SPH COVID-19 Resources

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A robust protocol of testing and contact tracing for all students, faculty and staff who are on campus regularly is serving as an essential element for supporting community health.

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Recent Events

Conversations with ... series

  • For his Conversations with ... series, Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the School of Public Health, joins distinguished expert guests in conversation on various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Delta Variant Discussion and Q&A

  • August 10, 2021: Dean Ashish Jha, Dr. Paul Offit, and Helen Branswell discuss the Delta variant and its impact as the fall months approach

Election Aftermath: Public Health in the US and the World

  • November 5 and 11, 2020: Dean Ashish Jha and a panel of experts take stock of how the election outcome will impact public health, the economy, and health disparities in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic across the United States.

Covid Today: Is America Really Ready to Re-Open?

  • August 4, 2020: Incoming dean of the School of Public Health Ashish Jha and economist Emily Oster

Decoding Covid: Health Disparities and COVID-19

  • June 8, 2020: Amal Trivedi, MD, MPH and Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, PhD, MPH

Webinars from the Hassenfeld Institute

  • October 21, 2020: "Supporting K-12 Students' Learning during COVID-19: Resources for Parents and Caregivers," featuring Nancy E. Hill, Ph.D., of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Nathaniel Schwartz of Brown's Annenberg Institute for School Reform.
  • July 23, 2020: "Questions about Autism during COVID-19 and Beyond," featuring Stephen Sheinkopf, Ph.D., and Joanne Quinn
  • June 25, 2020: Sleeping, Eating and Being Active: Healthy Routines for Kids during COVID-19 and Beyond
  • May 14, 2020: Pregnancy and COVID-19
  • May 19, 2020: Children and COVID-19

How Racism, Economic Inequality, and Coronavirus Intersect

  • June 2, 2020: Dr. Ashish Jha, incoming dean of the Brown School of Public Health, explores the ongoing collision of systemic racism, coronavirus, and economic catastrophe with the Watson Institute’s Trending Globally Podcast.

Experts from Across Brown on COVID-19

  • April 14, 2020: Panelists Mark Lurie, Jud Brewer, Wendy Schiller, and Megan Ranney join moderator Adam Levine for a discussion on the current crisis.

Alpert Medical School’s Decoding Covid Seminars

  • The Division of Biology and Medicine’s series invites physicians and researchers to present virtual seminars related to the novel coronavirus and the present pandemic.