Brown epidemiologist and associate dean David Savitz led the Michigan governor’s PFAS Science Advisory Committee, focusing on the health impacts of a class of toxic contaminants.

Understanding the very different characteristics of subgroups of obese patients may hold the key to devising more effective treatments and interventions, new research from Brown University found.

Originally published in THE GLOBE AND MAIL AUGUST 19, 2018

A Brown University study found that many young adults who tried fentanyl test strips reduced overdose risk by using less, going slower or using with someone else present.

The study found a link between children’s weight status in the first two years of life and their school-age performance on cognitive tests.

A unique new research laboratory at Samoa’s Ministry of Health.

Mentoring global health leaders and teaching “Burden of Disease in Developing Countries” since 1993.