Join the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at the School of Public Health for a jazz brunch. This presentation uses jazz as a lens to explore North America, tracing generations of cultural influence along the way. From its beginnings, jazz has been music created by and for the people. Our journey begins in New Orleans, traveling north along the Mississippi River through Kansas City and into Chicago. We then move east to Philadelphia and New York City, ultimately arriving in Harlem—mirroring the path of millions of Black Americans during the Great Migration.

By centering jazz and its far-reaching cultural impact, this presentation highlights the historical significance of Black Americans and the musical traditions that shaped the music we know and love today. Lunch provided. Everyone is welcome. Please include any dietary restrictions you might have on your response.

Health and Vulnerability in a Changing Climate

Climate and the environment have direct and meaningful impacts on health. In a changing world with increasingly frequent extreme weather events, how will we manage the impacts on population health? How are we adapting? And can our responses to climate change also advance our health goals?

Join climate and health researchers from the School of Public Health and IBES as they discuss their research into pollution, pathogens, food systems and extreme weather; the impacts on public health; and possible worthwhile adaptations.

A reception will follow the presentation.

The RI Blood Center will be at the School of Public Health on Wednesday, March 4th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Your donation might make all the difference in someone’s life. 

Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. Sign up at the link below and enter sponsor code 3843.

This event has been postponed.

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The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, in collaboration with the SPH Staff Advisory Committee, would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your hard work and dedication over the semester. This event is our way of showing our appreciation for everything you do. We encourage you to take a break and join us for some relaxing activities.

We’ve planned a variety of activities—including a craft and lunch—to help you unwind and recharge before the holiday season. Stop by anytime between 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. We know schedules can be busy, so please feel free to drop in whenever you’re able; there’s no expectation to stay for the full duration. Lunch will be served, so RSVP and indicate any dietary restrictions you may have.

The RI Blood Center will be at the School of Public Health on Wednesday, December 10th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Your donation might make all the difference in someone’s life. 

Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. Sign up at the link below and enter sponsor code 3843.

Please join us while we re-explore how resilience drives progress in reproductive and LGBTQ+ health.

We’ll be joined by Liz Tobin-Tyler and Gray Babbs to talk policy and share strategies for creating inclusive, equitable health systems.

Join us in welcoming Dr. Mack Scott III, Assistant Professor, Ruth J. Simmons Center, historian, and member of the Narragansett Indian Tribe, as we celebrate and elevate Native voices and research in honor of Native American Heritage Month.  

Everyone is welcome! 

Join the SPH Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as we host this year’s first faculty of color lunch. 

The Faculty of Color Lunch is designed to cultivate community, connection, and mutual support among faculty members of color. This gathering provides a welcoming space to share experiences, explore challenges and opportunities, and strengthen professional and personal networks across the institution. All faculty members are warmly invited to attend. 

Please RSVP here

Join VP for Diversity and Inclusion, Matt Guterl, for lunch as he discusses the importance of student voices and participation in the campus climate survey. He will answer any questions you all have about the survey, how it will be used, and how it was designed. 

You will have an opportunity to take the survey, and those who do will receive a $20 gift card to a local coffee shop.

This lunch is open to all SPH students. 

Join Deans Francesca Beaudoin and John Friedman for a conversation with David Cicilline, president of the Rhode Island Foundation and former U.S. representative for Rhode Island’s 1st congressional district. 

Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. |Program will begin at 12:00 p.m.

Programming Note: Dean Beaudoin will represent SPH on behalf of Dean Jha, who was previously slated to attend but due to a conflict cannot participate. 

Join Us for an Unforgettable Author Discussion: A Blessing, Not a Burden
 With Dr. Alex Kor and Graham Honaker

Step into a powerful story of resilience, love, and legacy.

In A Blessing, Not a Burden: My Parents’ Remarkable Holocaust Story and My Fight to Keep Their Legacy Alive, Dr. Kor shares the extraordinary journey of his parents—survivors of one of history’s darkest chapters—and his own mission to preserve and honor that legacy in today’s world.

This moving author discussion will explore themes of memory, identity, generational trauma, and hope. Whether you’ve read the book or are just discovering it, this is a chance to engage deeply with history through the lens of one family’s unforgettable story.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear firsthand how the past continues to shape the present—and why remembering is more important than ever.

Join Students for Latinos/Latinx in Public Health & the DEl Office for a special event honoring Hispanic Heritage Month with guest speaker Sandra Victorino, LMHC, co-founder of the Latino Mental Health Network of Rhode Island. 

All are welcome!

Come enjoy cookies, coffee and tea, and get to know Matthew Guterl, Brown University’s new Vice President for the Office for Diversity & Inclusion. Learn about the future of DEI at Brown, the impact of the recent Federal Agreement across the campus, and learn about ways to support and champion DEI initiatives within your role here at Brown SPH.

The RI Blood Center will be at the School of Public Health on Wednesday, September 24th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Your donation might make all the difference in someone’s life. 

Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. Sign up at the link below and enter sponsor code 3843.

Join Dean Ashish K. Jha and special guests at this annual event to hear about our impact in Rhode Island and beyond, and learn more about the priorities for the coming year. Then stay for a reception to kick off the new academic year with colleagues and friends. All are welcome. 

4-5 pm: Speaking Program at Sayles Hall and shared via Zoom
Virtual Link: https://brown.zoom.us/j/92008851341 
5-6 pm: Reception for in-person guests

Special guest speakers include:
Erin Fuse Brown, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Rebecca Hubbard, Carl Kawaja and Wendy Holcombe Professor of Public Health 
Sean MacLean, OMPH alumnus & Community Disaster Program Specialist of the Greater New York Region Red Cross 
Brandon Marshall, Professor of Epidemiology
Jared Perkins, Director of Health Policy Strategy 

Courageous Conversations: For Today’s Classroom!
As campus conversations grow more complex, faculty are increasingly called on to manage challenging dynamics in the classroom. This workshop will provide practical strategies for fostering inclusive dialogue, maintaining community norms, and responding thoughtfully when tensions arise.

We’ll explore how to navigate discussions around antisemitism, anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias, Israel and Gaza, gender, and other implications from the recent Federal Administration Resolution — all within the broader context of academic freedom, free speech, institutional responsibility, and public health.

Open to ALL SPH faculty.

Join us to build your toolkit for a more resilient, inclusive classroom.

Topics include:

• Setting and upholding classroom norms
• Responding to disruption or discomfort
• Balancing open dialogue with care and clarity
• Grounding decisions in data and policy
• Academic freedom vs. free speech
  
  
  

New and Returning Students–Welcome to the School of Public Health! We are excited to have you as part of our community, and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is here to support you on your journey!

We’re hosting a Student of Color Mix and Mingle event during orientation, and we’d love for you to join us. This event is designed to help you connect with fellow students, build relationships, and establish a strong support network before classes begin. While this event is intended to cultivate relationships and create a welcoming space for underrepresented students, this event is open to all; all students are welcome and encouraged to attend.

We aim to unite students and ensure everyone feels a sense of belonging. This is a great opportunity to meet new people and start forming the connections that will support you throughout your time here.

Join the office of DEI & the Staff advisory Committee (SAC) for crafts, food, music, and an opportunity to recharge and cultivate community!

Feel free to join us for parts or all of our events! The schedule of events is below:

12-12:30p (Rm 375 + lounge area): Staff Arrive, grab food, enjoy coloring and music

12:30-1:30p (Rm 375): Painting with Rosey!

12:30-1p (Rm 331): Mindfulness Activity!

1-2p (375 Lounge): Create Your Own Vision Boards!

