Division of Biology and Medicine
Center for Global Health Equity
News
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.
Newly Awarded - Building Capacity in HIV/TB and Mental Health in Ukraine's Humanitarian Crisis
Center for Global Health Equity Awarded Fogarty International Center Grant to Build HIV/TB and Mental Health Research Capacity in Ukraine
BRIGHT Pathway Interest Meeting
Join us for an informal interest meeting hosted by Brown Residency International and Global Health Training Pathway (BRIGHT) co-leaders to learn more about the BRIGHT pathway prior to the application deadline on August 18th. Food will be provided.
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.
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.
NYT Opinion | You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This by Craig Spencer, MD, MPH
Dr. Spencer is an emergency medicine physician and an associate professor at Brown and serves on the advisory board for Doctors Without Borders USA.
SPS Commencement/10th Anniversary Forum The Intersection of Place and Health
Strengthening Global Medical Education: A Thank You to The Luke Charitable Foundation
With support from The Luke Charitable Foundation, Brown’s international medical exchange programs with Taiwan and China continue to grow—offering impactful experiences for students while building global connections in healthcare education.
BROWN GLOBAL NEUROSURGERY FORUM (BGMF) 2025
On April 28, 2025, the Department of Neurosurgery, Brown Health, hosted a first-of-its-kind forum, inviting prominent neurosurgeons from Taiwan to visit Brown Health. The meeting laid the foundations for future exchanges and collaborations. The Forum was preceded by a dinner to welcome our guests and followed by tours of the Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University. The event concluded with a celebratory dinner.
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.
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.
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
March 11, 2025
News from Brown
Brown experts discuss: What did the world learn from the COVID-19 pandemic?
Eight scholars from Brown University looked back at the pandemic with an eye toward how its lessons can help the United States and other nations prepare for the next global health crisis.