MPH Practicum

Brown public health and medical students team up to provide culturally attuned care to Rhode Island’s South Asian, Middle Eastern and African communities.

The School of Public Health’s MPH Practicum Poster Session showcases the results of students’ hands-on work beyond the classroom.

Without a professional background in public health, but with passion for improving the health of vulnerable populations and for acquiring the tools needed to meet her goals, Iranian immigrant Navid Nickpour is creating connections at PACE Organization of Rhode Island.

Trinity Perkins shares her experience working as a health policy and educational legislative intern for Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.

Second-year Brown MPH students share outcomes from their MPH Practicum during annual poster session

MPH student Nargis Faizy spent her summer working to improve care for elderly Rhode Islanders.

MPH student Lucy Zheng is working to improve healthcare access for immigrants and undocumented women and children through the MPH Practicum program.

Putting his passion into action, Brown MPH student Eli Wasserman is working to promote comprehensive care through the MPH Practicum program.

MPH student Kristen Smith is working to create tools and resources that lower the burden of loneliness for homebound older adults.