School of Public Health alumni, students, families, faculty and staff are invited to gather as a community to welcome public health alumni back to campus for Reunion and celebrate Commencement. A social reception will follow the speaking program.

Space is limited; registration is strongly encouraged by May 16. 

Join the School of Public Health Office of DEI, the Sarah Doyle Center, and the LGBTQ Center for the first-ever BBQueer — an early PRIDE celebration of queer joy, community, and connection at Brown! Open to all students, staff, and faculty, this is your chance to unwind, meet new people, and kick off the end of the semester with free food, yard games, music, and sunshine (literal and emotional).

We’ll have a flower pot decorating station where you can plant a seed and take it with you — to give to someone you love (Mother’s Day is coming up!), or keep for yourself as a little daily reminder to water your own body:mind:spirit.

Whether you’re popping by for snacks or staying to connect, come through and be part of something beautiful. 

Come vibe, celebrate, and plant something beautiful — together!

A Journey Through America with Jazz

This presentation will use jazz, or Black American Music, as a vehicle to travel throughout North America, moving through generations of cultural influence as we go. Since its beginning, jazz has been a music of and for the people. The greater part of our journey will start with the people in New Orleans, traveling North by way of the Mississippi River through Kansas City to Chicago. We’ll then go east toward Philadelphia and New York City and, like millions of Black folks during the Great Migration, end our journey in Harlem. By centering jazz and its powerful influence on culture, this presentation will shed light on the historical significance of Black Americans and their musical traditions, which shaped the music we know and love today.

Musician Performers: 

If you’re feeling depleted and overwhelmed by 2025 already, this fireside chat is
for you. You’ll hear from Caitie Whelan (’07.5), a former Congressional staffer,
about how to separate the signal from the sound in all the news, focus on what’s
worthy of your attention, and take powerful action to help build the world you
want to live in. Most importantly, she’ll answer any questions you’ve got about
this complex moment we’re in.

Caitie Whelan (WHALE-in) is a civic strategist. She was a staffer in Congress for six years, starting in the Senate and ending as Senior Foreign Policy Advisor for a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee. She served as Communications Director for the Maine Democratic Party and did communications and operations for one of President Biden’s global climate initiatives. She graduated
from Brown University, where she served on the Brown Women’s Leadership Council and now the Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors. She is a Truman Scholar for Public Service, and Founding Chair of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Maine Chapter’s Public Policy Team. She writes Policy is for Lovers, a friendly newsletter for good policy change.

Gretchen Raffa, Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer at Planned Parenthood, will discuss how recent policy shifts affect healthcare access and reproductive and sexual health services, and invite community dialogue.

In honor of National Public Health Week, please join the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for a student-led Jeopardy style trivia game covering public health topics like maternal and child health, behavioral health, health equity and more! Put your public health knowledge to the test, enjoy snacks and compete for prizes!

Public Health Research Day is an annual conference hosted by Brown University’s School of Public Health that highlights the research accomplishments of our students, trainees, and partners. All members of the Brown community are welcome to visit the poster session to learn more about Brown students’ high-impact public health work!

The conference, held in Alumnae Hall, is one of several events held to commemorate National Public Health Week, April 7-13, 2025. Visitors are encouraged to discuss posters with students, fellows, staff, faculty, and affiliates.

Posters will be reviewed by a panel of judges. Prizes will be awarded for posters judged to be the best in the following categories:

• undergraduate student
• master’s student
• doctoral student

Winners will be announced by the School of Public Health in mid-April.

Join Us for an Empowering Afternoon Tea!

Enjoy an afternoon of meaningful conversations over tea in a warm, welcoming space. Connect, share experiences, and engage in enriching discussions. While this gathering centers on the voices and experiences of Womxn of Color, all are welcome to join.

Sign up to be part of this empowering experience.

*This is an in-person event.

Join us for the SPH Food Truck Lunch in appreciation of our students, faculty, and staff!

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 
11:30am – 1:30pm
Memorial Park
(Just look for the food trucks!) 

Pick up your ticket in Memorial Park – Trucks will not serve you without a ticket. 
One meal voucher per guest 

Limited to School of Public Health only

Plan Your Lunch!
BBQ Y Mas - Pulled Pork, Pulled Chicken, Brisket Sandwich with choice of side: coleslaw, collard greens, Vegan Chili (all is GF without the bun)
Mac N Cheese Please - Mac N Cheese choice of 3 ways and choice of steamed broccoli or tomato soup
Incredabowl - Choice of 3 noodle bowls with vegan and GF options with choice of asian slaw or garlic bread
Cultro - Choice of 3 tacos, beef, chicken or veggie with a side of plantains
Alaina’s - Chicken Sandwich or Burger with choice of fries or sweet potato fries. Will have GF and Vegan Options

We Exist by Tanita Allen is a powerful memoir that highlights the rare experience of living with Huntington’s Disease as a Black woman. Allen’s story sheds light on the challenges of navigating a neurodegenerative disorder while confronting cultural and societal barriers often overlooked in the Black community. This book is a vital contribution to the conversation about rare diseases and representation, offering a voice to those whose stories are too often silenced. We Exist is a testament to resilience, visibility, and the strength found in sharing our truths.

Please register - space is limited! Books and lunch will be provided.

Self-Care Friday with SPH-GSC

Take a well-deserved break from midterms and prioritize your well-being at Self-Care Friday with SPH-GSC! Stop by Room 375 on Friday, March 14th, from 1-3 PM to grab a wellness goodie bag filled with essentials to help you de-stress, recharge, and stay focused. Enjoy snacks, relaxation tools, and more—because you’ve earned it!

All students are welcome to join. See you there!

Interested in joining the Graduate Student Council’s Executive Board for the upcoming school year? Come to our General Body Meeting on Wednesday, March 12th, in Room 375 to learn more!

We’ll discuss the election process, upcoming events, practicum, and job opportunities while enjoying lunch together.

🔹 RSVP to help us plan!
🔹 Joining online? Access the meeting via Zoom.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The RI Blood Center will be at the School of Public Health on Wednesday, March 12th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Your donation might make all the difference in someone’s life. 

Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. Sign up at the link below and enter sponsor code 3843.

Live Stream: Minority Health Conference

Join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for our Faculty of Color Lunch, a dedicated space for faculty to connect, share experiences, and foster community. This month, we are pleased to welcome Advance Rhode Island Clinical and Translational Research (Advance RI-CTR) members, who will share valuable resources and tools designed to support faculty in advancing their research and professional development.

Advance RI-CTR provides funding, research support, and career development opportunities for Rhode Island investigators, helping to build equitable and inclusive pathways for academic and clinical research.

All are welcome in these spaces—we look forward to an engaging and enriching conversation!

Join us for an unforgettable celebration of Afro-Latino culture at Sabor y Ritmo! This vibrant event will immerse you in the rich traditions, music, and flavors that define Afro-Latino heritage. Experience an exciting fusion of Zumba dancing, from salsa and merengue to cumbia and reggaeton. Savor authentic cuisine from Afro-Latino communities, showcasing the bold, mouth-watering flavors that have shaped the cultural landscape.

Whether you’re dancing to the rhythm of the drums, tasting savory dishes, or learning about the history and artistry of Afro-Latino culture, Sabor y Ritmo is a vibrant tribute to the beauty and diversity of this powerful heritage.

Celebrate the history, the music, the food, and the joy of Afro-Latino pride with us!

Food and Zumba will be provided!

In this workshop, we will discuss the foundations for writing an abstract, focusing on submitting it for Public Health Research Day (PHRD). Students are welcome to attend even if they are not submitting a poster for PHRD this year. The abstract application for PHRD opens on February 21st, and abstracts are due by March 3rd.Bring your abstract for supportive feedback! Hosted by the SPH Office of Education.

