The Hassenfeld Institute’s longitudinal study of the health of Rhode Island mothers and infants, known as the Hassenfeld Study, enrolls moms across the state either during early pregnancy or shortly after delivery and follows them and their children for three years. This provides the framework for research in many areas, including an analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on the communities we serve.
When state and local agencies need a partner to assist with sophisticated evaluation of public health programs, they often turn to the Hassenfeld Institute’s Data Core for help. While the Data Core provides research support for projects within the Institute, they also collaborate extensively with state and local partners on a myriad of programs.
How do we engage children who struggle with overweight and obesity and their families in physical activity and healthy eating in the midst of a pandemic?
"Outer Space," a punk song written and recorded by the Autism Initiative's Daniel Moreno De Luca, MD, MSc, was recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), along with an essay, which Dr. Moreno De Luca says emphasizes "the humanity of not only the kiddos and adults with autism we see, but also of the clinicians." Read the essay and listen to the song.
When the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shut down and businesses to send employees home in March, the Hassenfeld Institute’s Asthma Initiative team knew they had to act quickly to continue to provide services to children with asthma and their families.
Twenty-five-year-old Connor Thompson, an amateur photographer, is inspired by colors, designs and textures. He particularly enjoys using the macro setting on his digital camera to take close-up photos of nature: flowers and frogs, insects, blue herons and other birds native to Cape Cod.
August 13, 2020, PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute at Brown University announced on Friday the recipients of this year’s Child Health Innovation Awards. The Rhode Island Community Food Bank and the City of Providence’s Healthy Communities Office (HCO) will each receive $10,000 to support programs that will improve the health of children in Rhode Island. In addition to funding, the recipients will receive technical assistance from the Hassenfeld Institute’s expert faculty.
At just over 1,200 square miles, Rhode Island is the smallest state. However, it presents big opportunities for studying child health. With just one medical school, one children’s hospital and one women’s hospital, Rhode Island is the perfect place for collaboration and innovation in children’s health.
A study by professors Eric Morrow and Stephen Sheinkopf, who lead our Autism Initiative, analyzing the first 1,000 patients from the Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) found that girls receive autism diagnoses an average of 1.5 years later than boys, and people with autism often have co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions. The study was published in the January 2020 issue of Autism Research.
