Caption: Study reports that nearly one in five dementia patients face needless transitions during the last 90 days of life. Read more

This June, RI State Representative Eileen Naughton presented Dean Fox Wetle with a House Resolution congratulating her on being appointed to the National Institute of Health’s Council of Councils.

Associate Professor Linda Resnik discusses the development of the CRIS (Community Reintegration for Injured Service members) tool for measuring community reintegration. View Video

A study led by Assistant Professor of Community Health Zhanlian Feng documents the nursing home industry boom in China. Read More

Research led by Eric Loucks, assistant professor of community health, links higher levels of education to lowered blood pressure. Read More

Scientists at the Center for Environmental Health and Technology (CEHT) tackle environmental problems through collaborative research across departments at Brown. Read More

A new study co-authored by Professor of Medicine and Community Health Kenneth Mayer demonstrates the effectiveness of using drugs to prevent HIV infection before exposure. Read More

Kelley Smith MPH’07 is the Field Director on Professor of Community Health Steve McGarvey's Diabetes Care in American Samoa project. Read More

A study led by Brock Christensen of the Center for Environmental Health and Technology links epigenetic changes to DNA in breast cancers to environmental risk factors and tumor size. Read More

The Public Health Program welcomes three new faculty members: Ira Wilson, Omar Galárraga, and David Savitz

Professor of Community Health Joan Teno makes the case for feeding dementia patients with dignity. Read More

Led by Professor Rena Wing, the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center will conduct a three-year study to understand weight gain among young adults. Read More

Chima Ndumele GS'12, A PhD candidate explores the impact of organizational factors on quality of care. Read More

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Susan Cu-Uvin (center) plans to make Brown's global health enterprise bigger than the sum of its parts. Read More

Professor of Medicine Richard Besdine leads the charge to integrate instruction on caring for the elderly. Read More