Please RSVP here to have the Zoom link shared with you, or to receive a lunch if attending in person. 

Join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for our monthly Justice Circle, a space to acknowledge what is on the hearts and minds of our SPH community members’.

Update: New Date and Time!

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion invites you to the Student of Color Check-In! This gathering is a space centered on our Students of Color, allowing us to reconnect, share experiences, and build connections within our community. While this space is designed with our Students of Color in mind, all students are welcome to attend.

Join us for meaningful conversations, community building, and a delicious brunch!

We look forward to seeing you there!

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and the SPH-SAC committee warmly invite you to our Staff Self-Care Appreciation Event!

Take a well-deserved break and join us for:

• Crafting activities
• Lunch
• Opportunities to relax and connect with colleagues

Please feel free to drop in during the scheduled time and stay as long as your schedule permits.

We look forward to celebrating and appreciating all that you do!

The Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and the Office of Faculty Affairs invite you to attend this term’s final Faculty of Color Lunch. This gathering is designed to foster a supportive environment and strengthen community ties, with a focus on Faculty of Color. All faculty are welcome to attend!

This lunch provides an excellent opportunity for faculty members to connect, share updates on ongoing projects, and build new relationships in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. 

We look forward to your participation and a productive, enjoyable gathering!

Dear SPH Community,

We are excited to invite you to our Wellness Break series, hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in collaboration with Womxn in Public Health, Brown—Latinx Students in Public Health, and the SPH Graduate Student Council (GSC). This event offers a much-needed opportunity to step away from your busy schedule, recharge, and focus on your well-being in a welcoming and supportive space.

Depending on your workload, these sessions are open for participants to drop in at their earliest convenience and stay for as long as needed. Whether you need a quick break, some time to relax, or an opportunity to connect with others, this is your chance to focus on your wellness.

The Wellness Break offers a flexible space to engage in various stress-relief activities, including relaxation, mindfulness, and more. We encourage you to take a moment for yourself, recharge, and join us in creating a balanced and supportive environment.

We look forward to welcoming you and supporting your journey toward well-being!

Please note that this event was previously advertised as “Giveaways for the Holidays.” However, the event title has been changed to “Healthy Habits Haul” to better align with the SPH Wellness Break activities. 

Dear SPH Community,

We are excited to invite you to our Wellness Break series, hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in collaboration with Womxn in Public Health, Brown—Latinx Students in Public Health, and the SPH Graduate Student Council (GSC). This event offers a much-needed opportunity to step away from your busy schedule, recharge, and focus on your well-being in a welcoming and supportive space.

Depending on your workload, these sessions are open for participants to drop in at their earliest convenience and stay for as long as needed. Whether you need a quick break, some time to relax, or an opportunity to connect with others, this is your chance to focus on your wellness.

The Wellness Break offers a flexible space to engage in various stress-relief activities, including relaxation, mindfulness, and more. We encourage you to take a moment for yourself, recharge, and join us in creating a balanced and supportive environment.

We look forward to welcoming you and supporting your journey toward well-being!

Dear SPH Community,

We are excited to invite you to our Wellness Break series, hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in collaboration with Womxn in Public Health, Brown—Latinx Students in Public Health, and the SPH Graduate Student Council (GSC). This event offers a much-needed opportunity to step away from your busy schedule, recharge, and focus on your well-being in a welcoming and supportive space.

Depending on your workload, these sessions are open for participants to drop in at their earliest convenience and stay for as long as needed. Whether you need a quick break, some time to relax, or an opportunity to connect with others, this is your chance to focus on your wellness.

The Wellness Break offers a flexible space to engage in various stress-relief activities, including relaxation, mindfulness, and more. We encourage you to take a moment for yourself, recharge, and join us in creating a balanced and supportive environment.

We look forward to welcoming you and supporting your journey toward well-being!

Join our fabulous Queer Working Group for a Luncheon Listening Session! We’re rolling out the rainbow carpet for the Brown SPH community to dish out feedback on hot topics affecting the LGBTQIA2S+ community, dive into queer research, and brainstorm ways to amp up support for our community members, both inside and outside Brown SPH. Get ready for a lively chat that’ll steer our Working Group’s ship! Oh, and did we mention? Lunch is on us—make sure to register!

The RI Blood Center will be at the School of Public Health for the second of three blood drives this year. Your donation might make all the difference in someone’s life.

Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. Sign up at the link below and enter sponsor code 3843.

The SPH Graduate Student Council (GSC) invites you to a Friendsgiving celebration! Join us for an afternoon of delicious food, refreshing drinks, and great company as we come together to celebrate friendship and community. It’s the perfect chance to connect with fellow students and enjoy a festive meal together.

Food and drinks will be provided, so bring yourself and your appetite!

Join us on Thursday, November 21st, 12-1pm for an informative discussion titled: Two-Spirit Peoples, Health, and Cultural Survivance. Presentation & discussion led by Chase Bryer, citizen of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, and PhD Candidate in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences.

Join Us for Empowering Conversations!

Join us for engaging conversations. Connect with others who identify as Womxn, share your experiences, and discover commonalities and differences. This gathering is a Womxn-focused event open to anyone who identifies as a Womxn.

Sign up to be part of this supportive and empowering space.

*This is an in-person event.

Please join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for our monthly Justice Circle, a gathering that honors our SPH community members’ presence, dignity, and contributions. This month, we will focus on Exploring Food Insecurity! Exploring how access to nutritious food impacts individuals and communities, especially during the holiday season.

All are welcome to join in this important conversation and community effort. Together, let’s foster understanding and make a positive impact!

Join us as we invite Patrick Kelly, Dr. Liz Tobin-Tyler, and Dr. Monika Doshi back for a post-election conversation. Our panelists will unpack the results and impact of the 2024 election and discuss how public health practitioners can support vulnerable populations moving forward.

Join Us for a Día de los Muertos Celebration

The Students for Latinos/Latinx in Public Health, in collaboration with Womxn in Public Health, the SPH-DEI Office, and GSC-SPH, invite you to a special Día de los Muertos event on Friday, November 1, 2024, from 4-5 PM in room 375 at the School of Public Health.

Celebrate and honor your heritage and ancestors, pay tribute to Hispanic cultural icons, decorate calaveras, write poems, and immerse yourself in this rich tradition. Tamales and refreshments will be provided. All are welcome to join in this vibrant and meaningful celebration!

Join your SPH colleagues for a spooky good time! Come dressed for the day and ready for some sweet treats and Halloween activities.  

Join the Brown School of Public Health community for a reception at the annual American Public Health Association (APHA) Meeting and Expo! Enjoy conversations with Brown Public Health faculty and network with public health and community health alumni, students and community members.

All School of Public Health students, faculty, staff, postdocs and community members welcome! 

 Please RSVP by October 24, 2024.

Please join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for our monthly Justice Circle. We honor our SPH community members’ presence, dignity, and contributions at this gathering, which provides a safe and welcoming space for reflecting on our shared connections and experiences.

This gathering offers a welcoming space for reflection and shared connections. This month, we will focus on the role of mindfulness amid the stress of an election year.

We encourage everyone to join us in fostering a sense of community and mutual understanding.

Join the Office for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion as we sit down for a conversation with Monika Doshi, PhD, MPH to discuss and examine the sociopolitical impact of the 2024 election on immigrant communities. 

