Magazine of the Brown University School of Public Health
Spring 2015
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Faculty
Study Maps Extroversion Types In The Brain’s Anatomy
Tara White, PhD Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences Everyday experience and psychological studies alike tell us that there are two different types of extroverts: The gregarious ...
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Faculty
Faculty Profile: Omar Galarraga
Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice Trained as a health economist, Dr. Omar Galarraga has three main research interests: cost-benefit analysis, health care reform – particularly ...
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Alumni
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 Alumnus Seth F. Berkley, MD’78 ...
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Spring 2015
Editor’s Note, Spring 2015
Our publication Continuum is named for the many ways through which the Brown University School of Public Health contributes to the innovation and development of public health as ...
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Alumni
Alumni News, Spring 2015
FARREN BRIGGS, PhD, ScM Since graduating with a ScM in biostatistics at Brown in 2006, Briggs continued on to pursue his PhD in epidemiology at the University of ...
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Alumni
Alumnus Profile: Julia Finkelstein, MPH, SM, ScD
I know that you are working at Cornell University, could you tell me a little about your job? I am the Follett Sesquicentennial Fellow and Assistant Professor of ...
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Spring 2015
Student Profile: Julia Nagle MPH’16
Julia Nagle MPH’16 talks to Sarah Davey about life in the MPH program at Brown. Why did you choose to get your MPH? Why did you choose Brown? I chose to pursue an ...
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Faculty
Grant Supports Use of Data Science To Optimize HIV Care
Joseph Hogan, ScD Professor of Biostatistics HIV can be treated, but not every infection responds the same way. Treatment requires monitoring and testing, a practice that can become ...
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Faculty
New Center To Increase Physical Therapy Research
Linda Resnik, PhD Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice (Research) The Foundation for Physical Therapy has awarded Brown University a $2.5-million, five-year grant for a new ...
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Faculty
Liu Wins AHA Research Award For Diabetes, Heart Disease
Simin Liu, MD, MPH Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Medicine The work of Dr. Simin Liu, professor of epidemiology and medicine at Brown University, focuses on understanding the deep ...