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BEAR Day is Brown's annual opportunity to pause, connect, and celebrate the incredible hard work and commitment of the Brown University staff.
Community Spotlight: World TB Day
Each year on World TB Day, we celebrate those advancing the fight against tuberculosis through research, collaboration, and compassion. This World TB Day, CGHE wants to spotlight the partnerships between faculty and students such as the work of Dr. Silvia Chiang and Alex Pralea (MD ‘28), whose joint research on pediatric tuberculosis in Buenos Aires, Argentina, showcases how shared inquiry can advance global health.
CGHE Accepted to Participate in WHO’s Acute Care Action Network
The WHO Acute Care Action Network (ACAN) is a global alliance of key stakeholders committed to saving millions of lives by advancing acute care through collaboration.
Call for Abstracts: Global Health and Equity Symposium 2026
The Global Health and Equity Symposium (formerly Global Health Research Day) is a forum to showcase research by Brown students and trainees working broadly in global health and health equity.
Brown Physicians Partner with Project HOPE to Support Disaster Response Efforts in Jamaica
Following the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa, Project HOPE mobilized medical volunteers to address urgent health needs in vulnerable communities in Jamaica. Dr. Rose Zandvliet traveled to Jamaica in January as part of this effort as part of this effort, supporting patients and coordinating disaster-response planning and community-based care delivery.
CGHE Awards 6 Global Health Scholars Training Grants
Dr. Anyanwu to Lead New Global Health Equity Course for Pre-College Scholars
Inspiring the next generation of global health leaders - now at the high-school level.
Tuuli named interim president of Women & Infants Hospital
Care New England has named Dr. Methodius Tuuli, CGHE affiliated faculty, as the interim president of Women & Infants Hospital.
Community Spotlight: World AIDS Day with Nicole Hinz (MD '27) and Hari Dandapani (MD '27)
On World AIDS Day this year, it is important to highlight the critical role that innovative research plays in improving the lives of those affected by HIV. At the Center for Global Health Equity, we are proud to spotlight the incredible work of the Emerging Infectious Disease and HIV Scholars (HEIDS) program, an initiative shaping the next generation physician-scientists to tackle HIV and its challenges.
Now a Center, Global Health Expands Its Focus
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.
Community Spotlight: World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day
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.
New Nepal must also rise from rural areas: A blueprint for change by Ramu Kharel, MD, MPH
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.