Magazine of the Brown University School of Public Health
Students
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Community
Immersed in the Community
What does “Learning by Doing” really mean? According to Nicholas Jones (above left), a health services research Ph.D. student, part of practicing as a public health professional means ...
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Fall 2019
Learn by Doing: Out of the Classroom and Into the Field
Shekinah Fashaw, MSPH Doctoral Candidate in Health Services Research Shekinah is interested in home and community based services, health disparities, aging, and quality and access to care. She ...
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Community
The Power of Sport to Create Healthier Children and Healthier Communities
Brown’s Swearer Center and the Hassenfeld Institute Forge a New Partnership Since 1986, the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University has connected students, faculty, and local ...
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Spring 2019
Student Profile: Spenser Anderson ‘19
Master of Public Health Candidate Anderson, a Master of Public Health candidate in the class of 2019 at the Brown University School of Public Health, is concentrating in ...
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Fall 2018
Student Profile: Geetika Kalloo
Doctoral candidate, Department of Epidemiology Kalloo, a fourth-year doctoral student in epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health, examines which chemical combinations pregnant women might be ...
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Fall 2018
In extreme heat, landlords should be required to keep tenants cool
Originally published in THE GLOBE AND MAIL AUGUST 19, 2018 Last month, as a heat wave baked parts of the country, people flocked to beaches and neighborhood pools ...
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Students
Out of the Classroom and into the Field
Global fieldwork requires getting out of one’s physical, psychological, and cultural comfort zones and being immersed in challenging and sometimes dangerous environments. In an ever-changing world of increasing ...
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Spring 2017
Learn by Doing
As students filter out of the main doors of the School of Public Health after class, hands plunge into pockets and eyes glue to phone screens. Smartphone use ...
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Spring 2017
Editor’s Note
America has undergone a transition in political power over the past year, one that has introduced uncertainty into the role the federal government will play at home and ...
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Fall 2016
Editor’s Note, Fall 2016
Diverse perspectives foster unique solutions to some of the tough challenges we face today. As such, it is critical that we celebrate and promote diversity whenever possible. Unfortunately ...