Brown School Welcomes New Faculty, Celebrates Promotions
They add their expertise, research and teaching to our vibrant community, and help us deepen our dedication to equity and impact locally, nationally and globally.
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Study Shows Patient-Centered Care Matters for Inpatient Psychiatry Patients
A study led by Assistant Professor Morgan Shields finds psychiatric patients who reported better patient-care experiences while hospitalized were more likely to report increases in trust in mental healthcare providers and willingness to voluntarily go to the hospital.
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Brown School Welcomes New PhD Students
These 19 outstanding scholars have far-ranging interests that include global aging, child abuse and neglect, reproductive health, gender issues, youth mental health, sustainable development, and dissemination and implementation science.
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PHP Unit Debuts Training to Assess the Health of Built Environments in Neighborhoods
A team at the Brown School is reviving and refreshing an online resource to determine how conducive a neighborhood or community is for walking, biking, and other physical activities. The instrument, the Built Environment Assessment Training (BEAT) program, is one of the first projects of the new People, Health & Place unit of the Prevention Research Center.
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Public Health Doctoral Student Awarded NSF Training Fellowship
Drew Crenshaw, a doctoral student in public health sciences, has been selected into the inaugural class of the AI Advancements and Convergence in Computational, Environmental and Social Sciences (AI-ACCESS) National Research Traineeship (NRT).
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