The core of Brown's mission is to educate the next generation of leaders to tackle increasingly complex issues of health, economics, population and environment in a global society. The mission includes partnerships with institutions in lower and middle-income countries that are having a direct and positive impact on people in these regions. In order to fully tap the potential of this effort, the Center for Global Health Equity was established in 2025 to expand Brown's partnerships; to bring together faculty members, students, and international collaborators; and to spur innovation and coordination.
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Center for Global Health Equity
Center for Global Health Equity
Global health is a defining issue of our time, and universities have a tremendous responsibility to help reduce the burden of disease in communities around the world and help build an infrastructure for progress and understanding through research, education and service.
Center for Global Health Equity
Global health is a defining issue of our time, and universities have a tremendous responsibility to help reduce the burden of disease in communities around the world and help build an infrastructure for progress and understanding through research, education and service.
The Center for Global Health Equity both supports and spearheads many multidisciplinary research projects, aiming to reduce health inequalities among underserved populations locally and worldwide. Here we highlight research projects that are being carried out by our core CGHE team. For research affiliated with collaborators and partners, please see the Partners page.
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2025 BRIGHT Application
The Center for Global Health Equity (GHE) is now accepting applications for the Brown Residency International and Global Health Training Pathway (BRIGHT) now through August 18, 2025.
The BRIGHT Pathway is a 2-year longitudinal program designed to create and support a multidisciplinary community of residents who are interested in making global health part of their career. BRIGHT Pathway consists of quarterly meetings with guest speakers, along with a self-directed curriculum of core global health topics.
Residents are expected to complete and present a scholarly global health project by the end of the 2 years. We recommend participants join during the last two years of their residency program. Participants are also required to attend 3 BRIGHT/CGHE events per year. No prior global health experience is necessary to apply.
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The BRIGHT Pathway is a 2-year longitudinal program designed to create and support a multidisciplinary community of residents who are interested in making global health part of their career. BRIGHT Pathway consists of quarterly meetings with guest speakers, along with a self-directed curriculum of core global health topics.
Residents are expected to complete and present a scholarly global health project by the end of the 2 years. We recommend participants join during the last two years of their residency program. Participants are also required to attend 3 BRIGHT/CGHE events per year. No prior global health experience is necessary to apply.
Dr. Spencer is an emergency medicine physician and an associate professor at Brown and serves on the advisory board for Doctors Without Borders USA.
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Community Spotlights
News from CGHE
Community Spotlight: Dr. Ramu Kharel
Dr. Ramu Kharel has won the BMJ South Asia Award for his Nepal Poison Information Center pilot establishment project which is now operating 24/7. This center is the first of its kind in the country to improve healthcare outcomes and marks the beginning of a longer journey to scale and strengthen poisoning care throughout Nepal.
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Community Spotlight: Dr. Daria Szkwarko
Daria Szkwarko, DO, MPH and co-PI Hussein Elias, MBChB, MMed, have been awarded a $6.5 million grant funded by Gates Foundation, Novartis, Eli Lilly and Company, and Merck through its Merck for Mothers initiative, with support from Panorama Global to support point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) education and care integration in western Kenya.
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Community Spotlight: Katarina Ho
Brown Medical Student Awarded SAEMF Alli and Danielle Raja RAMS Medical Student Research Grant to Improve Healthcare Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa
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