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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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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Using insurance claim data from five states, a team of researchers led by Brown University physician-scholar Megan Ranney found that health care costs skyrocket in the six months after a firearm injury.
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As COVID-19 swept across the nation, most states went into lockdown — new research and state-by-state data suggests that stay-at-home orders helped slow the pandemic significantly.
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new research finds that past stressors and traumatic events increase vulnerability to mental illnesses, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD).
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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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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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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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Gregory Wellenius receives Tony McMichael Mid-Term Career Award
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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Simin Liu awarded Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Global Health
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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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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Wellenius and Braun speak on climate change and environmental chemicals
Researchers in the Brown University School of Public Health investigate the complex connections between our environment and our health.
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Confronting Opioids
Jody Rich recalls sitting in the Rhode Island Medical Examiner’s office in Providence, a two-foot high stack of folders piled on the table in front of him.
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Young adults who use drugs find fentanyl test strips useful, residue testing more convenient and testing at home more private, a Brown study found.
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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.
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Brown epidemiologist Gregory Wellenius was a contributing author to the Fourth National Climate Assessment, focusing on the risks and impacts residents of the Northeast will face.
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Study finds that in treating obesity, one size does not fit all
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.
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Originally published in THE GLOBE AND MAIL AUGUST 19, 2018
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PhD Candidate, Kimberly Glazer, wins award for best student abstract at Eating Disorder Research Society meeting
Kimberly Glazer, Epidemiology PhD candidate, attended the Eating Disorder Research Society meeting in Sydney Australia and won an award for best student abstract.
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Fentanyl test strips prove useful in preventing overdoses
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.
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With the prestigious appointment, Dr. Josiah Rich earns high honors for his work fighting the opioid epidemic and addressing health issues among prisoners.
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Dr. Simin Liu awarded an Honorary Adjunct Professorship at the Chinese National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases.
Dr. Simin Liu was awarded an Honorary Adjunct Professorship at the Chinese National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases at 2018 China Heart Congress.
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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.
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In the Samoan Language “Olaga” Means Life
A unique new research laboratory at Samoa’s Ministry of Health.
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Faculty Profile: Stephen McGarvey, Ph.D., MPH
Mentoring global health leaders and teaching “Burden of Disease in Developing Countries” since 1993.
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Accompanied by the island nation’s prime minister, Brown University public health professor Stephen McGarvey celebrated a new facility for studying the lifestyle and genetic influences of obesity and non-communicable diseases in Samoa.
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Hepatitis C care falling short for young opioid users in R.I.
New research finds that while many Rhode Island young adults who use opioids get screened for hepatitis C, they aren’t always connected to care for an infection if one is detected.
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With a new $3 million grant, a multi-institutional team led by Brown University public health researchers will measure and test how ‘resilience,’ or the ability to flourish in spite of adversity, may lead to better HIV-related outcomes.
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Patients in nursing homes that provided a high-dose flu vaccine were significantly less likely than residents in standard-dose homes to go to the hospital during flu season, according to a new study.
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In a pair of studies of Rhode Island’s opioid overdose epidemic, Brown University researchers show that while heroin users appear desperate to avoid fentanyl, it’s killing more of them every year.
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Dr. Maureen Phipps, chair of obstetrics and gynecology in the Alpert Medical School and a member of the task force, discusses its new recommendations supporting breastfeeding.
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$2M grant to study how chemicals affect kids
Brown University epidemiologist Joseph Braun has shown that prenatal exposure to PFAS chemicals is associated with greater adiposity in children. With a new $2-million grant from the National Institutes of Health, he will examine how the chemicals may have that effect and when exposure is most crucial.
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Liu wins AHA research award for diabetes, heart disease
Dr. Simin Liu is among the first scientists funded by the American Heart Association to work on its new Cardiovascular Genome-Phenome initiative. He will now have access to three major resources for a deep investigation of gene-diet interactions in cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes across different ethnic groups.
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