Partners
Alpert Medical School Haiti Collaboration
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.
AMPATH (Academic Model Providing Access To Healthcare)
Founded in 1989, AMPATH is an academic medical partnership between North American academic health centers led by the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Moi University School of Medicine, centered in Eldoret, Kenya, and both the US and Kenyan governments.
Brown Office of Global Engagement
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.
Health and Education for All (HAEFA)
Health and Education for All (HAEFA, pronounced Hi-fa) is a US-based, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Dr. Ruhul Abid, a researcher at the Warren Alpert Medical School, formulated the idea in partnership with Dr. Rosemary Duda while at Harvard Medical School in 2011. HAEFA was founded in 2012 to address the health care needs of ready-made garment (RMG) factory workers across Bangladesh.
International Health Institute
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.
Providence/Boston Center for Aids Research (CFAR)
The Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is a partnership between Brown University/Lifespan and Boston University/Boston Medical Center aimed at reducing the global burden of HIV infection.
The Philippine Health Initiative for Research, Service, and Training (PHIRST)
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.