The dean's research incubator lab builds and leverages internal partnerships within Brown University, as well as strategic external partnerships. Our mission is to increase the recognition and impact of the School of Public Health, which is deeply involved in solving the most pressing problems facing us today. We help prepare Brown students to address key public health challenges and assume leadership roles, and our work ultimately positions the School's researchers for partnerships across the globe.
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The Incubator Lab
A vibrant space for cutting-edge research, education and practice.
The Incubator Lab
A vibrant space for cutting-edge research, education and practice.
Focus Areas
Our team works to stand-up novel research areas, moving them from nascent stages to full-fledged research Centers and Institutes
Pandemics
Pandemic threats stress our response systems and endanger our lives.
The Incubator Lab develops and supports initiatives, programs, and centers that create awareness about the impact of infectious disease outbreaks on people, systems and economies worldwide.
Projects and initiatives
- Pandemic Center
- State and Territory Alliance for Testing (STAT)
- Long COVID initiative (LCI)
- Equity-First Vaccination Initiative (EVI)
- Ongoing response, including toolkits and data projects
Climate Change and Health
As public health practitioners, we must foster climate resilience.
This portfolio of work studies and aims to mitigate the impact of climate changes that are disrupting food systems, altering disease dynamics, exacerbating storms and wildfires, and driving mass migration.
Projects and initiatives
Information Disorder
It is critically important that we reduce the impact of mis-and disinformation, propaganda and online profiteering on the health of people and societies.
This portfolio of work builds data-driven research and information spaces that promotes health and fosters a basis for trust in public health leadership.
Projects and initiatives
Global Health & Health Systems
Health systems can be a major driver of resilience against key health threats.
Health systems can improve health care outcomes, effectiveness, and foster international collaboration. Building upon a strong body of work from Brown researchers, the Incubator Lab supports translating these findings into practice and tangible outcomes.
Projects and initiatives
- Center for Health System Sustainability
- Support ICCONIC, HSPA and other projects
Equity, Racism and Health
The Incubator Lab helps to clarify and implement lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, framing research and recommendations around the complexities of equity, health systems and policy in the United States.
Projects and initiatives
Health Data Science
The Incubator Lab helps support School of Public Health initiatives and programs that are on the cutting edge of harvesting the data revolution to improve health outcomes.
Projects and initiatives
