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January 22, 2026
News from SPH
Community-academic research partnership sparks CDC funding
A local pilot study between School of Public Health researchers and Meridian Senior Living has paved the way for a CDC-funded initiative to keep seniors safer across the country.
January 13, 2026
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Q&A: Navigating the Post-Dobbs Landscape
In this interview, the co-directors of Brown University’s new AIM Lab, emergency physician Dara Kass and legal expert Liz Tobin-Tyler, discuss the chaotic intersection of medicine and law.
December 10, 2025
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The AI therapist will see you now: Q&A with Dr. Ateev Mehrotra
Young adults are turning to AI chatbots like ChatGPT for mental health advice, highlighting a massive shift in how people seek support. In this interview Dr. Ateev Mehrotra discusses the urgent need to balance AI's capacity for providing accessible, cost-effective care with its potential to cause harm.
December 2, 2025
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Oregon’s first-in-the-nation hospital price cap cut costs without compromising care
A Brown University School of Public Health analysis shows Oregon’s cap on hospital payments for the state employee health plan led to major savings without reducing services, staffing or patient satisfaction.
November 20, 2025
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‘A breakdown across many decades’: Former WHO communications chief reflects on pandemic disinformation and U.S. withdrawal
Gabriella Stern details the challenge of fighting geopolitical scapegoating and false narratives amid America’s abrupt exit from the WHO at the latest Public Health in Practice Seminar.
November 18, 2025
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One in eight adolescents and young adults use AI chatbots for mental health advice
Researchers from RAND, Brown University School of Public Health and Harvard report that young people are turning to generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, for mental health advice at unexpectedly high rates.
