For 15 years, Brown’s Global Health Initiative led NIH-funded research and training programs around the world and promoted medical student research with seed grants and the mentorship of dozens of BioMed faculty working in global and refugee health.

Brown University’s longstanding commitment to global research training focused on cervical cancer among women living with HIV in Kenya began in 2011 with the NIH Fogarty-funded D43 AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) and was expanded by the NIH-FIC-funded Brown/Moi Training Program for the Prevention of HIV-Related Cervical Cancer in 2018.

If transformation does not reach villages as well as cities, ensuring equal opportunities for all, any changes being ushered in risk fading back into familiar patterns of the old order.

Anne E. Goldfeld ’76, of Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, will receive the 2025 NFID Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award in recognition of her groundbreaking contributions as a physician-scientist and humanitarian who has focused on changing the course of 2 of the deadliest epidemics of our time: tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS. A visionary leader at the intersection of science and service, her work has provided a new understanding behind the immune response to TB/HIV co-infection. Beyond the lab, Goldfeld co-founded transformative treatment and research programs in Cambodia and Ethiopia for TB, drug-resistant TB, and HIV—bringing care to some of the world’s most underserved populations. Earlier in her career, she led humanitarian responses in conflict zones and was an advocate and one of the first voices calling for a global ban of landmines. Her leadership helped change global guidelines for HIV/TB treatment, now estimated to save more than 150,000 lives annually. “Anne Goldfeld is a brilliant and creative physician-scientist, visionary, and a true humanitarian,” said Gail H. Cassell, PhD, senior lecturer, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. “I have never met anyone in global public health who has made a more profound impact.”

At the Humanitarian Futures Forum 2025 in Singapore, Dr. Adam Levine, Associate Dean of Global Health Equity at Brown University, spoke on strengthening civil–military partnerships in disaster response.

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.

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.

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.

Since 2009, residents from Brown-affiliated hospitals have come together through the BRIGHT Pathway—a training program designed to foster and develop interest in global health. Over time, the pathway has expanded to include fellows. With the introduction of this cohort, the BRIGHT Pathway consists of 25 trainees across 11 unique specialties.

Dr. Edsel Salvana's article, "Facing the HIV crisis in the Philippines," offers a powerful reflection on his career and his journey in combating the growing HIV crisis in the Philippines. We extend our sincere thanks to him for sharing his invaluable insights and experiences as a guest lecturer in our series.

Amid cresting heat waves around the globe, Dr. Katelyn Moretti, CGHE global health affiliated faculty, relays the risks of high temperatures and how to keep cool and prevent dehydration.

Center for Global Health Equity Awarded Fogarty International Center Grant to Build HIV/TB and Mental Health Research Capacity in Ukraine