Dr. Monika Doshi, Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health
Monika has consulted on public health research and practice projects in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America for over 20 years. Grounded in community-based participatory research through collaborations between community and academic partners, her research has centered on HIV prevention, care and treatment, mental health, women’s health, gender and sexuality, stigma and discrimination, chronic
disease (e.g., cancer, diabetes), and health and human rights with a specific focus on underserved, marginalized, and vulnerable populations. More recently, she has expanded her research to examine the impact of structural, community, and interpersonal level factors within the context of immigration on the health and wellbeing of Latinx communities. Monika is the Founder and Principal of Saath, a public health consulting firm.

The Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and the Office of Faculty Affairs invite you to a special Fall Faculty of Color Lunch on Tuesday, October 22nd, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. This gathering aims to create a more supportive environment and strengthen the community among all faculty, focusing on Faculty of Color. All faculty are welcome to attend!

This lunch offers a wonderful opportunity for faculty members to connect, discuss ongoing projects, and build new relationships in a relaxed and inviting atmosphere. During the lunch, we will strategically continue working on initiatives to strengthen the sense of community among faculty. We will also engage in team-building activities to help us get to know one another better and enhance our sense of belonging.

We look forward to your participation and an enjoyable, productive time together!

Join Us for Empowering Conversations!

Join us for engaging conversations. Connect with others who identify as Womxn, share your experiences, and discover commonalities and differences. This is a Womxn-focused event open to anyone who identifies as a Womxn in a way that is significant to them.

Sign up to be part of this supportive and empowering space.

*This is an in-person event.

Join us on Tuesday, October 15th for This panel discussion!

Examining the connection between the 2024 election and LGBTQ+ health. We will explore the sociopolitical dynamics that impact LGBTQ+ folks and reflect on how public health can more effectively engage with these factors to promote the well-being of LGBTQ+ communities.

Our Panelists:

Patrick (Pat) Kelly (he/him/his) is a third year doctoral student in Behavioral Social Health Sciences at the Brown University School of Public Health. Pat utilizes qualitative methods and computational techniques applied to large datasets to understand how psychosocial and structural factors influence medical decision making among LGBTQ people, people who use drugs, and the intersection of these groups. He conceptualized the makeshift medicine framework to overview how people utilize extra-medical care to address their health concerns when formalized health services are inaccessible in part because of legislation that restricts access to medical care. His goal is to leverage his mixed methods expertise to develop and evaluate risk-reducing interventions in the areas of health-harming substance use and sexual health.

Jessica Halem, MBA (She/Her) is an accomplished and an award-winning LGBTQ+ health equity leader, Jessica has spearheaded strategic initiatives and high-stakes communications across multiple organizations, including Harvard Medical School and the Tegan and Sara Foundation. With a focus on innovative health strategies, she has raised millions in funding, guided organizational transformations, and developed critical workforce and community engagement tools.

Gray Babbs (he/him) is a PhD candidate in Health Services Research at the Brown University School of Public Health. His research applies epidemiology and health services methods to examine structural drivers of health inequities with the ultimate goal of improving healthcare access and quality for LGBTQ+ populations. He is particularly interested in the role of Medicare and Medicaid policy to improve population health for transgender, nonbinary, and other gender diverse populations.

Join Us for a Student of Color Lunch!

We invite you to attend the Student of Color Lunch on October 8th from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. This gathering is a chance to build connections, share experiences, and foster a sense of community with fellow Students of Color in a supportive and inclusive environment.

This event is for you whether you’re looking to meet new people, engage in meaningful conversations, or simply enjoy a meal together.

All students are welcome—we value and encourage the presence of everyone in our diverse community.

RSVP here to secure your spot and enjoy lunch with us. We can’t wait to see you there!

*This is an in-person event.

The RI Blood Center will be at the School of Public Health for the first of three blood drives this year. Your donation might make all the difference in someone’s life.

Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. Sign up at the link below and enter sponsor code 3843. 

Are you passionate about improving population health and well-being? Join us for a panel discussion featuring accomplished healthcare professionals who will share their insights and experiences in the healthcare field.

This event is an invaluable opportunity for all students interested in Public Health to explore the vast range of career possibilities dedicated to advancing community health. Gain firsthand knowledge about different roles, educational paths, and the skills needed to succeed in creating a healthier world.

Don’t miss this chance to network with industry experts and learn how to make a meaningful impact on Public Health.

After the panel, enjoy an exclusive opportunity to meet with the panelists in small groups for further discussion and networking.

Moderator:

Ronald Aubert, Associate Dean for Education and Student Services

Panelists:

Ford Bennett, Associate Consultant, Putnam Associates
Iladro Sauls, MBA Candidate, Stanford University
Pritesh Shah, Director, Enterprise Data Science Express Scripts, Inc
Vivian Herrera, DDS, MIA, MPH, Vice President, J&J Innovative Medicine

Before heading home, drop in for some refreshments and chat with SPH colleagues at this Common Connections reception, hosted by the SPH Grad Student Council.

Drop in as your schedule allows. All SPH students, faculty and staff are welcome.

Registration is encouraged but not required.

September 17th is National Voter Registration Day! Come visit the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as we assist folks to register to vote in Rhode Island, check on your voter registration status, and provide information on your mail-in ballot!

All are invited to join Dean Jha and University leadership to celebrate the School of Public Health’s impact, learn about future directions, and help us kick off the academic year at a festive reception.

Start your day with coffee, pastry and a chat with SPH colleagues at this Common Grounds coffee hour, hosted by Academic Dean Francesca Beaudoin and Executive Dean Sara Walsh.

Drop in as your schedule allows. All SPH students, faculty and staff are welcome.

Registration is encouraged but not required. 

*This is an in-person event.

Join your SPH colleagues for a bit of summer fun! Grab an ice cream or shaved ice, a seat in the park and maybe challenge your friends to one of our summer lawn games. Giant Jenga, anyone?

We will also be collecting school supplies and nonperishable snacks for the Providence Student Union.

Dear School of Public Health Staff members: We invite you to our Staff Self-Care Appreciation Event hosted by the Office of DEI and SPH-SAC committee members. Join us for crafting activities, lunch, and opportunities to relax and connect with colleagues.

Date: Tuesday, June 18th
Time: 12-2 PM

We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your hard work and dedication. This event is our way of showing appreciation for all that you do. We encourage you to take a break and join us for unwinding activities.

We have planned various activities, including crafting and lunch, to help you relax and recharge.

In 2023 more than 112,000 people died of drug overdose in the US alone. Solving this major public health crisis requires action, collaboration, and an engaged community. Join us for a solutions-oriented conversation moderated by Dean Ashish K. Jha with experts representing policy, people and communities, and medicine.

This forum features: 

• Dennis Bailer, Overdose Prevention Program Director, Project Weber / RENEW
• Francesca Beaudoin, M.D., Ph.D., Academic Dean, Brown’s School of Public Health
• Tom Coderre, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Moderated by Ashish K. Jha, M.D., MPH, Dean, Brown’s School of Public Health

Four years after the death of George Floyd, the impact of police brutality on the Black community persists. The Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion invites you to join us on Tuesday, May 21st, 11:30a-12p as we pay tribute to the Black lives lost over the last year and reflect on the Public Health implications.

This event will be in-person* and virtual!

*Refreshments and Grab-n-Go lunches will be provided.

All Brown University graduate, medical, and post-doctoral students are invited to join the celebration at the Graduate Student Lounge on May 3rd, where they will welcome the summer and say farewell to the semester!

