As communities confront the persistent presence of chemical pollutants, Joseph Braun, an associate professor of epidemiology, discusses new research findings and what individuals can do to decrease their exposure.
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THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
With COVID cases rising, CDC issues new guidance. What Rhode Islanders need to know
“Although the reported number of cases in the U.S. is now over 100,000 per day, the real number is clearly orders of magnitude higher,” Brown University School of Public Health epidemiologist Mark Lurie told The Journal. “We are clearly experiencing the next wave; who among us doesn't know multiple people who have been infected during this wave?”
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Epidemiologist Erica Walker returns home to study the environmental quality of Jackson, Mississippi.
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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.
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Exposure to PFAS has been linked to cardiometabolic disease risk factors like obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension.
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Using insurance claim data from five states, a team of researchers led by Brown University physician-scholar Megan Ranney found that health care costs skyrocket in the six months after a firearm injury.
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As COVID-19 swept across the nation, most states went into lockdown — new research and state-by-state data suggests that stay-at-home orders helped slow the pandemic significantly.
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new research finds that past stressors and traumatic events increase vulnerability to mental illnesses, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD).
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Specialization in a chosen sport is associated with a higher volume of activity — and it could increase young athletes’ risk of sustaining both traumatic- and overuse-based injuries, new study says.
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Modeling hurricane effects on Rhode Island
Working with the Rhode Island Department of Health, Brown MPH student Joyce Pak is interviewing hospital and other critical facility managers to inform a real-time computer model of storm consequences.
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Young adults who use drugs find fentanyl test strips useful, residue testing more convenient and testing at home more private, a Brown study found.
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Brown epidemiologist and associate dean David Savitz led the Michigan governor’s PFAS Science Advisory Committee, focusing on the health impacts of a class of toxic contaminants.
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Fentanyl test strips prove useful in preventing overdoses
A Brown University study found that many young adults who tried fentanyl test strips reduced overdose risk by using less, going slower or using with someone else present.
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The study found a link between children’s weight status in the first two years of life and their school-age performance on cognitive tests.
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Accompanied by the island nation’s prime minister, Brown University public health professor Stephen McGarvey celebrated a new facility for studying the lifestyle and genetic influences of obesity and non-communicable diseases in Samoa.
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Hepatitis C care falling short for young opioid users in R.I.
New research finds that while many Rhode Island young adults who use opioids get screened for hepatitis C, they aren’t always connected to care for an infection if one is detected.
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Patients in nursing homes that provided a high-dose flu vaccine were significantly less likely than residents in standard-dose homes to go to the hospital during flu season, according to a new study.
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In a pair of studies of Rhode Island’s opioid overdose epidemic, Brown University researchers show that while heroin users appear desperate to avoid fentanyl, it’s killing more of them every year.
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Liu wins AHA research award for diabetes, heart disease
Dr. Simin Liu is among the first scientists funded by the American Heart Association to work on its new Cardiovascular Genome-Phenome initiative. He will now have access to three major resources for a deep investigation of gene-diet interactions in cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes across different ethnic groups.
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