1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (508+ words) Are you thinking about moving from your current occupation into nursing and you're unsure of how to do it or what will be expected of you? A transition into nursing gives you the opportunity to take your existing skills and…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (704+ words) Ashish Jha, who is a professor of health services, policy and practice as well as a practicing physician, became SPH dean in September 2020. Ashish Jha will step down from his position as dean of the School of Public Health and…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (459+ words) Francesca Beaudoin PhD’17, a professor of epidemiology and of emergency medicine, will become the next dean of the School of Public Health on June 1. Beaudoin has filled the role in an interim capacity since January after the departure of former…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (486+ words) Brown University Health must turn over patient and administrative records related to gender-affirming care for minors to the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The ruling comes amid a federal investigation into healthcare providers — including Rhode Island Hospital,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (714+ words) The measles virus can remain in a room up to two hours after the infectious patient has left. On Saturday, the Rhode Island Department of Health confirmed the state’s first measles case of 2026. The state’s last confirmed measles case was…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (633+ words) For people experiencing paralysis, communication often means spelling out words one letter at a time by using their eyes to select letters on a keyboard, according to Daniel Rubin, a critical care neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (580+ words) Helen Mayberg, professor of neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, speaks at the event on Friday. Mayberg has been studying deep brain stimulation treatment for over two decades. At a Friday lecture, Helen Mayberg, a professor…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (482+ words) Of the thirty students enrolled in the course, at least five early- to mid-career professionals will be selected for the fellowship. The School of Public Health’s Pandemic Center received a $900,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to launch…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (523+ words) It has long been known that smoking cigarettes is a leading cause of lung cancer. But what might not be as obvious is that cigarette smoking can also lead to seemingly unrelated types of cancer, like urinary or pancreatic cancer....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (681+ words) I’ve been a part of post- for as long as I’ve been a Brown student. Over the years, I’ve often thought about what my last post- article would be. Would I pass on sage advice to the younger generations? Would…...