Other Health Related Activities At Brown


Asthma Swim (Project Health) : Teach children with asthma how to swim.
Contact :Margaret_Dann@brown.edu

CHAP (Community Health Advocacy Program) : Raise awareness of health issues in communities lacking health care programs.
Contact : Co-chairs Katharine_Eng@brown.edu or Sandy_Chira@brown.edu

CHAOS (Community Health Activism Outreach Strategies) : Through partnerships with grassroots organizations, hospitals, and the RI Department of Health, CHAOS mobilizes communities, engaging them in political activism and self-advocacy related to health.
Contact : Neha_Sharma@brown.edu

DAAP (Domestic Abuse Advocacy Project): Works on campus and with community-based domestic violence agencies to advocate for and support those affected by relationship abuse.
Contact: Dianna_Brazzell@brown.edu

EHAP (Environmental Health Action Project): In conjunction with Brown's Environmental Studies Department, Providence Community Health Centers, and the RI Department of Health, works with families affected by asthma to improve their health and quality of life.
Contact : Peter_Y_Change@brown.edu or Deborah_R_List@brown.edu

EMS (Emergency Medical Services): Train to become an EMT and serve the Brown community.
Contact : Director Richard_Lapierre@brown.edu , x3-3671

Interpreter's Aide Program : Translate for non-English speaking patients to help them gain access to health care services at Rhode Island Hospital.
Contact : Program Coordinator David_Mansbach@brown.edu

PHASE (Peer HIV/AIDS Site-Based Education): Engage in discussions of HIV prevention with young adults at the West End Community Center, Progreso Latino, and Hope High School.
Contacts : Amir_Fouad@brown.edu or Srigowri_Vijayakumari@brown.edu

SCRUBS (Society for Clinical Research for Undergrads at Brown): Conduct research at one of the area hospitals including Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Women and Infants’ Hospital, and more.
Contacts : Courtney_Wilson@brown.edu or Aimee_Two@brown.edu or lisa@brown.edu

STRIVE (Project Health) : Form a one-on-one mentor relationship with a teenager afflicted with sickle-cell anemia.
Contact : Nimisha_Parikh@brown.edu, x7-5479