Tell us about your current role at the American Cancer Society. In developed countries, a cancer fight means hope. In low- and middle-income countries, it almost inevitably means pain, suffering, and death. Three days after graduating with my MPH from Brown, I started work as the Program Manager for Global Capacity Development and Patient Support […]
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Class Notes: Winter 2018
Want to be included in the next issue of Continuum? Let us know all about your latest accomplishments, accolades and promotions! Email public_health@brown.edu today. MEREDITH BERGEY, PhD, MSc, MPH ‘06 After completing her MPH in 2006, Meredith worked as an epidemiologist at the Rhode Island Department of Health and as a biostatistician at the University […]
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Assessing and Addressing RI’s West African Immigrant Community
An estimated 13,100 immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa live in Providence County.
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Women Empowering Women: Maternova
Maternova, Inc. is a trusted resource for cutting-edge medical innovations in newborn, obstetrics and reproductive health.
Posted inAlumni, Spring 2017
ALUMNI NEWS
AMBER LAU, MPH ’16 Amber is in her first year of medical school at Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is serving as the first year liaison for the National Osteopathic Women Physician Association and for the Medical Students For Choice groups on campus. She is also a co-founder and the Vice President […]
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Alumni Profile: Olga Elizarova MPH’15
We recently reached out to Olga Elizarova MPH’15 to catch up with her since she graduated from the School of Public Health two years ago. Olga is a person of many talents; she is both a dentist and a public health professional. She works as a Senior Behavior Change Analyst at Mad*Pow. Mad*Pow is a […]
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Alumni News, Fall 2016
ELIZABETH KINNARD, ScM BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCES ’15 Elizabeth Kinnard is entering her second year as Program Associate for the Substance Use Disorders team at Community Catalyst, a health policy nonprofit organization in Boston, MA. She conducts research and produces resources on programs that divert people with behavioral health needs away from arrest/incarceration and instead […]
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Alumni Profile: Larry Warner ’97, MPH ’13
Strategic Initiative Officer, Rhode Island Foundation You were recently appointed Strategic Initiative Officer at the Rhode Island Foundation. Tell us about the foundation and the work you do. The Rhode Island Foundation is a philanthropic organization that works to improve the quality of life in Rhode Island. We are a community foundation, meaning our funds […]
Posted inAlumni, Spring 2016
Alumni News, Spring 2016
SARAH DAVEY, MPH ’15 Sarah Davey is working as a project associate for a nonprofit organization called Management Sciences for Health (MSH), in Medford, MA. MSH is one of the primary recipients of USAID funding for global health and health systems strengthening, as well as projects with UNICEF, the Gates Foundation, Save the Children, and […]
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Infectious Diseases
“With today’s technology, knowledge and vaccines there is no reason why we should not have everyone in the world healthy.” – Seth Berkley