Event Date /Time: May 3rd, 2024 (8:00 pm - 12:00 am)
Event Address: Graduate Student Lounge, 90 Thayer St, Providence

RSVP is required for all participants and guests, and drink tickets will be provided upon entry. Please note that this event is exclusively for Brown University graduate, medical, and post-doctoral students. Valid legal ID (21+) and Brown Student ID are required for entry, and Brown students are permitted to bring one registered guest (non-Brown student). Don’t miss out on this opportunity to unwind and enjoy the company of fellow peers and student leaders.

This workshop will provide an historical framework to help participants contextualize the public health crises in Gaza, Sudan, and elsewhere. Together we will explore how humanitarian crises and public health challenges often co-exist, especially during disease outbreaks, conflict, and forced displacement. We will also evaluate the remarkable progress of humanitarianism and simultaneously examine the oft-repeated themes that continue to challenge public health and humanitarian response to this day. Most importantly, we will question why lessons identified so often fail to become lessons learned. Although the prevailing narrative is that the complex social, political and ideological challenges facing the world are unprecedented, an examination of the history of public health in humanitarian crises reveals that many struggles confronting us today are neither entirely novel nor unique. Open to all Brown students, staff and faculty.

Join us for a BBQ and networking as we launch our new SPH Queer Working Group! Open to all staff, faculty, & students who are interested in or currently working on research & education that impacts the LGBTQIA+ Community! Our goal is to create a space for LGBTQIA+ identified staff, faculty & students to discuss current events as well as for allies to engage in learning and development opportunities. There will be a sign up for the new Queer Working Group at the BBQueer event!

Join public health practitioners and experts for an in-person panel discussion examining the unfolding public health crisis in Gaza. Sponsored by the School of Public Health Dean’s Office, this special event brings together a panel of experts to discuss short-term solutions that safeguard lives in the crossfire of conflict, as well as long-term effects on the crucial public health infrastructure in the region.

This event is limited to those with a Brown ID and registration is required.  We will hold a limited number of seats for walk-ins.  You will have to show your Brown ID for a walk-in seat.  

Panelists

Jeremy Konyndyk is president of Refugees International. He has served in senior appointments in two U.S. administrations and in a range of U.S. and overseas NGO leadership positions. Prior to joining Refugees International, Konyndyk served in the Biden administration as USAID’s lead official for COVID-19. From 2013–2017, he served in the Obama administration as the director of USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, where he led the U.S. government’s response to international disasters, including the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Between his administration appointments, Konyndyk worked from 2017–2020 as a senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development, focusing on humanitarian response and pandemic preparedness research. He is currently a member of the WHO’s high-level Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee, which oversees the agency’s Health Emergencies Programme and advises the WHO Director-General. He began his career in the Balkans, working on the response to the 1999 war in Kosovo.

Danielle Poole Sc.D., MPH ’12 is a population health scientist notable for her contributions to the evidence base for humanitarian decision-making. Recent and ongoing research contributions that have informed humanitarian response include the Yale University independent review of the Joint Intersectoral Analysis Framework, development of the Humanitarian Data Strategy for UNFPA’s Humanitarian Office, and geospatial analysis of health facility attacks in Ukraine.

Dr. Mohammad Subeh M.D. is an emergency physician and ultrasound director at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, CA. While his family is Palestinian, Subeh came to the United States as a refugee from Kuwait, after experiencing the Gulf War in 1990. He recently returned from a volunteer medical mission to the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. Subeh is currently coordinating his second medical mission back.

Ella Watson-Stryker MPH, MIA is a humanitarian representative at Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières. Her work has ranged from field consulting on polio eradication for the WHO to teaching public health and social sciences to Shan youth in Burma to working as an intern in the Ghana Health Service. Watson-Stryker was named a Time’s Person of the Year for her frontline work in West Africa during the 2014 Ebola epidemic.

Like climate change, disabled people are too often ignored. As some of society’s most marginalized individuals, disabled people are 2 to 4 times more likely to become injured or die from climate emergencies, placing them on the front lines of the climate crisis. This crisis is fast becoming a leading contributor to debilitation and disease worldwide, while widening health inequities for disabled people, including inadequate access to quality healthcare. Public health is tasked with preventing and mitigating the health consequences of climate change, from extreme weather events and air pollution to vector-borne diseases. Lessons learned by disabled people and communities while adapting to systems not designed for them can make these public health strategies more effective and ensure that this demographic is no longer left behind. The panelists will be discussing how disability justice, in conjunction with climate justice, can guide public health prevention efforts focused on climate adaptation and emergency preparedness, helping us all to navigate an increasingly inflamed world. 

Join the People, Place and Health Collective, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the School of Public Health, the Center for Middle East Studies and the New Directions in Palestinian Studies program for a discussion about the joint London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/Johns Hopkins University report titled “Crisis in Gaza: Scenario-Based Health Impact Projections”, which has projected the number of excess deaths over the next few months in the strip based on a variety of scenarios. The report estimates more than 75,000 lives can be saved if there is a ceasefire. Read the report at https://gaza-projections.org/.

Over the last few months, more than 30,000 Palestinians have died in the war on Gaza. Disease, starvation and malnutrition now threaten the population - already a number of children have died of malnutrition. The UN is warning that famine is imminent. A number of human rights organizations, aid agencies and US senators have accused Israeli forces of obstructing and limiting the delivery of aid. As the LSHTM/JHU report outlines, this is a grave public heath catastrophe that demands immediate attention. 

Speaker:

Zeina Jamaluddine is a nutritionist and epidemiologist and a research fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is one of the lead authors of the joint report between the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Johns Hopkins titled “Crisis in Gaza: Scenario-Based Health Impact Projections.”

Registration is required. Please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/XccQb2uW4LDkkepg7

Join us on Monday, April 15th 11-12:30pm as we observe and discuss Black Maternal Health Week with our guest speaker, Ana Sofia Barber De Brito, MSN, CNM. Ana is a certified nurse-midwife at Care New England Medical Group Division/Women and Infants Academic Midwifery at Brown University OBGYN department.

Please join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for our monthly Justice Circle, where we come together to honor our SPH community members’ presence, dignity, and contribution. This is a safe space for reflection on the connectedness among one another.

Our monthly Justice Circle, dedicated to Women’s History Month, will feature the following panelists. The discussion will center around public health matters concerning women and delve into the research topics explored by our panelists.

• Liz Tobin-Tyler, JD, MA, Associate Professor Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, explores the links between women’s health, reproductive rights, and social factors like structural racism, gendered violence, and poverty in her research.

• Tayla von Ash, ScD, MPH, Assistant Professor Center for Health Promotion & Health Equity Department of Behavioral & Social Sciences. Dr. von Ash’s ongoing research project, Moms on the Move, is a community-based intervention to promote physical activity among mothers.

• Sarah P. Gamble, Ph.D., Communications Manager and Visiting Assistant Professor of the Practice of Gender and Sexuality Studies. Topic discussion details are forthcoming.

We welcome all SPH community members to join us in this meaningful gathering.

*This is an in-person event only.

Public Health Research Day is an annual conference hosted by Brown University’s School of Public Health that highlights the research accomplishments of our students, trainees, and partners. All members of the Brown community are welcome to visit the poster session to learn more about Brown students’ high-impact public health work!

The conference, held in Alumnae Hall, is one of several events held to commemorate National Public Health Week, April 1-7, 2024. Visitors are encouraged to discuss posters with students, fellows, staff, faculty, and affiliates.

Posters will be reviewed by a panel of judges. Prizes will be awarded for posters judged to be the best in the following categories:

• undergraduate student
• master’s student
• doctoral student

Winners will be announced by the School of Public Health in mid-April.

You’re invited!

Join us for a Faculty of Color Lunch hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Office of Faculty Affairs.

