It is unequivocal that the health of pregnant individuals and children depends on access to obtaining safe and effective reproductive care.

An update on the current state of the pandemic as we approach our upcoming Commencement weekend

Introducing four dynamic new faculty

Alison E. Field ScD, Professor of Epidemiology, has been appointed as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the School of Public Health

Two new positions to continue building better support systems for students and faculty at the School of Public Health.

Associate Dean for Education Melissa Clark will be returning to her full-time faculty role

Kim Gans will be stepping down from her role as SPH Director of Community Engagement

Ronald Aubert will serve as the interim dean for the School of Public Health while I am on leave.

President Joe Biden has asked me to come to Washington, D.C. to serve as the White House Covid-19 Coordinator and Counselor to the President

A pioneer in global public health for more than 35 years, Dr. Seth Berkley has been a champion of equitable access to vaccines and of innovation, and a driving force to improve the way the world prevents and responds to infectious disease. A medical doctor and infectious disease epidemiologist, Dr. Berkley joined Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance as its CEO in August 2011.

It is with a deep sense of loss that we share the news that Paul Farmer MD, Ph.D., passed today at the age of 62.

We are pleased to invite nominations for the new 2022 Dean’s Community Partner Award.

School of Public Health has recognized distinguished faculty for over ten (10) years with our annual Dean’s Awards

A conversation with Dr. James Gavin, clinical professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and Principal, J.R. Gavin & Associates, LLC. He also serves as Chief Medical Officer of Healing Our Village, Inc. He served as President and CEO of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta.

Caroline Kuo, associate professor of behavioral and social sciences and senior advisor on Diversity for the School of Public Health, will be leaving Brown

Operario, Ph.D., professor of behavioral and social sciences, will be leaving Brown at the end of this semester

I am tremendously excited to work with you, to deepen and build new partnerships and coalitions, to create and iterate with you as we transform how the world teaches, studies, and practices public health.

Peter M. Monti, Ph.D., will step down from the role of director of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS)

Dr. Sapna Desai is a public health researcher and practitioner based at the Population Council in New Delhi, India, where she focuses on women’s health, community-based interventions and health systems.

A reorganization of the School's teams

An air sampling research project

An organizational assessment of the Brown School of Public Health

As a key advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), recommended booster shots for those who received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the Brown School of Public Health, spoke with Noubar Afeyan, CEO of Flagship Pioneering, the company that created and nurtured Moderna, as part of the Dean’s conversation series.

I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, FACEP, as the School’s inaugural Academic Dean

Dean Ashish K. Jha was joined for a conversation with Dr. Zeynep Tüfekçi, McColl Term Associate Professor at the UNC School of Information and Library Science, and Contributing opinion writer at The Atlantic and The New York Times. They discuss what we learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, how we’re still learning (and not learning) lessons, and how we do better in future health crises.

The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) has approved the accreditation of the Brown University School of Public Health for seven more years

An organizational assessment to assist us on our journey to becoming a more diverse, inclusive, and racially-equitable institution.

Melissa Clark’s title is being updated to be Associate Dean for Education

Benjamin Zoll will be joining Brown University as Vice Dean of Advancement for the School of Public Health

New updates that will impact us all as Brown employees

Angela (Angee) Stevens passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, August 1, 2021 due to natural causes.

Progress update on the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute

Caroline Kuo and Jai-Me Potter-Rutledge are transitioning to new roles at the School

We are in the middle of conducting a space programming assessment

I am excited to let you know about two more staffing updates at the School, effective next week.

Caroline Kuo has decided to complete her term as Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion

Associate Professor Francesca Beaudoin, MD, PhD, will serve as Interim Chair of the Department of Epidemiology

Having a safe community where we can work on pressing public health issues is critically important

Dr. Ashish K. Jha was joined for a conversation on what the pandemic taught us about the role of basic science in public health with Gökhan Hotamışlıgil, MD, PhD, James S. Simmons Professor, Department of Molecular Metabolism and Director of the Sabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

It is my great pleasure to share with you our full list of Dean’s Award winners for 2021.

Racism is a public health crisis and thus, as public health practitioners, scholars, and teachers, we need to continue to confront the profound harms of racism in all its forms

Dean Ashish Jha was joined by medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer, the co-founder and Chief Strategist of Partners In Health for the 2021 Barnes Lecture.

Nancy Barnett has decided to step down from her role as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

I write to reaffirm our School’s deep commitment to human rights and anti-racism

Announcing two new Dean’s Awards specifically for staff members

Resuming walk-and-talks

Dr. Helene D. Gayle, MD has been president and CEO of The Chicago Community Trust, one of the nation’s oldest and largest community foundations, since October 2017. Under her leadership, the Trust has adopted a new strategic focus on closing the racial and ethnic wealth gap in the Chicago region.

We encourage you all to seek out and engage in opportunities that build our capacity to challenge anti-Black racism

There are two leadership announcements I’d like you all to both be aware of and hopefully celebrate.