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Spring 2020

  • Mindfulness pose
    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. ...

    On April 24, 2020 / By Sarah C. Baldwin '87, MFA
  • Dean Bess Marcus
    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 ...

    On April 24, 2020 / By Brown Public Health
  • Malika Chopra headshot
    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 ...

    On April 24, 2020 / By Karen Scanlan
  • Akilah Dulin, Ph.D.
    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. ...

    On April 23, 2020 / By Laura Kallio Joyce, P'22
  • Ashish Jha headshot
    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 ...

    On April 23, 2020 / By Brown Public Health
  • award
    Faculty

    Faculty Honors

    Public Health faculty were honored by Brown’s Office of the Vice President for Research ...

    On April 23, 2020 / By Brown Public Health
  • Elderly person
    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 ...

    On April 23, 2020 / By Abdullah Shihipar, MPH'20
  • Elderly person practices mindfulness
    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 ...

    On April 23, 2020 / By Kerry Benson
  • New wellness center
    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 ...

    On April 23, 2020 / By Brown University News
  • Page-Robinson Hall
    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. ...

    On April 22, 2020 / By Brown Daily Herald
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