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Brown University School of Public Health

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Brown University School of Public Health

@Brown_SPH

The official Twitter/X feed of the Brown University School of Public Health | Learn public health by doing public health. #BrownSPH

Providence, RI

Joined October 2010

Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Jun 8, 2023
Dean @ashishkjha will resume leadership of the School of Public Health on July 1. Having concluded his term as White House COVID-19 response coordinator, @AshishKJha46 returns to Brown focused on transforming public health education, research and practice.
After leading federal COVID-19 response, Dr. Ashish Jha to resume role as dean of Brown’s School of...
From brown.edu
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Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Jan 31, 2023
Excited to share that our deputy dean @meganranney has been appointed the dean of @Yale's SPH, effective July 1. Thank you for generously sharing your time, talent, & wisdom with us here at Brown, Dr. Ranney! A wonderful opportunity and a huge honor 👏 👏 brown.edu/news/2023-01-3…
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Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Oct 8, 2020
A pandemic, untamed: Time-lapse of how the coronavirus made its way across U.S. communities since March. Currently, there are twice as many daily COVID-19 cases as after Memorial Day. Cases are rising in 25+ states with the heartland most affected. With @HarvardEthics @MSFTIssues
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Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Feb 26, 2020
The School of Public Health is excited to announce that Dr. Ashish K. Jha, faculty director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, has been named Dean of the School, effective Sept. 1, 2020.
Accomplished physician, public health scholar named School of Public Health dean at Brown
From brown.edu
Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Jan 9, 2023
Research from Professor @JosephMBraun1 of @Brown_Epi has found that a Corsi-Rosenthal box is an "inexpensive, easy-to-construct air filter that can protect against illness caused not only by viruses, but also by chemical pollutants.” @Brown_ChildEH
DIY filters curb phthalate and PFAS air pollution
From futurity.org
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Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Sep 3, 2021
Poorly-understood Long Covid affects millions. With funding from the Hassenfeld Foundation, Brown has launched the Long Covid Initiative to study the syndrome's impact on people, economies, and societies. @orpanag @meganranney @ashishkjha
Brown School of Public Health Launches Long Covid Initiative - Global Epidemics
From globalepidemics.org
Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Apr 26, 2023
Our sadness to see her go will only be surpassed by our pride in all she will accomplish and the community-guided principles Dr. @meganranney will bring to @YaleSPH. @thehowie @hmkyale @YaleInsights
Megan Ranney: What’s Next for Public Health?
From insights.som.yale.edu
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Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Nov 26, 2018
Dr. Megan Ranney: “We’ve decreased car crash deaths by putting in place things that make cars safer, like seat belts and airbags, and by educating drivers. We know that we can do the same for gun violence” @meganranney @TIME #ThisIsOurLane time.com/5460036/this-i…
Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Nov 20, 2018
Rhode Island is the only state to screen every incarcerated individual for opioid use disorder, and to offer all three medically effective treatments. @NPRHealth @arishapiro @andrea_c_hsu @GovRaimondo @US_FDA @MiriamHospital @JAMAPsych npr.org/sections/healt…
Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
May 24, 2022
With record overdose deaths, over a million Americans taken by COVID, and sustained gun violence, have we become inured to mass death? “There’s been almost a sustained narrative... that tells people that these things are inevitable,” says Dr. @meganranney.
COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?
From apnews.com
Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Nov 9, 2018
Professor Megan Ranney: “We’ve dealt with other epidemics like HIV by doing research. HIV is now a survivable illness. We haven’t done that for guns. Science can fix it.” @BrownMedicine @meganranney @thedailybeast
thedailybeast.com
Doctors Hit Back at NRA for Trying to Silence Them Over Guns
On Wednesday, the NRA mocked ‘anti-gun’ doctors for advocating for gun violence research. After Thursday’s Thousand Oaks mass shooting, doctors fought back.
Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Sep 1, 2020
In a town hall today with @Brown_SPH students, staff, and faculty, Dean @ashishkjha laid out his vision for the School of Public Health, from heath equity and data science to pandemic preparedness: "This is not the time for us to play it safe. This is the time to take leaps."
Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Nov 22, 2021
The School of Public Health is excited to announce that Jennifer Nuzzo, Dr. Scott Rivkees, and Claire Wardle will be bringing their expertise to @BrownUniversity to advance SPH work on pandemic preparedness and mis/disinformation. @JenniferNuzzo @card1e brown.edu/academics/publ…
Brown University School of Public Health
@Brown_SPH
Dec 5, 2022
Gun violence is often attributed to issues with mental health, but Dr. @meganranney says in @opinion that the story is often a lot more complex. "Expanding mental health treatment is important for so, so many reasons. But it’s not sufficient."
bloomberg.com
Fighting Mental Illness Isn’t Enough to Stop Gun Violence
A conversation with physician and public-health researcher Megan Ranney on why the link between mental illness and mass shootings isn’t as clear as you might assume.