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Celebrating our public health graduates
Explore highlights from this year’s Commencement & Reunion Weekend at Brown University.
The School of Public Health community gathered to celebrate community members’ achievements in research, teaching and innovation.
April 8, 2025
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Research showcase celebrates the innovation and ideas of Brown public health students
National Public Health Week offered students at Brown’s School of Public Health the opportunity to discuss the impact of their research projects and learn about the work of others.
Balancing the rigorous demands of a doctoral program is challenging for the most motivated students, but for those keen to position themselves for profound impact, Brown’s Open Graduate Education program allows Ph.D. students to concurrently pursue a master’s degree in another field.
With climate change bearing down, Online MPH student Sean MacLean’s work with the Red Cross takes him from one natural disaster zone to another, where he leads recovery efforts and provides assistance to devastated communities.
The School of Public Health’s MPH Practicum Poster Session showcases the results of students’ hands-on work beyond the classroom.
This summer MPH student Derrick Webb performed mixed-methods research in Nairobi, attended an HIV conference in Munich and finally joined other emerging leaders in HIV/AIDS research at the prestigious White House Rising Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C.
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Student Spotlight: A Voyager Scholar
Bart Hearn, a Brown undergraduate concentrating in public health, earned the prestigious Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship and spent his summer researching HIV/AIDS interventions abroad.
New students gathered at the School of Public Health for orientation events, eager to take on the academic year.