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Providence Business News

Brown initiative tracks risks in local drug supply, public warned of potential harm

June 9, 2022
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.
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News from Brown Epidemiology

Alexandria Macmadu awarded Brown University Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship

June 3, 2022
Recent graduate of epidemiology doctoral program awarded prestigious postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University.
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The Boston Globe

Drug overdoses spiked during the pandemic. Here’s what states need to do.

June 2, 2022
Sticking to simplistic explanations that rationalize increased overdoses as a product only of COVID-19 isolation obscures the specific reasons behind the spike.
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Nature

Mega-model predicts US opioid deaths will soon peak

June 1, 2022
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.
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The Providence Journal

With COVID cases rising, CDC issues new guidance. What Rhode Islanders need to know.

May 20, 2022
Cases are rising in Rhode Island. Professor Mark Lurie provides comments.
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News from Brown

2020 doctoral and master’s degree speakers to return to College Hill for in-person addresses

May 19, 2022
Mira Nikolova and Abdullah Shihipar, who respectively earned a Ph.D. and master’s from Brown in 2020, will return to campus to address their fellow alumni during a dedicated Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 28.
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The Associated Press

US deaths from COVID hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years in

May 16, 2022
The US COVID-19 death toll has reached more than a million deaths. Professor Jennifer Nuzzo provides comments.
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News from Brown Epidemiology

Max Krieger awarded Dean's Staff Award for Excellence in Innovation

May 4, 2022
Program Manager at People, Place and Health Collective awarded Dean's Staff Award for Excellence in Innovation
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News from Brown Epidemiology

Assistant Professor of Practice Jesse Yedinak Appointed Assistant Dean for Education

April 27, 2022
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Epidemiology Appointed Assistant Dean for Education
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News from Brown Epidemiology

Doctoral Student Meghan Cupp Inducted Into Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health

April 20, 2022
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.
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Rhode Island PBS Weekly

Harm Reduction

April 10, 2022
Professor Brandon Marshall spoke to Rhode Island PBS Weekly about Rhode Island's efforts to open a harm reduction center.
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Think Global Health

Defanging COVID-19 in China

April 6, 2022
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.
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News from Brown Epidemiology

New book by Professor Eric Loucks addresses mindfulness for college students

March 31, 2022
New book by Professor Eric Loucks helps address mental and physical health by providing tips mindfulness habits for college students.
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MedPage Today

More States Legalize Fentanyl Test Strips

March 29, 2022
Can testing recreational drugs be an effective harm reduction strategy?
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Rhode Island PBS Weekly

Long COVID

March 13, 2022
This RIPBS segment features commentary on long COVID by Francesca Beaudoin, an associate professor and interim chair of epidemiology at Brown.
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News from Brown

Suspending syringe services programs will result in an increase of HIV infections, study finds

February 28, 2022
Using a simulation modeling approach, Brown researchers estimate that closing syringe services programs, even for one year, will cause cases of HIV to rise.
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News from Brown

Rhode Island educators, students, parents gather to discuss pandemic’s impact on K-12 schools

January 20, 2022
A virtual event hosted by the Annenberg Institute convened experts to discuss how Providence and Rhode Island can build stronger, healthier K-12 schools, both amid and following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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EcoRI News

Data Show Widespread Toxic Chemical Contamination Across Rhode Island and Massachusetts

January 17, 2022
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.
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Providence Journal

Omicron has reached the US. Here's how Rhode Island prepares for its possible arrival.

