A cohort-based program for master of public health students is providing the next generation of leaders with the skills and training to bring equity and justice to their public health careers.

The deputy dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health and professor of emergency medicine received the honor in recognition of her work as a public health leader, communicator and innovative problem-solver.

Brown School of Public Health epidemiologist Mark Lurie discusses the Center for Mobility Analysis for Pandemic Prevention Strategies, or MAPPS. The goal of MAPPS is to stop a deadly disease outbreak from becoming a pandemic by accurately predicting how the outbreak left unchecked might unfold, allowing policymakers and medical and public-health officials to counter the outbreak long before it reaches crisis stage.

Ronald Aubert has been appointed interim dean of the Brown University School of Public Health while Dr. Ashish Jha takes a short-term leave as the school’s leader for a temporary special assignment as the White House coronavirus response coordinator.

Ashish K. Jha, dean of Brown University's School of Public Health, will serve as the next White House coronavirus response coordinator.

The Framework in Global Health Program provides an opportunity to work on a critical global health issue impacting a low or middle-income country (LMIC). Successful applicants receive $3500 to support a global health research project linked to Brown University faculty scholarly projects. Travel to conduct research will resume during 2021-2022, pursuant to Healthy Brown's travel guidance. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students may also collaborate with Brown faculty members to design a research project that can be carried out remotely, including working with existing data when travel for primary data collection is not possible. Research focused on refugee and immigrant health issues may also be considered. Upcoming Deadlines: Spring Application February 1, 2022 Please send any questions to eileen_wright@brown.edu

Bangladesh has launched a unique virtual course on Covid-19 management for the doctors as the pandemic coronavirus is spreading from cities to rural areas.

Ruhul Abid, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Brown Global Health Initiative faculty member has been nominated for a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. His leadership and unwavering dedication to improving the lives of disadvantaged and displaced in Bangladesh through health and education is an inspiration.

Adam Levine, Associate Professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School and Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative at the Watson Institute at Brown University, has been awarded a $2.8 million, five year grant from the National Institutes of Health. With the grant, Levine will work to develop a new smartphone application to help clinicians in low-resource settings better manage patients with cholera and other epidemic diseases.