Second-year MPH students at the Brown University School of Public Health are actively engaged in internships and projects through the Applied Practice Experience (APE) program. These opportunities lead them to diverse agencies and organizations in Rhode Island and across the globe. Our Student Spotlight series this summer follows their stories. In the heart of Providence, […]
Student Profiles
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Student Spotlight: Affirming Indigenous Gender Expression
Doctoral student Chase Bryer heads to Vancouver to research and facilitate health access in the Two-Spirit community.
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Student Spotlight: Advocating for Queer Sexual and Reproductive Health in Rhode Island
Putting his passion into action, Brown MPH student Eli Wasserman is working to promote comprehensive care through the Applied Practical Experience program.
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From Oklahoma to Ukraine
Brown’s Online MPH program connects public health practitioners across the globe.
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Student Spotlight: Enyonam Odoom, MPH ’21, generalist track
Profile of MPH student Enyonam Odoom
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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.
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Learn by Doing: Ashleigh LoVette
LoVette, a doctoral student in behavioral and social health sciences at the Brown University School of Public Health, studies resilience in young people living in the context of HIV risk.
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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 volunteering in the community. “Immersing yourself in the community helps contextualize the work you do, which is oftentimes removed from any personal touches. Working with claims data […]
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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 was a McNair Scholar and also a Brown University Diversity Fellow. You’re interested in racial and ethnic disparities when it comes to accessing home and community-based services […]
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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 […]