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Renowned psychiatrist and neuroscientist Judson Brewer MD, PhD (Jud), Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the Brown University School of Public Health, has researched anxiety and the addictive behaviors it drives for two decades.

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.

The School of Public Health has launched a new student-led initiative that aims to publish original work by Brown undergraduates relevant to the field of public health.

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.

Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, has announced that Dr. Megan Ranney has agreed to serve as the School’s Associate Dean for Strategy and Innovation.

MPH ’21, generalist track

Dean Ashish Jha announces the appointment of Joseph Hogan, ScD, Carole and Lawrence Sirovich Professor of Public Health and Professor of Biostatistics, as Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, effective January 4, 2021.

What the COVID-19 pandemic teaches us about the future of public health

Beginning his deanship amid a global public health emergency, Dr. Jha reflects on the challenges and opportunities exposed by COVID-19, and on the role of public health as we look toward the next pandemic.

Remote Learning Brings Challenges, Opportunities, and a New Perspective

We spoke to Brandon Marshall, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, about the opioid epidemic within the pandemic.

The School of Public Health Welcomes New Faculty Members in 2020

The latest School of Public Health faculty awards and recognition, Fall 2020.

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.

New Leadership Roles in the School of Public Health

This 20-minute documentary by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation explores the causes behind the COVID-19 crisis in long-term care facilities across the United States and features commentary by Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the School of Public Health, and Vincent Mor, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice.

Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute webinar series helps guide parents and caregivers through the pandemic.

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, a massive peaceful protest, reportedly the largest in Providence history, drew 10,000 marchers downtown on June 5th. Among the crowd that gathered at Kennedy Plaza and marched to the Rhode Island State House were many members of the Brown community.

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Janie, a Program Supervisor at the Kent County Health Department in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is applying her global public health training on slowing the spread of HIV, to her hometown health department where she works to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Today, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded a supplemental grant to Brown University School of Public Health to design an adverse event monitoring system to identify adverse health impacts after receipt of COVID-19 vaccination by elderly nursing home residents.

Rates of alcohol and cannabis use among adolescents are at a record high, so Brown researchers tried to address the issue.

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.

Two Centers in the School of Public Health have been renamed as of the Academics Priority Committee (APC) recent vote. As the School of Public Health continues to grow and evolve, and, as a result of the continuing process of analysis and strategic planning, the decision has been made to institute new names better reflecting the research and educational missions of these two active centers of research.

As we examine our efforts as individuals and as institutions to confront racism, one thing is clear: We must do more.

Dean Ashish Jha enthusiastically began his bi-weekly ‘Walk and Talks’ this morning.

As we begin the 2020-2021 academic year, amid the greatest public health emergency in a century, with extreme climate events and political polarization escalating, we see cause for hope.

Read the following changes in the MPH and CTR leadership that will maintain the programs’ curricular excellence and distinctive approaches to education, while positioning the programs for future growth.