Haiti called out to the people of Alpert Medical School long before the earthquake of January 2010. And our connection must endure far into the future. Members of the Brown community continue to work with our Haitian colleagues on both individual and system levels – providing clinical care, sharing perspectives and expertise, and helping to teach the next generation of health care professionals.

The Office of Global Engagement (OGE) supports and coordinates Brown University's international and transnational activities both on campus and abroad. The OGE implements an institutional global engagement strategy, which responds to the interests and needs of our faculty and students, and is guided by Brown’s strategic plan, Building on Distinction.

The International Health Institute (IHI) was established in 1988 to develop, promote, and coordinate the international health activities of Brown University faculty and students committed to global community engagement. IHI faculty have established research collaborations with institutions in low and middle income countries and developed supervised research experiences for Brown University undergraduate, graduate and medical students with our foreign partners.

The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training (PHIRST) was started to centralize efforts designed to improve the health and well being of Filipinos and Filipino-Americans at Brown University and academic partners.