With a specific emphasis on stemming the growth of the opioid epidemic, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has renewed the funding of a longstanding center at Brown University that provides addiction training for thousands of health care professionals across New England.

For the roughly 7 percent of adults who live with atopic dermatitis, a common form of eczema, a new study reports a little good news: Despite recent findings to the contrary, the skin condition is likely not associated with an increase in cardiovascular risk factors or diseases.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — The next dean of the Brown University School of Public Health will be Bess Marcus, a leading scholar in health behavior changes and the first senior associate dean for public health at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

Marcus will begin her tenure as dean effective Nov. 1, 2017, succeeding Terrie Fox Wetle, who became the school’s inaugural dean in 2013.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Fentanyl, a highly potent prescription opioid, has Rhode Island drug users on high alert. But despite widespread aversion, fentanyl now causes the majority of the state’s drug overdose deaths.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Meditation is increasingly being marketed as a treatment for conditions such as pain, depression, stress and addiction, and while many people achieve therapeutic goals, other meditators encounter a much broader range of experiences — sometimes distressing and even impairing ones — along the way. READ MORE

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — With a two-year, $1.1 million grant from the Peterson Center on Healthcare, Brown University School of Public Health researchers will embark on a study that could help increase high-quality, cost-effective care for high-need Medicare patients requiring post-discharge care, such as rehabilitation or pal

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2017 School of Public Health Graduate Programs Impact Awards! 

Public Health Impact Awards, Master’s:  

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2017 School of Public Health Undergraduate Programs Impact Awards!

Many Brown Public Health concentrators arrive at Brown intending to pursue pre-med. Then they take Introduction to Public Health, or Health Care in the United States. These popular courses often help students realize that health and healthcare can be studied from multiple perspectives.