection.

A project by Professors Alexander Sokolovsky and Jasjit Ahluwalia to compare heat-not-burn tobacco to e-cigarettes and to investigate their harm reduction potential among socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers has been awarded Research Seed Funding by Brown University.

A team of researchers in the Center for Gerontology & Healthcare Research has identified the factors that put nursing home residents at highest risk of dying from COVID-19. The study informs prevention practices and provides insight on ways to reduce fatality rates in this vulnerable population.

A study led by Catherine Ettman, a doctoral student in Health Services Research, finds COVID-19 has led to a nearly a three-fold increase in depression.

Funded by the Research Seed Fund, University projects examine effects on nursing homes and medical care.

Scientists at Brown University’s Carney Institute for Brain Science used proton magnetic spectroscopy (1H-MRS), a noninvasive brain imaging technique, to determine how specific biochemical compounds in the brain relate to daily emotions.

McKnight's Long-Term Care News - A study involving hundreds of Veterans Affairs patients shows a link between the diabetes drug metformin and a lower risk of death from COVID-19.

30 years of accomplishment by Brown’s Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research

Patients who receive more physical therapy are less likely to be readmitted to a hospital within a month, yet the amount of care made available to Medicare patients varies widely.

The results are the first part of a national study of whether a method to detect Alzheimer’s-related plaques improves the outcomes of patients with mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

The survey offers a first-of-its-kind, unique window into what state residents believe to be significant challenges as well as community strengths.

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:

Deans Bess Marcus and David Savitz introduced the School of Public Health Seed Grant Program to connect faculty collaborators across our Research Centers who have not previously worked together but have complementary interests and capabilities.