Those few states, which have had some of the nation’s the highest overdose death rates, appear to be at the root of the national improvement this year, said Brandon Marshall, a Brown University public health researcher who tracks overdose trends.

‘Prevention’ was the implicit theme of the 2022 Summit to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, which took place Friday, September 30, in Providence, Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the RI Office of the Attorney General sponsored the event, which brought together thought leaders across government and academia in order to curb cases of lead poisoning in the state.

Congratulations to Jorge Ledesma, a member of our third year cohort, for the recent publication of this paper!

In this op-ed, Brown University Professor of Epidemiology Brandon Marshall, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Alexandra Collins and Research Associate in Public Health Abdullah Shihipar make the case that opioid settlement funding provides a critical opportunity to turn the tide on overdose deaths. They urge policymakers across the nation to support opening overdose prevention centers as part of a comprehensive and evidence-based response to the crisis.

Brown School of Public Health epidemiologist Mark Lurie discusses the Center for Mobility Analysis for Pandemic Prevention Strategies, or MAPPS. The goal of MAPPS is to stop a deadly disease outbreak from becoming a pandemic by accurately predicting how the outbreak left unchecked might unfold, allowing policymakers and medical and public-health officials to counter the outbreak long before it reaches crisis stage. (Paywalled article)

In this opinion piece, Professor of Epidemiology Jennifer Nuzzo weighed in on some of the questions New York Times readers have on how to navigate this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gizmodo shares the Universities that offer the top programs in Epidemiology, including Brown University.

“The tightrope you’re trying to walk is making sure that people don’t see it as just a gay men’s illness, but not alarming people so that they use up resources that need to go to the people who need the most right now,” Will Goedel, a professor at the Brown University School of Public Health, told The Hill.

The health effects of chemical pollutants called “forever chemicals” are becoming indisputable, says epidemiologist Joseph Braun.

Dr. Rachel Wightman and Alexandra Collins, both researchers at Brown University, are leading a recently-launched study, TestRI, intended to better understand what substances are in the illicit drug supply and prevent overdoses.

Recent graduate of epidemiology doctoral program awarded prestigious postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University.

Sticking to simplistic explanations that rationalize increased overdoses as a product only of COVID-19 isolation obscures the specific reasons behind the spike.

The crisis is projected to claim more than half a million more lives from 2020 to 2032, although yearly deaths are on course to start falling before 2025. Brandon Marshall provides comments.

Cases are rising in Rhode Island. Professor Mark Lurie provides comments.

The US COVID-19 death toll has reached more than a million deaths. Professor Jennifer Nuzzo provides comments.

Program Manager at People, Place and Health Collective awarded Dean's Staff Award for Excellence in Innovation

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Epidemiology Appointed Assistant Dean for Education

Meghan Cupp, a second year doctoral student in Epidemiology was inducted into the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health at a ceremony held on April 7th at the Faculty Club.

As fatal overdoses reach a record high, Rhode Island becomes the first state in the country to legalize harm reduction centers, where people can use illicit drugs under the supervision of trained staff. Rhode Island PBS Weekly talks to Brandon Marshall about explores how harm reduction centers work.

Professor Brandon Marshall spoke to Rhode Island PBS Weekly about Rhode Island's efforts to open a harm reduction center.

Professor Simin Liu co-authored a piece in Think Global Health with Dr. Ali H. Mokdad and Dr. Eric L. Ding about China's management of the pandemic and where it goes from here.

New book by Professor Eric Loucks helps address mental and physical health by providing tips mindfulness habits for college students.

Can testing recreational drugs be an effective harm reduction strategy?

This RIPBS segment features commentary on long COVID by Francesca Beaudoin, an associate professor and interim chair of epidemiology at Brown.

Joseph Braun, an associate professor of epidemiology, is researching the links between gestational PFAS exposure and maladies such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and chronic renal failure.

In this video, Associate Professor of Epidemiology Mark Lurie, a native of South Africa, discusses the omicron variant, vaccines, and prospects for Rhode Island and the world.

What do health disparities along racial and ethnic lines look like when it comes to heart failure and how can we reduce them?

The Samoa Observer reports on the results of Courtney Choy's Brown University Department of Epidemiology doctoral dissertation, which finds a clear need for intervention before a child turns five, especially for Samoan children in urban areas, eating what has become the now-normal diet of imported and packaged foods.

Professor Stephen Buka of the Brown University Department of Epidemiology is a co-author of a long-term study, published by PNAS, that found that men and women whose mothers experienced stressful events during pregnancy regulate stress differently in the brain 45 years later.

In a Mother Jones story on the virus' spread through prisons during the pandemic, Alexandria Macmadu, a PhD student in the Brown University Department of Epidemiology, says "Prisons and jails are not an island. People go in and out of them each day. Not only the people who are incarcerated, but also the staff members who return each day to their families."

Associate Epidemiology Professor Chanelle Howe, PhD will be serving as a panelist for Part 1 of the Boston University SPH 3 Part Series: Epidemiology and Race: Why and How We Study Racial Health Disparities on Thursday, February 25, 2021, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Through her upcoming research project on perinatal health and HIV, Angie Bengtson, PhD hopes to answer critical questions about the development and impact of cardiometabolic diseases – such as gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, and pre-eclampsia – amongst pregnant women with HIV in South Africa.

Angela Bengtson has recently published an article in the American Journal of Epidemiology discussing the intersecting HIV and COVID epidemics.

Joseph Braun provides commentary in the New York Times on the safety of different types of chemicals found in plastics and how to avoid them.

Three teams of public health faculty have received these competitive awards in 2020 for their projects improving maternal and child health in South Africa, exploring the association between greenspace and mental and physical health among pregnant women, and investigating the effect of a driver's license suspension on access to health care. Congratulations to Angela Bengtson, Ph.D., Steven McGarvey, Ph.D., and Nina Joyce, Ph.D.

Sustained engagement in HIV care is critical to the success of Option B+ for HIV-infected pregnant women. However, monitoring women’s engagement in care across clinics and over time is challenging due to migration and clinic transfers.

Professor Joseph Braun recently spoke to members of Congress and their staff during a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) briefing on children's environmental health. Braun described how even low levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may place children’s health at risk.

Providence alone has 24 schools within 1,000 feet of major roads, including three schools for students with special needs. About 8,000 public schools nationwide lie within 500 feet of highways, truck routes, and other roads with significant traffic, according to a joint investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.