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Latest faculty news, Spring 2017

The past several decades have been characterized by an evolution of the public health problems facing society.

Even if you are very familiar with the work of the School of Public Health’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS), you might not be aware of the founding influence and continuing support of Richard Longabaugh, EdD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research).

Sayles Hall was filled with 80 public health posters on Thursday, April 13th – the most presentations during Public Health Research Day ever! The researchers responsible were on hand, answering the questions of judges, colleagues, and friends.

Dr. Caroline Kuo, Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, has been appointed as the inaugural Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion in the SPH effective April 1, 2017.

The Brown University Corporation has appointed two Public Health faculty members to named professorships.

This year marked the development of Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion: An Action Plan for Brown University. The plan, a collaborative effort by administrators, faculty, and students across campus, identified strategies and actions to make Brown a more diverse and inclusive community.

The School of Public Health is fortunate to have several new faculty members in the fold whose research interests run the gamut from behavioral interventions to reduce risk among sexual minorities, to cancer epidemiology data, to alcohol use disorders, to HIV prevention and pharmacoepidemiology. Take a moment to learn how they are working to improve population health.

Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences,
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Strategic Initiative Officer, Rhode Island Foundation

Cape Town is one of Africa’s wealthiest cities, yet it is also home to extreme poverty. Three students from the School of Public Health focus their research on this area, analyzing public health issues.

The latest School of Public Health faculty awards and recognition, Fall 2016.

One hundred forty-two degrees were awarded in Public Health fields during Commencement 2016.

Whether it’s providing a source for fresh fruits and vegetables, encouraging physical activity in school-aged children, or expanding access to HIV and Hepatitis C testing, the ultimate goal of all the Rhode Island Public Health Institute’s programs is to eliminate health disparities, in Rhode Island and beyond.

November is National Entrepreneurship Month, and various departments at Brown, including the School of Public Health, are partnering with the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship to produce a series of events across campus to engage, inspire, and empower the Brown and local community.

Joshua Sharfstein was keynote speaker at Bridging Health Disparities to Address the Opioid Epidemic, a conference jointly sponsored by the Brown University School of Public Health and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

A new funding mechanism has been established in the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS) through the generosity of long-time faculty member Damaris Rohsenow, Ph.D.

Dr. Lynn Hernandez has joined the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion as the new Director of University Inclusion Programs.

Brown’s 8-week immersive summer program, Breakthrough Lab, enables students to pursue their creative and entrepreneurial passions.

The Brown University School of Public Health’s global health profile is growing.

Established in 1969, The Providence Center is a community resource that provides mental health and substance use services to Rhode Island.

The latest news & updates from School of Public Health alumni

Two longtime faculty retire from the School of Public Health

Ashley Lowery is a second year Master’s student in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences at the Brown University School of Public Health.

The School of Public Health is fortunate to have several new faculty members in the fold whose research interests run the gamut from behavioral interventions to reduce risk among racial, sexual and gender minorities, to weight-related disorders, to longitudinal mediation analysis, to HIV prevention and pharmacoeconomics. Take a moment to learn how they are working to improve population health.

Drs. Jody Rich, Traci Green, and Brandon Marshall, were co-authors of a report that calls for a four-pronged strategy to address the Opioid crises.

The disturbing and persistent disparities in health between black and white people in the United States arise from a complex mix of socioeconomic disadvantages that should be addressed early in life, said President Christina Paxson in delivering the 2015 Levinger Lecture.

With a gift of $12.5 million from the family of retired Hasbro Chairman and CEO Alan Hassenfeld, Brown will establish the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute to accelerate progress on the urgent health needs of the smallest state’s smallest residents.

Alumnus Seth F. Berkley, MD’78 MD’81, epidemiologist and CEO of Gavi, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, visited Brown University on February 25, 2015 to deliver a presentation titled “Going to scale: delivering vaccines to the world’s poorest countries.”

Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice

School of Public Health scientists have mapped the similarities and the differences in the brain between the two different kinds of extroverts: “agentic” go-getters and “affiliative” people persons.

A Brown University School of Public Health biostatistician and an infectious disease specialist have received a $3.5-million grant to develop new ways to use data from patient health records to optimize effectiveness of HIV treatment where resources are limited, such as in the developing world. They will work with an HIV care program in Kenya that provides healthcare to more than 130,000 patients a year.