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Brown’s School of Public Health to celebrate 10 years of impact
A 12-month celebration will honor the School of Public Health’s evolution, growth and plans for the future.
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The Boston Globe
With COVID on the rise again, here’s a guide to staying safe in 2023
Given the late summer wave of COVID infections, you might have questions about how best to protect yourself and others. In The Boston Globe, Professor Jennifer Nuzzo tackles one of the most pressing issues: When should you get your next shot?
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News from SPH
Student Spotlight: Bridging the nutrition gap
Azia Johnson is working to alleviate food insecurity in her hometown of Providence, Rhode Island.
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The Brown University master of public health student is developing tools that first responders can use to de-escalate a mental health crisis and connect people to the resources they need.
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A study of older U.S. adults led by researchers at Brown University found that the risk of negative effects of both mRNA vaccines is exceptionally low, but lowest with the Moderna vaccine.
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The Boston Globe
With a few basic steps, most of us can finally ignore COVID
With an updated vaccine, readily available testing, and successful treatments, Dean Ashish Jha writes that COVID-19 isn't the disruptive force that it once was: "The virus no longer needs to reorder our lives and our priorities."
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Doctoral student Chase Bryer heads to Vancouver to research and facilitate health access in the Two-Spirit community.
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Professor Tongzhang Zheng digs deeper into disease etiology.
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"While there are areas within medicine ripe for the assistance of AI, any assertion that it will replace health care providers or make our roles less important is pure hyperbole," writes Dr. Craig Spencer for STAT.
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MPH student Lucy Zheng is working to improve healthcare access for immigrants and undocumented women and children through the MPH Practicum program.
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News from SPH
Faculty in Focus: Charting a New Course
After over 20 years as a police officer, Professor Brandon del Pozo is using his experience to help begin the long process of turning U.S. law enforcement toward the goals of public health.
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The New Yorker
Can Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Change Our Minds?
The theory behind C.B.T. rests on an unlikely idea—that we can be rational after all.
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The Atlantic
How to Lose a Century of Progress
Professor Craig Spencer writes that Americans have been too quick to condemn the field of public health, overlooking its massive achievements in the 1900s and also during the recent pandemic.
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Elizabeth Burke Bryant, a champion for children’s health in Rhode Island and beyond, will be professor of the practice of health services, policy and practice.
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University President Christina H. Paxson said Brown will conduct thorough legal review of the ruling to ensure compliance with the law while sustaining a commitment to diversity.
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News from SPH
The Changing Face of Hospice Care
Professor Joan Teno highlights the urgent need for oversight and integrity reforms in a changing, increasingly profit-driven industry.
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News from SPH
Health Equity Scholars and Mentors Gather at Sunnylands
The historic California estate was the backdrop for a special HES retreat where students, mentors and experts gathered in supportive community, dedicated to improving the world through their work.
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Dr. Francesca Beaudoin, an epidemiologist at the Brown University School of Public Health, joined federal and state elected officials to stress the need for a collaborative response to the country’s opioid drug epidemic.
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News from SPH
Clean Air Simplified
A study led by Professor Joseph Braun found that inexpensive, easy-to-assemble Corsi-Rosenthal boxes effectively filter out indoor air pollutants.
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Putting his passion into action, Brown MPH student Eli Wasserman is working to promote comprehensive care through the MPH Practicum program.
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The Wall Street Journal
Will Ozempic Change ‘Body Positivity’ for Good?
Nearly a decade into going mainstream, a grass-roots movement’s message has gotten lost in a marketing frenzy and a rush for drugs to lose weight.
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Scientific American
New Drug for Cannabis Use Disorder Shows Promise in Early Trials in Humans
For more than 14 million people in the US, cannabis use disorder is a major life disruption. Professor Jane Metrik says a new drug to help reduce use shows promise.
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Brown researchers are exploring the factors that influence cannabis use in a groundbreaking study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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The New York Times
Noise Could Take Years Off Your Life. Here's How.
Professor of epidemiology Erica Walker weighed in for this comprehensive article for the New York Times.
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Jha has served for 14 months as White House COVID-19 response coordinator and will resume leadership of the School of Public Health on July 1 with a focus on transforming public health education, research and practice.
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Professor of epidemiology Joe Braun discusses his study about the low birth rate effects of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals.”
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News from Brown
Fatal overdoses increase after police seize drugs, study finds
A new study highlights an unintended consequence of interventions to combat the country’s illicit opioid epidemic, emphasizing the need to include harm reduction strategies as part of a comprehensive response.
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A federally funded study led by researchers at Brown University showed links between prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and slightly higher body mass indices in children.
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News from SPH
Forum: Preparing for the Next Public Health Catastrophe
Faculty experts from Brown’s Pandemic Center discussed efforts to prepare for the next infectious disease emergency at the School of Public Health’s 2023 Commencement Forum.
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News from SPH
Farewell, Fox
The School of Public Health honors founding dean Terrie ‘Fox’ Wetle’s decades of service to Brown with a retirement celebration.
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News from SPH
Fond Farewell: Akilah Dulin Departs Brown for Tulane
After more than a decade at Brown, Akilah Dulin, associate professor of behavioral and social sciences, has accepted the role of chair of the Department of Social, Behavioral and Population Sciences at Tulane’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
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Popular Science
The deadliest viruses in human history, from COVID to smallpox
Where does COVID-19 fall among the deadliest viruses of all time? Professor Jennifer Nuzzo breaks down the ways we measure the danger of a virus, as well as the factors that made COVID different from previous outbreaks.
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News from SPH
Alumni Spotlight: Women’s Health Pioneer
Dr. Jeffrey Peipert named 2023 Alumni Impact Award winner for his landmark work and dedication to reproductive health care.
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News from SPH
Ever True: Megan Ranney Departs Brown for Yale
Megan Ranney MD, MPH’10, an innovative public health leader, educator, physician and a leading voice on urgent health issues, will depart Brown after two decades to serve as the dean of Yale’s public health school.
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The Pandemic Center, the School of Public Health’s newest research center, was launched last fall with the mission of using positive disruption to stop pandemics and other biological emergencies before they can gain momentum and upend our lives and livelihoods.
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News from SPH
Empowering Families, Changing Lives
The Elizabeth Burke Bryant Hero Award recognizes individuals who have had a profound influence on the well-being of children and families in Rhode Island.
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The student-led publication spotlights public health inequities in its second edition.
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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.
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Standardizing reporting of abnormalities could minimize mortality, healthcare costs and unnecessary medical interventions.
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The NIH-funded project, a partnership with NYU Langone Health, will evaluate the effectiveness of overdose prevention centers as well as the impact on surrounding communities.
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News from SPH
From Oklahoma to Ukraine
Brown’s Online MPH program connects public health practitioners across the globe.
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With over $3.5M in support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Brown investigators hope to identify best practices for navigating Medicaid policies and ultimately improve patient and population health.
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Researchers from Brown and Rhode Island Hospital are working with Rhode Island community members to understand how apps, monitors and other emerging technologies can help prevent opioid overdose deaths.
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Dr. Francesca Beaudoin, associate professor of epidemiology and of emergency medicine, has been appointed chair of the Department of Epidemiology.
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The Brown University Graduate School’s annual live TED Talk-style event brings together diverse graduate student researchers for short talks on why their research matters.
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Lacking federal guidelines, health care professionals in state-regulated facilities determine dosing for seniors with dementia, greatly impacting the care residents receive.
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Climate & Health Seminars explored the intersection of public health and climate change, from pandemic preparedness to global supply chains
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