Magazine of the Brown University School of Public Health
Winter 2018
-
Alumni
Alumni Profile: Andriy Chybisov MPH ’17
Maximizing Good in the Global Cancer Fight Tell us about your current role at the American Cancer Society. In developed countries, a cancer fight means hope. In low- ...
-
Alumni
Class Notes: Winter 2018
Want to be included in the next issue of Continuum? Let us know all about your latest accomplishments, accolades and promotions! Email public_health@brown.edu today. MEREDITH BERGEY, PhD, MSc, ...
-
Faculty
In the Samoan Language “Olaga” Means Life
The Obesity, Lifestyle and Genetic Adaptations (OLaGA) lab, led by Stephen McGarvey, professor of epidemiology, and Nicola Hawley, assistant professor of chronic disease epidemiology at the Yale University ...
-
Research
Daily Calcium Intake Varies Widely around the World
According to a new systematic review of research data published in the journal Osteoporosis International, there are many areas of the world with risk to bone health. Study ...
-
Alumni
Assessing and Addressing RI’s West African Immigrant Community
An estimated 13,100 immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa live in Providence County. Akosua Boadiwaa Adu-Boahene dedicated her MPH master’s thesis work at Brown to understanding her community’s health needs. ...
-
Faculty
Faculty Profile: Stephen McGarvey, Ph.D., MPH
Mentoring global health leaders and teaching “Burden of Disease in Developing Countries” since 1993. Tell us about your early career and about the evolution of your interest in ...
-
Community
Women Empowering Women: Maternova
The world’s first global marketplace for lifesaving innovations. Maternova, Inc. is a trusted resource for cutting-edge medical innovations in newborn, obstetrics and reproductive health. The company researches, reviews ...
-
Faculty
Faculty Honors
The latest School of Public Health faculty awards and recognition. Linda Resnik, PhD, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice 2017 Paul B. Magnuson Award The Magnuson Award ...
-
Faculty
Expanding Our Talent
The Brown University School of Public Health welcomed exciting new faculty in 2017-18. BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Jasjit Sing Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS Professor of Behavioral & Social ...
-
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 ...