December 3, 2021
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.
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News from Brown

Study shows how machine learning could improve COVID-19 predictive models

December 1, 2021
With the help of an advanced machine learning technique, researchers from Brown University suggest strategies for improving the performance of epidemiological models used to predict the course of pandemics.
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News from Brown Epidemiology

Chanelle Howe and Charles Eaton awarded grant to determine ways to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in heart failure

November 5, 2021
What do health disparities along racial and ethnic lines look like when it comes to heart failure and how can we reduce them?
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News from Brown

Men, jobless and people with mental health diagnoses most vulnerable in 2020 overdose spike

September 17, 2021
New findings about the causes and characteristics of overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic may be used to inform policies that could lower death rates even after COVID-19 is under control.
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The Samoa Observer

Recent Doctoral Graduate Courtney Choy present recent findings: Early monitoring key to childhood obesity

April 21, 2021
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.
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The Harvard Gazette

Professor Buka co-authors study finding that how we handle stress at 45 is linked to prenatal exposure

April 19, 2021
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.
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Mother Jones

PhD Student Alexandria Macmadu finds: Solitary Confinement Policies Could Make the Prison Pandemic Worse

February 25, 2021
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."
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News from Brown Epidemiology

Chanelle Howe to serve as panelist in upcoming seminar "Epidemiology and Race: Why and How We Study Racial Health Disparities"

February 9, 2021
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.
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News from Brown

Clinical trial to evaluate whether topical medication can prevent common skin cancer

January 25, 2021
A $34 million U.S. Veterans Affairs grant will enable Martin Weinstock, who directs dermatology research for the Providence V.A. and is a Brown professor, to evaluate the effectiveness of a common medication in preventing basal cell carcinoma.
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News from Brown

Amid pandemic, U.S. must reduce incarceration to protect public safety, report finds

October 22, 2020
Dr. Josiah “Jody” Rich, a Brown professor of medicine and epidemiology, joined a panel of experts assembled by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to explore ways to combat coronavirus behind bars.
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Population Studies and Training Center

Bengtson investigates risk of cardiometabolic disease amongst HIV-infected pregnant women in South Africa

September 7, 2020
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.
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American Journal of Epidemiology

HIV and COVID-19: Intersecting Epidemics With Many Unknowns

July 22, 2020
Angela Bengtson has recently published an article in the American Journal of Epidemiology discussing the intersecting HIV and COVID epidemics.
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The New York Times

The Types of Plastics Families Should Avoid: If it seems like plastic is everywhere, that’s because it is. But there are easy ways to limit your exposure.

April 17, 2020
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.
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2021 Research Seed Awards

Three Epidemiology Faculty Awarded Seed Awards

January 28, 2020
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.
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SpringerLink

Bengtson and Lurie coauthor recent paper examining an innovative way to track engagement in HIV care for women during the perinatal period in Malawi

December 3, 2019
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.
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News from Brown

R.I. researchers, policymakers outline new framework for opioid use disorder treatment

November 19, 2019
Aiming to reduce treatment gaps and guide state policy, a diverse set of voices from Brown University and the State of Rhode Island developed a cascade of care model for opioid use disorder.
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Environmental Factor

Joseph Braun spoke at NIEHS brief updating congressional staff

November 4, 2019
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.
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Eco RI News

Intersection of Schools and Highways Produces Bad Air

November 3, 2019
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.
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Environmental Research

Silence is golden: Living in a noisy area may increase risk of more serious stroke

October 31, 2019
The high levels of environmental noise we are subjected to in large cities can increase both the severity and consequences of an ischaemic stroke.
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News from Brown

In confronting opioid crisis, researchers to test neighborhood-based interventions, fentanyl test strips

October 29, 2019
Nearly $6.8 million in new federal grants will enable researchers to collaborate with agencies across the state, including the Rhode Island Department of Health, to investigate innovative ways to tackle the opioid crisis.
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National Academy of Medicine

David Savitz recipient of the NAM 2019 David Rall Medal

October 25, 2019
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) honored Professor Savitz with the David Rall Medal, which is given to a member who has demonstrated distinguished leadership as chair of a study committee or other such activity, showing commitment that far exceeds the position’s responsibilities. During his 26 years of service to NAM, he has served on the Board on the Health of Select Populations and more than a dozen committees, five of which he chaired. Savitz’s reputation as a skilled judge of evidence, a rigorous critical thinker, and a careful communicator of scientific findings and their implications have made him a highly sought committee chair. His committees have often taken on contentious, scientifically challenging issues, including electromagnetic radiation, Agent Orange and burn pit exposures among veterans, contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, and the public health ramifications of e-cigarettes. Notably, under his leadership as chair, the Committee on Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune produced a report that helped inform legislation, which was signed by President Obama.
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American Journal of Psychiatry