Please RSVP using the registration link provided for full details. Our office encourages Faculty to attend this lunch, which will foster a more supportive environment and a stronger sense of community for Faculty of Color at the school.

This lunch provides an opportunity for fellow faculty members at the school to come together, discuss projects, and form new connections in a relaxed setting. During the lunch, we will continue strategically working on initiatives to strengthen our sense of community.

We look forward to seeing you there and having a productive and enjoyable time together.

Join The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) for a screening of the award-winning documentary Raspando Coco, followed by a conversation with Pilar Egüez Guevara, documentary director and cultural anthropologist. This event is the third in our year-long collaborative Consumable Commodities Film Series.

About the Documentary
Raspandococo is an award-winning film about the culinary and medicinal traditions of Afro-Ecuadorians. Since its premiere in 2018, it has been screened in three languages to audiences in Latin America, the United States, Europe and Japan. The film documents the health impacts and culinary traditions surrounding coconut as remembered and experienced by Afro-Ecuadorians on the coast of Ecuador. The movie positions communities of color as important knowledge bearers about health and food and shows the tensions that can arise when development and public health authorities label staple foods, like coconuts, unhealthy. This film will appeal to students and faculty interested in food justice and sovereignty, race and racism, Afro-Latin America, oral history and ethnography, public and community health, and sustainable development and agriculture.

Please visit the CLACS website for full event details. 

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is pleased to announce our upcoming Student of Color lunch, open to all graduate students. This program aims to address issues related to the experiences of graduate students of color.

Join us for this hour-long lunch, which provides a social opportunity for students to strengthen existing relationships outside the classroom. It serves as a platform for connection, allowing students to share experiences and build upon relationships in a relaxed setting. We look forward to your participation!

*Please note that this event is in-person only. 

Dear SPH students,

You’re invited to a special Reflection Circle focused on understanding the ongoing situation in Gaza and its impact on public health. As we explore this critical topic, we’ll engage in a circle process, drawing upon ancient traditions that promote open dialogue and collaborative reflection.

What are Circles?

Circles are considered to be one of the oldest forms of group process. Indigenous and first-person cultures worldwide have used and continue to use circle processes to facilitate community conversations about important subjects. These processes have experienced a revival in modern cultures during the last 40 years and have been used in many environments.

Circles offer an inclusive and collaborative space for group members to share openly and build (or rebuild) trust. They are generative in nature and can be used as a process for restorative (or transformative) justice, allowing a group to collectively respond to and heal from a rupture or transgression. Circles can also be used regularly to strengthen relationships within groups and provide members with the space to understand each other’s perspectives and why they might behave in a particular way.

There is limited availability for 15 guests who RSVP and intend to attend. 

*This is an in-person event only.

Join us for March’s Lunch + Learn celebrating Women’s History Month as we uplift the voices of transgender women who are often historically subjected to erasure and injustices. Come learn the importance of recognizing the role of trans women in fighting and advocating for women’s rights, and how to practice intentional allyship.

Join us on Thursday, February. 29th, 11a-12:30pm for lunch while we discuss and observe Black History Month!

Join the Brown University School of Public Health for a Black History Month Conversation with Dr. Reed Tuckson hosted by Dean Ashish Jha on Monday, February 26th, from Noon - 1:30 pm!

*Lunch will be provided* 

Speaker: Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP, Managing Director of
Tuckson Health Connections, LLC, a vehicle to advance initiatives that support
optimal health and wellbeing. 

Currently, Dr. Tuckson’s focus is on his role as a Co-Convener of the Coalition For Trust In Health & Science which is dedicated to bringing together the entire health-related ecosystem to address mistrust and misinformation.

In addition, he continues to advance his work as a co-founder of the Black Coalition Against COVID, a multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary effort working to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington,D.C. and nationally by coordinating the four historically Black medical schools, the NMA, the National Black Nurses Association, the National Urban League, and BlackDoctor.org.

Previously, he enjoyed a long tenure as Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs for UnitedHealth Group, a Fortune 20 Health and wellbeing company.

A recognized leader in his field, Dr. Tuckson is honored to have been appointed to leadership roles at the National Institutes of Health; National Academy of Medicine; numerous Federal Advisory Committees; and corporate, non-profit, and academic boards.

Please be sure to RSVP below! 

Join us for ‘Journey Through America with Jazz’! Jazz music is deeply intertwined with Black History Month, originating in African American communities and evolving into a powerful cultural expression. This presentation will use jazz, or Black American Music, as a vehicle to travel throughout North America, moving through generations of cultural influence as we go. Since its beginning, jazz has been the music of and for the people. The more significant part of our journey will start with the people in New Orleans, traveling North through the Mississippi River from Kansas City to Chicago. We’ll then go east toward Philadelphia and New York City and end our journey in Harlem like millions of Black folks during the Great Migration. By centering jazz and its powerful influence on culture, this presentation will shed light on the historical significance of Black Americans and their musical traditions, shaping the music we know and love today.

Brunch will be served.

Special Performance By:
Marcus Grant | Kweku Aggrey | Noah Campbell | Andrew Wilcox

Don’t miss this extraordinary musical journey celebrating the enduring legacy of Black artists!

The Students for Latinos/Latinx in Public Health organization will host the Cafecito con Latinos in Public Health event every other Friday from 12-1 pm in room 821 at SPH. This event is part of the Latinos in Public Health series.

Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. Take a break from your day to join us! We’re excited to see you there!

*This is an in-person event.

Join us for an interactive panel featuring alumni and current leaders with experience in the nonprofit and government sectors! Facilitated by Senior Associate Dean for Education and Student Services, Ronald Aubert, the event will offer ample opportunity for Q&A and networking. Dinner will be provided (vegan and gluten-free options available).

• Spenser Anderson, AB/MPH ’19, Senior Health Analyst at SEIU/32BJ
• Signe-Mary McKernan, MA Econ ’93, PhD Econ ’96, Vice President for Labor, Human Services, and Population at The Urban Institute 
• Craig A. Spencer, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of the Practice
  Department of Health Sciences, Policy, and Practice
  Brown University School of Public Health & Lifespan Health System, Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, Newport Hospital 
• Laurie D. Elam-Evans, PhD, MPH, Lead Health Scientist / Team Lead, 

  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The School of Public Health - Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion along with the Brown Center for Students of Color and the Sarah Doyle Center are hosting a Black History Month Book event! Join us as we welcome guest speaker and author, Danielle Prescod, to discuss her memoir, Token Black Girl.

Prescod’s memoir addresses the challenges of growing up as a Black woman in a predominantly white community, including the long lasting impact of unrealistic beauty and societal standards placed upon Black women. 

Copies of her memoir will be available at the event. Refreshments,  Reception, and Book Signing to follow the discussion. Be sure to RSVP!

Grab your mugs and join the Students for Latinos/Latinx in Public Health on Friday, February 2nd, from 12 - 1 PM for Cafecito. Engage in conversation with light snacks and cafe with our Brown Students for Latino/Latinx in Public Health.

*This is an in-person event.  

Our student groups at Brown University are hosting a Treats and Theater event, including a reception for international students and a screening of the Trinity Repertory’s La Broa’.

The show is inspired by “Latino History of Rhode Island: Nuestras Raíces” by Marta V. Martinez. The hope is that this activity will help international students better understand the rich culture and history of their new home here in the US. 

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will host a “Welcome Back” Student of Color lunch, inviting all graduate students to participate. The focus of this program is to address issues related to the experiences of graduate students of color.

Graduate students of color may find this lunch particularly engaging, as its purpose is to raise awareness about the experiences of historically underrepresented groups in predominantly white institutions.

