Craig Spencer

Craig Spencer, M.D., MPH

Associate Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice

Biography

Research Interests: Emergency medicine physician, frontline preparedness, global health, real world impact, equitable access to treatment

Recent News

July 16, 2026 The Atlantic

The lessons about Ebola the U.S. wants to forget

Associate Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice Craig Spencer authored this analysis of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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July 6, 2026 Fortune

‘The risks are growing and the resources are shrinking’

This article references a New York Times op-ed written by Craig Spencer, an associate professor at the School of Public Health.

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June 9, 2026 NPR

Why there's a debate over the new quarantine center for Americans at risk of Ebola

Craig Spencer, an Ebola survivor and associate professor of the practice of health services, policy and practice, provided commentary in this article.

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May 21, 2026 The New York Times

I survived Ebola. This is what scares me most about this outbreak.

Craig Spencer, an associate professor of the practice of health services, policy and practice, wrote this essay about the Ebola outbreak in Congo.

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November 11, 2025 STAT News

I’m a physician who went to the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest gathering

At the Children’s Health Defense conference in Texas, Craig Spencer saw what public health is up against at the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest gathering

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July 7, 2025 The New York Times

You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This

Craig Spencer, an associate professor of public health and emergency medicine at Brown penned this guest essay on the moral imperative of global health care.

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