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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.

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.

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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Alethea Desrosiers, PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University and a dedicated implementation scientist committed to promoting global mental health equity. As a faculty member in the Brown Research on Implementation and Dissemination to Guide Evidence Use (BRIDGE), she works to connect youth and families to essential mental health services.
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On view at the Warren Alpert Medical School, photographs taken by medical student Benjamin Katz in a rural Rwandan community raise awareness of the health risks posed by lack of access to clean water.

Check out Ben's project, “Intertwined Voices of Refugee Families: A Visual & Narrative Exploration of Resettlement” on display at List Art Center, Room 225, Friday, October 10th, 2025 at 6:30 PM.
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Annual Report 2024-2025

The Center for Global Health Equity is proud to share our first Annual Report, highlighting a year of progress in global health research and education.
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Community Spotlights

Alethea Desrosiers, PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University and a dedicated implementation scientist committed to promoting global mental health equity. As a faculty member in the Brown Research on Implementation and Dissemination to Guide Evidence Use (BRIDGE), she works to connect youth and families to essential mental health services.
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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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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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