This hour-long lunch provides a social opportunity for students to strengthen existing relationships outside the classroom. It serves as a platform for connection, allowing students to share experiences and build upon relationships in a relaxed setting.

*This is an in-person event only.

It’s that time of the year! The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the SPH-SAC committee are hosting the yearly staff appreciation event for your hard work. We value, see, and support all you do in your role, but most importantly, we celebrate you! We encourage you to attend the Staff Appreciation event on Tuesday, December 19th, from 2 - 4 pm; submit your RSVP, and you will receive the full event details. We know your work time is very important, but we also encourage you to take time for a bit of fun. This event will primarily take place from 2 to 3 pm, and the remaining hour is for anyone who would like to hang around should their work schedule permit.

This year, we will have supplies to make cards for patients at our local hospitals to brighten their holiday season. Please make cheerful cards, and for any staff who speak more than one language, we ask that you make a card in any language you know, only if you are comfortable doing so, and we would appreciate it.

COMPETITION DETAILS:

It is time to brighten up the School of Public Health! We invite you to participate in the “decorate your space.” We encourage you to decorate the space you use here at SPH, whether an office, cubicle, or any workstation, brighten up the space, and submit your photo to enter to win a prize. We will select two lucky winners.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SUBMIT YOUR PHOTO BY THE END OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, USING THIS LINK.

We look forward to seeing you! Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our office. Thank you!

*This is an SPH staff-only event.

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Office of Faculty Affairs invite you to join us for a Faculty of Color Lunch. Please join us on Monday, December 11th, from 12 - 1 pm, with full details upon submitting your RSVP here.

We want to continue conversations around Faculty recruitment, retention, and culture during this lunch. We want to invite all faculty members who wish to attend to join. We seek your guidance and value your input to create an inclusive environment!

Join us on Wed. Nov. 15th, 11:45-12:45pm for lunch while we discuss and observe American Indian Heritage Month!

Please join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for our monthly Justice Circle, a safe space to honor the presence, dignity, and contribution of our SPH community members to reflect on the connectedness among one another. We welcome all SPH community members into this space.

*This is an in-person event only.

Join us for a book n’ brunch with Prof. Kareem Khubchandani, Associate Professor at Tufts University, for a conversation on his most recent book, Decolonize Drag! Participants will engage in a conversation around gender, decolonization, and drag performance with our guest speaker. This will be an opportunity to further explore themes from his novel, “Decolonize Drag!” and his “Lessons in Drag” performance from the previous evening. This event will be open to students and food will be provided! This brunch will take place on Saturday, October 21st from 11:00 - 2:00 PM at Pembroke Hall, Room 305. Please RSVP below!

Read the book’s description below!

“The global popularity of TV reality competition RuPaul’s Drag Race, filming its 14th season in 2021, is an unprecedented queer phenomenon. It has spawned official spinoffs in Thailand, the UK, Italy, Spain, Australia/New Zealand, Chile, the Philippines, and the Netherlands, as well as a host of other series such as Dragula, Camp Wannakiki, and Las Mas Dragas (Mexico). As drag enters the mainstream through a particularly fabulous, feminine, commercial, and mediatized format, various forms of gender-based performance across the globe fall out of the purview of what we (could) call drag. A range of performance practices that mimic, play with, and reinvent gender become obsolete as drag concretizes into archetypes offered by Drag Race and its counterparts. Decolonize Drag! details the ways that gender is used as a form of colonial governance to eliminate various forms of expression and performance, and tracks how contemporary drag, including that on Drag Race, replicates and disrupts these institutional hierarchies. This book focuses on a variety of gender performers that resist and laugh at colonial projects through their aesthetic practices.”

Dr. Vagistan, your favorite South Asian drag auntie, brings the nightclub to the classroom (and vice versa) to explain how critical social theory matters in queer nightlife. Touching on themes that include globalization, feminist theory, and islamophobia, she stages the nightclub as a site of politics and pleasure. Part lecture, part lipsync, part audience participation, the show demonstrates how much drag teaches us, even requires us to be in relation with the rest of the world.

Kareem Khubchandani is an Associate Professor in theater, dance, and performance studies at Tufts University. He is the author of Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlifeand Decolonize Drag, co-editor of Queer Nightlife, and curator of “Critical Aunty Studies.” He serves as associate editor of GLQ and is currently a Mellon New Directions Fellow.

RSVP is encouraged, but please note that all attendees MUST show their Brown ID at the door to attend this performance.

Co-sponsored by the LGBTQ Center, the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender, and the Brown School of Public Health.

How do I get a job as a tech policy leader? Are platforms doing enough to protect the 2024 election? Should we be able to post anonymously on social media? How do I protect my data online?

On October 18th, join the Information Futures Lab and six alumni who are leaders in tech – and ask your questions! Stay for a reception after the talk.

This panel event will be in person and livestreamed. You can watch the livestream here.

Please RSVP here: https://globaltechpolicyataturningpoint.eventbrite.com

The six alumni are:

Jessica Ashooh ’06 | Senior Director of Policy at Reddit

Katie Barr ’07 | Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at the Glen Echo Group

Daphne Keller ’95 | Director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center. Former Associate General Counsel at Google

Matt Perault ’02 | Director, Center on Technology Policy, UNC-Chapel Hill. Former Director of Public Policy at Facebook

Samm Sacks ’04 | Senior Fellow with the Yale Law School Paul Tsai China Center and New America

Zeve Sanderson ’15 | Founding Executive Director of NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics

This event is co-sponsored by the Office of Student Services at Brown University’s School of Public Health.

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED 

Join us for the SPH Food Truck Feast in appreciation of our students, faculty, and staff!

Tuesday, October 17, 2023
11:30am – 1:30pm
Memorial Park
(Just look for the food trucks!) 

Pick up your voucher in Memorial Park – Trucks will not serve you without a voucher. 
One meal voucher per guest – a second voucher will be available upon request after all guests have received one! 

Limited to School of Public Health only

Trucks Include:
Incredibowl - Delicious bowls including rice, noodle, potato, salads and more
 Bird’s Nest - Italian Street Food
 Mac and Cheese Please - All things Mac N Cheese!
 BBQ Y Mas - BBQ
 Alainas Food Truck - Mexican

In collaboration with the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Students for Latinos/Latinx in Public Health, and Disability Justice as Public Health, we will be hosting an Intersecting Identities Event from 3:30-5 pm on Friday, October 6th, in the School of Public Health (Room 375). Join us as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, LGBTQ+ History Month, and Disability Employment Awareness Month! Delicious food from local LGBTQ+ and Latin-owned restaurants will be provided. Click here to register! We hope to see you there!

*This is an in-person event only.

U.S. legislation targeting transgender and non-binary young people’s health and freedom is at an all-time high. In this fraught context, how do parents and other caregivers support and encourage their children to be their fullest selves, particularly when those children are trans/non-binary? This panel discussion featuring experts in supporting trans/non-binary children and adolescents will explore the challenges of providing nurturing environments during extraordinary political challenges to trans/non-binary rights.

This panel will feature:

• Tavi Hawn, LCSW, author of The Gender Identity Guide for Parents: Compassionate Advice to Help Your Child Be Their Most Authentic Self (they/them)
• Noah Lupica, MD, pediatric resident, Brown University/Hasbro Children’s Hospital, (he/him)
• Quinten Foster, Director of Transgender Whole Healthcare, East Bay Community Action Program (he/him)
• Andy Taubman, LCSW, Director of Youth Services (she/they)
• Nikole Barnes, LICSW, moderator (she/her)

Free and open to the public. Children welcome. Activities and snacks for children will be available at the event.

RSVP required.

