Magazine of the Brown University School of Public Health
Spring 2020
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Research
It really is in your head— but how does it work?
The Mindfulness Center at Brown University is working to explain why mindfulness makes us healthier. ...
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Spring 2020
Letter from the Dean
I NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD BE WRITING my final “Letter from the Dean” under these circumstances. All of our lives have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and ...
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Alumni
Alumni Profile: The Mindful Entrepreneur Mallika Chopra ’93, P’24
The Brown University graduate, author, public speaker, and entrepreneur was inspired by her father, Deepak Chopra, to help people find intention, balance and a life of purpose. You ...
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Faculty
Faculty in Focus: Akilah Dulin, Ph.D.
Dulin studies how ‘resilience,’ or the ability to flourish in spite of adversity, may lead to better HIV-related outcomes. ...
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Faculty
School of Public Health’s New Dean
ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2020, the Brown University School of Public Health will welcome its third dean, Dr. Ashish K. Jha, M.D., MPH, succeeding Bess Marcus, Ph.D. who will ...
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Faculty
Faculty Honors
Public Health faculty were honored by Brown’s Office of the Vice President for Research ...
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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 ...
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In the News
Mindfulness Training May Help Lower Blood Pressure
A study led by Professor Eric Loucks, Ph.D., finds that mindfulness could reduce blood pressure by enhancing attention control, emotion regulation and self-awareness of both healthy and unhealthy ...
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Community
Brown Plans New Integrated Wellness Center & Residence Hall
With generous support from the family of Duncan MacMillan and from Barry Sternlicht and Mimi Reichert Sternlicht, and with architects William Rawn Associates selected, the University’s vision for ...
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In the News
GSC, CAPS Address Graduate Student Mental Health Needs
Brown University’s Graduate Student Council and Counseling and Psychological Services are collaborating on new programming to address graduate student mental health needs. ...