Maternal bacterial infection during pregnancy associated with offspring risk of psychoses

October 4, 2019
Recent Brown Epi Alum, Young A "Heather" Lee is lead author on important new study: Maternal bacterial infection during pregnancy associated with offspring risk of psychoses, with odds increasing with infection severity and in males.
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News from Brown

For young athletes, sport specialization means increased risk of injury

September 23, 2019
Specialization in a chosen sport is associated with a higher volume of activity — and it could increase young athletes’ risk of sustaining both traumatic- and overuse-based injuries, new study says.
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News from Brown Epidemiology

Gregory Wellenius receives Tony McMichael Mid-Term Career Award

August 27, 2019
Congratulations to Gregory Wellenius, who was the receipient of the Tony McMichael Mid-Term Career Award at the 31st annual conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology!
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News from Brown Epidemiology

Simin Liu awarded Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Global Health

August 22, 2019
Dr. Simin Liu has been selected by the Presidential Fulbright Board for a Distinguished Chair in Global Health award 2019-2020. The Fulbright Distinguished Chair Awards are widely considered as one of the most prestigious appointments, with approximately 40 eminent scholars selected from all disciplines across America's Universities each year.
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The Public's Radio

Rhode Islanders use less AC than the nation average, but will rising temperatures change that?

August 1, 2019
Greg Wellenius is a climate scientist at Brown University. His work on long-term heat trends in Rhode Island was cited in the National Climate Assessment -- the federal government’s most comprehensive, authoritative report on how climate change will affect (and is affecting) the country. Wellenius says a big part of the problem is how quickly summers are getting longer and hotter. Today, Rhode Island gets about three more weeks of really hot days than they did in the 70s. The average number of dangerously hot days has also increased.
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The Providence Journal

A climate of suffering: Climate change brings a world of health problems, particularly for asthma sufferers

July 23, 2019
Professor Gregory Wellenius and former postdoc Kate Weinberger discuss their environmental research with the Providence Journal, alongside child health experts from the School of Public Health.
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Philadelphia Magazine

Recent study found Philadelphia's heat alert system to be making a life-saving impact

July 23, 2019
A study conducted by Brown University and Harvard researchers found that the heat alerts issued by the National Weather Service can reduce heat related deaths by 4.4%. However, it is not the alert itself that saves lives, says Wellenius, “it’s what people and communities and governments do in response to those heat warnings.”
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News from Brown

Cold weather increases the risk of fatal opioid overdoses, study finds

June 17, 2019
While the precise reasons are unclear, an analysis of overdose deaths in Rhode Island and Connecticut showed that cold snaps raised the risk of fatal opioid overdoses by 25 percent.
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News from Brown Epidemiology

Wellenius and Braun speak on climate change and environmental chemicals

June 6, 2019
Researchers in the Brown University School of Public Health investigate the complex connections between our environment and our health.
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ASPPH News

Brandon Marshall awarded ASPPH Early Career Public Health Research Award

May 14, 2019
Brandon Marshall, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, has been awarded the ASPPH Early Career Public Health Research Award. This award recognizes a graduate public health faculty member, who is within 10 years of their last formal training, and is an outstanding early-career investigator.
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PubMed

Chanelle Howe and Andrew Cressman's paper recently published in AIDS and Behavior

May 10, 2019
Chanelle Howe, Phd. and Andrew Cressman's recent paper titled: "The Relationship Between Discrimination and Missed HIV Care Appointments Among Women Living with HIV" has been published in AIDS and Behavior. Cressman is a recent Brown Epidemiology ScM graduate and this article was developed from his master's thesis. Their article was also recently highlighted by The Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH).
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