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CPR death highlights end-of-life decisions
08 Mar 2013 11:56 am
According to Dr. David Dosa, Associate Professor in Health Services Policy and Practice “One of the greatest gifts you can leave to a family member is direction regarding health care decisions at the end of life”. Read...
Dr. Andres Matoso receives prestigious pathology research award
20 Mar 2013 10:50 am
Dr. Matoso, a Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellow received the Stowell-Orbison Award from USCAP, which is given in recognition of outstanding pathology research by pathologists-in-training. Read abstract…
Misregulated genes may play a role in both rare and general forms of autism
22 Mar 2013 9:21 am
Finding of a new study by Dr. Eric Morrow, professor of biology, psychiatry and human behavior suggests a new genetic pathway to investigate in general autism research. Read more…
Brown launches TRI-Lab community initiative
04 Apr 2013 10:35 am
Brown University announced the launch of TRI-Lab. The inaugural Lab will be co-chaired by Stephen Buka, professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology, and Elizabeth Burke Bryant, executive director of Rhode Island...
Invasive crabs help Cape Cod marshes
04 Apr 2013 10:37 am
New paper in Ecology, by Mark Bertness chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology shows the invasive green grab is helping to restore the marsh by driving away the predators. Read more…
21% of U.S. elderly take high-risk medicines
15 Apr 2013 10:43 am
A study by Dr. Amal Trivedi, assistant professor of health services, policy and practice, shows one in five seniors with Medicare Advantage plans received a prescription for a potentially harmful “high-risk medication”....
Professor Anthony Spirito receives grant to validate teen alcohol-screening initiative
25 Apr 2013 10:17 am
Co-principal investigator Anthony Spirito, Ph.D., ABPP, professor of psychiatry & human behavior was awarded a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) at NIH....
Psychiatrists waste 1 million hours getting patients admitted
25 Apr 2013 12:40 pm
Child psychiatry fellow and lead author, Dr. Amy Funkenstein, collected the data over a three-month period and the results were published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Read more…
David Savitz named VP for research
08 May 2013 9:27 am
Brown University has named David Savitz, currently professor of epidemiology in the Brown School of Public Health and professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Alpert Medical School, as its next vice president for research....
Brainwaves reflect ability to beat built-in bias
08 May 2013 10:18 am
New study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, by postdoctoral researcher James Cavanagh helps explains the a distinctly human mechanism of cognition. Read more…