‘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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

Researchers in the Brown University School of Public Health investigate the complex connections between our environment and our health.

Dr. Karl Kelsey was awarded the 2019 AACR - Johnson & Johnson Lung Cancer Innovation Science Grant at The American Association for Cancer Research 2019 Annual Meeting. 

Kimberly Glazer, Epidemiology PhD candidate, attended the Eating Disorder Research Society meeting in Sydney Australia and won an award for best student abstract.

Dr. Simin Liu was awarded an Honorary Adjunct Professorship at the Chinese National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases at 2018 China Heart Congress.