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March 24, 2025
News from Brown
Avoidable deaths are on the rise in the U.S., yet falling in many peer nations
A study by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health found that avoidable mortality rose across all U.S. states from 2009 to 2021, while it declined in most other high-income countries.
March 13, 2025
News from Brown
Brown’s Hassenfeld Institute leader to chair U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Dr. Michael Silverstein, director of the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute, will lead a national task force working to improve health nationwide by making recommendations about clinical preventive services.
March 12, 2025
News from SPH
The moment everything changed
If you ask anyone, they remember the exact moment that they realized that COVID-19 was going to change the world. For most of us, that moment came during the second week of March 2020. Schools were shut down. Many jobs became remote. But by the time most of our lives were changed by the pandemic, public health experts had already spent weeks or even months trying to stop the spread.
January 28, 2025
News from Brown
More primary care physicians are affiliated with hospitals, leading to increased patient costs
A study by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health analyzed recent consolidation trends for primary care physicians and the resulting impacts on costs to patients.
January 14, 2025
News from SPH
How research shapes health policy on Capitol Hill
Jared Perkins, director of health policy strategy at Brown's Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research, offers insights into the challenges of influencing health policy under a shifting political landscape and how researchers help shape federal health care decisions.
December 18, 2024
News from SPH
Evaluating Music & Memory
For older patients with dementia, can beloved music from their teenage years provide comfort in moments of anxiety and stress? Professor Ellen McCreedy studied a personalized music intervention’s power to improve the quality of life for older adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias.
November 19, 2024
News from Brown
$13 million grant to Brown to enable research on impact of health policies on people with Alzheimer's
Researchers from Brown University’s School of Public Health will lead a federal grant to address urgent health policy gaps for people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
November 9, 2024
School of Public Health Dean's Office
Professor Brendan Saloner will join Brown faculty cohort this July
Brendan Saloner, Ph.D. will join the School of Public Health as professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice on July 1, 2025.
May 24, 2024
News from SPH
Alumni Impact Award Winner: Designing a Smarter Social Safety Net
Brown armed him with the tools needed to analyze and improve health policy, but Chima Ndumele’s passion for righting injustice keeps him looking forward, focused on improving the lives of low-income Americans.
May 15, 2024
News from SPH
Brown Doctoral Candidate Receives Coveted Fellowship with the CDC
After Joe Silva graduates from Brown’s School of Public Health, he will begin a two year role as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer for the U.S. Government.
May 9, 2024
News from SPH
New Study Links Military Burn Pit Exposure to Increased Health Risks
Brown researchers examined hundreds of thousands of veterans’ health records to determine if exposure to burn pits on military bases correlates with elevated risk for respiratory and cardiac health conditions.
April 24, 2024
News from Brown
New center at Brown to study health care systems across countries
A discussion comparing health policy challenges facing the U.S. to those faced by other high-income countries illustrated how the Center for Health System Sustainability aims to improve health care systems through research.