Posted inFaculty

Spreading the Good Word

When Amy Nunn ScD, MS, professor of behavioral and social sciences in the Brown School of Public Health and professor of medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School, looked at the problem of COVID vaccine hesitancy in the Black community, she made no assumptions.

Posted inAlumni

Alumni Profile: Andriy Chybisov MPH ’17

Tell us about your current role at the American Cancer Society. In developed countries, a cancer fight means hope. In low- and middle-income countries, it almost inevitably means pain, suffering, and death. Three days after graduating with my MPH from Brown, I started work as the Program Manager for Global Capacity Development and Patient Support […]

Posted inStudents

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 climate change, unprecedented natural disasters, uncertain healthcare policies, and growing disease epidemics, the need for global communication and partnership is greater than ever. The field of global […]

Posted inFall 2016, On Campus, Research

The Rhode Island Public Health Institute: Eliminating Health Disparities in Rhode Island and Beyond

Whether it’s providing a source for fresh fruits and vegetables, encouraging physical activity in school-aged children, or expanding access to HIV and Hepatitis C testing, the ultimate goal of all the Rhode Island Public Health Institute’s programs is to eliminate health disparities, in Rhode Island and beyond. Eliminating health disparities is a tall order. Many […]