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Fall 2019

Fall 2019
Aging Gracefully: The Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research

30 years of accomplishment by Brown’s Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research ...
On November 2, 2019 / By Laura Kallio Joyce, P'22
Fall 2019
Stroke Patients Receive Vastly Different Amounts of Physical Therapy, Despite its Clear Benefits

Patients who receive more physical therapy are less likely to be readmitted to a hospital within a month, yet the amount of care made available to Medicare patients ...
On November 1, 2019 / By Mollie Rappe
Fall 2019
Medicaid Expansion Linked to Reduced Mortality Among Dialysis Patients

A study finds that fewer patients with end-stage kidney disease died within a year of starting dialysis in states that expanded Medicaid coverage in the wake of the ...
On October 31, 2019 / By Mollie Rappe
Faculty
Expanding Our Talent

Brown’s School of Public Health welcomes exciting new faculty for 2019 Behavioral and Social Sciences Epidemiology Health Services, Policy, and Practice More Faculty News: Melissa Clark Appointed Dean ...
On October 31, 2019 / By Brown Public Health
Alumni
Alumni Profile: Chima Ndumele, MPH, Ph.D.

We caught up with Chima Ndumele, MPH, Ph.D., an alum of the health services research doctoral program, when he was on campus last spring serving as a panelist ...
On October 31, 2019 / By Laura Kallio Joyce, P'22
Alumni
Class Notes: Latest Alumni News

Larry Warner ’97, MPH ’13 Larry (right) is the Director of Grants and Strategic Initiatives at United Way of Rhode Island. In this role he leads a team ...
On October 31, 2019 / By Brown Public Health
Faculty
Faculty Honors

Seven faculty members were recognized with awards recently. ...
On October 30, 2019 / By Brown Public Health
Alumni
Alumni Profile: Clara Berridge, PhD

Clara Berridge, Ph.D. was an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality postdoctoral fellow for two years, focused on chronic disease and aging, at the School of Public Health’s ...
On October 30, 2019 / By Abdullah Shihipar, MPH'20
Faculty
Alzheimer’s Study Finds PET Scan Affects Patient Diagnosis, Management

The results are the first part of a national study of whether a method to detect Alzheimer’s-related plaques improves the outcomes of patients with mild cognitive impairment and ...
On October 30, 2019 / By Mollie Rappe
Community
Health Impact: Making a Difference in Health Care Today

In Partnership: Hebrew SeniorLife A research collaborator with Brown for nearly 40 years, Hebrew Senior Life is Brown’s partner in a new $53.4 million NIA grant to improve ...
On October 30, 2019 / By Brown Public Health