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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.

Read a farewell letter from Dean Bess Marcus.

A new study, by doctoral students in the School of Public Health and colleagues, conducted an in-depth investigation of the reported perspectives of PrEP-experienced MSM.

By expanding the voices in public health – by changing the makeup of public health leadership – we can together play a helpful role in addressing racism as a public health problem

The Learning Health Systems Rehabilitation Research Network (LeaRRn), a national resource network to advance stakeholder-partnered, rehabilitation learning health systems (LHS) research to improve quality of care, demonstrate value, and enhance patient and system outcomes, has launched its website.

Professor Tidey will now be appointed as the Associate Dean for Research in the School of Public Health effective immediately.

For nine Ph.D. students in the School of Public Health, and for doctoral students around the world, the dissertation experience has become virtual.

Kim Gans, Ph.D., MPH, Adjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, ​has been appointed the Director of Community Engagement in the School of Public Health effective immediately.

This statement was written by CHPHE faculty members, Akilah Dulin, Katie Biello, Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, Deborah N. Pearlman and Shira Dunsiger, and ODI staff member, Jai-Me Potter Rutledge

With students studying remotely as a result of COVID-19, Brown’s School of Public Health created a platform for students to share their poster presentations online.

The Brown University graduate, author, public speaker, and entrepreneur was inspired by her father, Deepak Chopra, to help people find intention, balance and a life of purpose.

The Mindfulness Center at Brown is working to explain why mindfulness makes us healthier.

A study led by Professor Eric Loucks, Ph.D., finds that mindfulness could reduce blood pressure by enhancing attention control, emotion regulation and self-awareness of both healthy and unhealthy habits.

“Social distancing” is required to prevent infection. But loneliness can make us sick.

Community is the thread that runs through the teaching, research, and policy work of Professor Dulin, a medical sociologist studying how ‘resilience,’ or the ability to flourish in spite of adversity, may lead to better HIV-related outcomes.

Latest School of Public Health Faculty Awards & Recognition, Fall 2019.

“In an instant, I was on the ground, in pain. It was terrifying.”

Sam Rosenthal, assistant professor in Johnson & Wales University’s College of Health and Wellness, completed both her MPH and Ph.D. at the School of Public Health. In addition to her faculty position at Johnson & Wales, she is also a research associate in the School’s department of epidemiology.

In honor of Black History Month, the School of Public Health’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion hosted events that brought community members together to engage in important discussions around equity, access, and advocacy.

During Dean Marcus’ tenure, the School has established an ongoing series of weekly mindfulness meditation sessions, multiple yoga classes, and a fitness workshop.

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.

SPH faculty Peter Monti was one of seven faculty members recognized by Brown University in its annual program to honor exceptional scholars across a wide variety of disciplines.

As the COVID-19 situation evolves daily, public health officials and media have sought insight and advice from a raft of Brown School of Public Health faculty, recognizing their expertise in global health, epidemiology, medicine and anthropology, as well as their philosophy of integrating knowledge across disciplines to develop solutions to public health issues.

Brown University’s Graduate Student Council and Counseling and Psychological Services are collaborating on new programming to address graduate student mental health needs.

The Brown University Graduate School spoke with William Goedel, a doctoral student in Epidemiology, about his nationally recognized research.

Ashleigh LoVette, a doctoral student in behavioral and social health sciences at the Brown University School of Public Health, studies resilience in young people living in the context of HIV risk.

Joseph Braun, RN, MSPH, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Epidemiology, has been appointed the Director of the Center for Environmental Health and Technology (CEHT) in the School of Public Health effective January 1, 2020. Dr. Braun succeeds Gregory Wellenius, Ph.D. who has served in this role since 2018.

As we welcome 2020, we’re taking a look back at some of 2019’s most popular stories from the School of Public Health.