Timeline
| 1917 | The Brown Corporation recommends Public Health Program |
| 1971 | Department of Community Health created |
| 1982 | First Public Health Research Center founded |
| 1995 | Brown Corporation approves Program in Public Health |
| 2002 | Master of Public Health program receives CEPH accreditation |
| 2004 | School of Public Health expansion plan approved |
| 2005 | Public Health building purchased by University |
| 2011 | Academic Departments developed |
| 2013 | School of Public Health launched |
| 2013 | Terrie Fox Wetle, MS, Ph.D., named Inaugural Dean for the School of Public Health |
| 2016 | CEPH Accreditation |
| 2016 | Launch of Continuum, the official magazine for the Brown University School of Public Health |
| 2017 | Bess H. Marcus, Ph.D. succeeds Fox Wetle as the second Dean for the School of Public Health |
| 2019 | Launch of Advancing Well-Being for All, the School's 2019-2024 strategic plan |
Founding Dean
Terrie Fox Wetle arrived at Brown in 2000 and worked over the following decade and a half to create and lead the School of Public Health. Learn more about our founding dean and the development of the School of Public Health.