Magazine of the Brown University School of Public Health
Browsing All Posts By Laura Kallio Joyce, P'22
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Faculty
Faculty in Focus: Kali Thomas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Health Services, Policy and Practice; Health Science Specialist, Providence VA Medical Center Thomas focuses on identifying ways to improve the quality of life for older adults ...
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Fall 2019
The Center for Long-Term Care Quality & Innovation
The Center for Long-Term Care Quality & Innovation, known as Q&I, is a sister research center to the Center for Gerontology. Unique among academic research centers nationwide, its ...
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Community
U.S. Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
The results are not good, but the latest report from the National Physical Activity Plan Alliance does reveal positive signs, especially regarding opportunities and infrastructure that support physical ...
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Faculty
Faculty in Focus: Abigail Harrison, MPH, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences Tell us about your early training and how you found your way to public health. I was a history and anthropology ...
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Community
The Power of Sport to Create Healthier Children and Healthier Communities
Brown’s Swearer Center and the Hassenfeld Institute Forge a New Partnership Since 1986, the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University has connected students, faculty, and local ...
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Fall 2018
Time Is Running Out
At a precarious time for the planet, Brown’s Center for Environmental Health and Technology is working to promote resilient, sustainable, healthy communities. The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on ...
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Faculty
Brown Researcher Advises Michigan PFAS Action Response Team
When we think about recent environmental disasters, Flint, Michigan’s water quality crisis quickly comes to mind. But the Great Lakes State has another pollution problem that is less ...
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Community
Health Impact
Climate Change Champion Creating a healthy, sustainable, and resilient future for all Rhode Islanders health.ri.gov We spoke with Laura Bozzi, Ph.D., Climate Change Program Manager at the Rhode ...
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Community
Brown Is Green
Brown University has a unique role in contributing research, fostering innovation, and in providing a model for environmental sustainability to the greater Providence community and beyond. The University ...
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Faculty
Leading the Way: Bess H. Marcus, Ph.D.
Bess Marcus wants to help people make healthy choices. With a rabbi father and a social worker mother, helpers and healers were very much a part of Bess ...