Magazine of the Brown University School of Public Health
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As public health dominates public conversation, Brown receives record number of MPH applications
The number of applications for Brown’s Master of Public Health program is more than double that of last year, with the largest increases coming from people of color. ...
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IMPACT Collaboratory expands massive effort to track COVID-19 vaccine effects
A $1.4 million federal grant will enable the research team to add customer data from Walgreens, doubling the scope of the largest monitoring system of safety and efficacy ...
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Course Highlight: PHP1650 Race, Racism & Health
Beginning with the 2021 spring semester, the School of Public Health offers a course to students at all levels that directly examines racial and ethnic health disparities. According ...
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Community
Brown Undergraduate Journal of Public Health
A group of Brown undergraduates, supported by the School of Public Health, has formed the Brown Undergraduate Journal of Public Health, which aims to publish original work by ...
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Dean Ashish Jha stresses a global approach to ending COVID-19 pandemic in testimony before Congress
The dean of the School of Public Health advised members of the U.S. Committee on Foreign Affairs on strategies to end this global health emergency and prepare for ...
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Pandemic Problem Solving
An innovative virtual course helps leaders tackle pandemic challenges in real time The end of the COVID-19 pandemic feels nearer every day, but this year’s global health emergency ...
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Fall 2020
Stay-at-home orders significantly associated with reduced spread of COVID-19, study finds
New research and data suggests that stay-at-home orders helped slow the pandemic significantly. ...
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Fall 2020
To examine the effects of COVID-19 on communities, Brown researchers turn to data
Brown University projects examine effects on nursing homes and medical care ...
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Fall 2020
The Pandemic’s Emotional Toll
A study led by doctoral student Catherine Ettman finds COVID-19 has led to a nearly a three-fold increase in depression. ...
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In the News
Coronavirus and the Isolation Paradox
“Social distancing” is required to prevent infection. But loneliness can make us sick. IN DECEMBER, a woman in Tulsa, Okla. used a Craigslist post to plea for holiday ...