This year’s “Best Abstract Overall” prize was awarded to Calli Dogon, MD for her abstract entitled, "Cardiovascular and metabolic outcomes in HIV-exposed uninfected versus HIV-unexposed children aged 5-8 years: the influence of maternal lipid profiles." Dr. Dogon received a $500 award.

Global Health Research Day is an annual forum hosted by the Brown University Global Health Initiative (GHI) and the Division of Biology and Medicine since 2010, highlighting the research accomplishments of students and trainees across campus. This is a flagship event for the GHI.

Congratulations to Dylan Bush, first-year medical student at The Warren Alpert Medical School, for winning the CUGH Dr. Judy Wasserheit Young Leader Award!

The 2024 CUGH conference was launched at 4:30pm on March 7th in Los Angeles, California. Its principal goal is to strengthen universities' contributions to global health, particularly in the fields of implementation science, knowledge translation in public health crises, and universal health coverage.

I am pleased to announce that Adam C. Levine, MD, MPH, FACEP, professor of emergency medicine and health services, policy and practice, has been appointed the inaugural Associate Dean of Global Health Equity in the Division of Biology and Medicine, effective January 1, 2024.

The Brown/Ukraine Collaboration and the Global Ultrasound Institute have awarded Daria Szkwarko, DO, MPH, Director, Global Health Faculty Development Fellowship in Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, a grant to continue a training program with the Ukrainian FOCUS POCUS Ultrasound Team.

Global Health Research Day was a great success this year, with 36 student posters, a remarkable faculty lecture and several award recipients.

Last night, on the fourth day of the 35th International Papillomavirus Conference, Professor Omenge Orang’o was appointed as a Board member of the International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS). His term will range from April 20th 2023 to November 15th 2024. Congratulations on this momentous achievement!

Amos Okutse and Rophence Ojiambo have completed their Master's in Biostatistics from the Brown School of Public Health under the support of NAMBARI, the Moi-Brown Partnership for HIV Biostatistics Training (D43TW010050)

William Ochien'g and Faith Okaalo have completed MPH degrees from the Brown School of Public Health with the support of the Brown/Moi Training Program for the Prevention of HIV-related Cervical Cancer (5D43TW011317).

A physician-scientist and the eighth dean of medicine and biology at Brown, Jain shared insights on how the University’s biomedical community can improve human health and fuel economic growth in Rhode Island and beyond.

In a refugee camp in Lviv, Ukraine, a white-and-red trailer with images of the Red Cross and Rod of Asclepius stands by the train tracks. For almost two weeks last summer, that trailer was home for Michael Siclari RES’88, MD, MPH, a Providence VA emergency physician who had volunteered to provide medical support for the camp.