This event is organized by the Brown University LGBTQ Center, Pembroke Public Health Collaborative, and the Sarah Doyle Center for Women and Gender with support from the C.V. Starr Foundation Lectureships Fund; Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity; the School of Public Health Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Office of Belonging, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and the Brown University Library.

This event will take place on the Brown campus. Attendees will be provided with a location via EventBrite.

Join us in-person or virtually

Tue. Sept. 26th 12:15-1:15pm

Latinx Historical Trauma and Health Disparities

An informative presentation & discussion led by Dr. David Zelaya

Click here to register!

Brown URM Grad Affinity groups have partnered to host a [Beyonce’s] Renaissance-themed Welcome Back Party on Friday, September 15, from 9 PM to 1 AM. Come dressed in your best Renaissance outfit and build community with other URM graduate and medical students at Brown. Entry is free, and drink and raffle tickets will be provided to the first 100 people. In addition to raffles from local, POC-run small businesses, we will also have prizes for the best Renaissance outfits! RSVP is required in advance, and the form will close at noon EST on Thursday, September 14th.

This webinar will cover tips on weaving anti-racism throughout your public health curriculum. You’ll also hear from colleagues who have successfully incorporated these principles at their schools and what that process looked like for them.

Join the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and SPH-SAC committee for a well-deserved self-care event as the academic year concludes. Enjoy activities, community building, and, most importantly, delicious food. Please see the flyer below and use the QR code or submit via the button below. The location of this event will be provided following the submission of your RSVP. 

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, June 6th, from 12:30 - 1:30 pm. For those who are available and would like to continue to destress beyond 1:30 pm, please feel free to stay longer because self-care is necessary.

This is an SPH staff-only event. Thank you!

Brown University School of Public Health and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is hosting a brunch for students and their families from the Providence community and beyond. This brunch is for our future student leaders ideally middle school students and up who are interested in a career in both health and medicine. Please join us on Saturday, May 13th from 12 - 1:30 pm at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (222 Richmond Street) 4th floor.

Description:

Join us for an interdisciplinary conversation between public health experts, disability activists, and scholars as they explore how ableism shapes the terrains of public health and medical research. The panelists will discuss which institutional barriers are obstructing disability equity, how disability interacts with race and gender, and why it’s time to adopt an anti-ableist research approach.

The late disability justice activist Stacey Milbern defined ableism as “a system of oppression that favors being able-bodied/able-minded at any cost, frequently at the expense of people with disabilities.” Note that one does not have to be disabled to experience ableism.

Panelists:

White, disabled, and genderqueer, Eli Clare lives near Lake Champlain in occupied Abenaki territory (also known as Vermont) where he writes and proudly claims a penchant for rabble-rousing. He has written two books of essays, the award-winning Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure and Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation, and a collection of poetry, The Marrow’s Telling: Words in Motion. He also has been published in dozens of journals and anthologies. Eli works as a traveling poet, storyteller, and social justice educator. Since 2008, he has spoken, taught, and consulted (both in-person and remotely) at well over 150 conferences, community events, and colleges across the United States and Canada. He currently serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Disability Project at the Transgender Law Center and is also a Disability Futures Fellow (funded by the Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation). Among other pursuits, he has walked across the United States for peace, coordinated a rape prevention program, and helped organize the first ever Queerness and Disability Conference.

Cyrena Gawuga is the Director of Research at the Preparedness and Treatment Equity Coalition (PTEC). In this role, Cyrena facilitates the design and implementation of activities and initiatives that further PTEC’s mission to increase the use of data metrics and reduce health inequity in the healthcare system, particularly for Black, Latinx, and Native American communities. Before joining PTEC, Cyrena completed a Ph.D. in Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at Brown University, focused on the influence of adverse childhood experiences on inflammation and health outcomes in adulthood. Cyrena has also participated in patient advocacy and outreach for many years, serving as advisory board member for a number of organizations including Patients Like Me and the Lupus Foundation of America.

Jen Soriano (she/they) is an award-winning writer and social movement strategist with more than 20 years of experience working at the intersection of grassroots organizing, narrative power-building, and art-driven social change. Jen’s forthcoming essay collection, Nervous: Essays on Heritage and Healing, explores how systems of oppression affect bodies over generations, and envisions a trauma-wise future of ecosocial well-being. Jen’s work brings together her training as a historian of science, her expertise on narrative paradigms, and her experience as a neurodivergent person living with mental illness and chronic pain. She received a B.A. in History and Science from Harvard and an M.F.A. from the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University, and is a co-editor of Closer to Liberation, an anthology of Filipina-American activism that centers disability justice as a framework for liberation.

Bonnielin Swenor is an epidemiologist and associate professor at The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and holds joint appointments at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, which aims to shift the paradigm from ‘living with a disability’ to ‘thriving with a disability’. Motivated by her experiences as a person with disability, her research focuses on taking data-driven approaches to advancing health equity for people with disabilities and improving disability inclusion in public health, medicine, and research. She uses community engagement and co-research approaches to center the disability community in this work. Dr. Swenor has provided advice and expertise on disability data, equity, and inclusion to multiple organizations and federal agencies. Most recently, she was a speaker at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Summit on Equity and Excellence in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine), is chair of a National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine committee on disability inclusion in STEM, co-chaired the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) Subgroup on Individuals with Disabilities, and is a member of the CDC ACD Health Equity Workgroup. Her work has been published in leading academic journals, such as the New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of the American Medical Association, and The Lancet, and has been featured in multiple news outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and TIME magazine.

Note:

This webinar will be open to the public. CART services will be provided during the webinar and a recording will be made available for a short period afterward.

The Womxn of Color Collective along with the SPH Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is hosting a QUALITEA TIME on Tuesday, April 18^th from 3 to 4 pm in room 408 for a tender table talk to share stories about your own connection with Food, Identity, and Community. 

This is a womxn-focused event and we welcome anyone who identifies as a Womxn in a way that is significant to them. 

The School of Public Health community is invited to join the SPH Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on Friday, April 7^th from 12 to 2 pm in room 375 for our monthly Justice Circle, a space dedicated to conversations, support, and unpacking of current events and public health issues impacting our communities. This will be the last Justice Circle for a semester and we reserved an additional hour. The conversation will take place from 12 - 1 pm, the remanding hour is for anyone who is available and would like to build connections. This month’s discussion is related to anti-Asian hate.

Public Health Research Day is an annual conference hosted by Brown University’s School of Public Health that highlights the research accomplishments of our students, trainees, and partners. All members of the Brown community are welcome to visit the poster session to learn more about Brown students’ high-impact public health work!

The conference, held in Alumnae Hall, is one of several events held to commemorate National Public Health Week, April 3-9, 2023. Visitors are encouraged to discuss posters with students, fellows, staff, faculty, and affiliates.

Posters will be reviewed by a panel of judges. Prizes will be awarded for posters judged to be the best in the following categories:

• undergraduate student
• master’s student
• doctoral student

Winners will be announced by the School of Public Health in mid-April.

The Graduate Students of Color in STEM (GSOCnSTEM) in collaboration with the School of Public Health (SPH) will be hosting a “Wellness and Self-care Event” on Thursday, March 16th from 2-6 pm at the Graduate Student Lounge (92 Thayer St.)! Are you stressed over midterms, milestones, or other grad responsibilities? Then stop by our event at any point for a fun afternoon of relaxing and decompressing activities. We will be hosting meditation/yoga sessions and providing decompressing activities such as puzzles, coloring books, paintings, music, and more! In addition, you will walk away with your very own self-care kit. Food and drinks will also be provided. The event is open for all, although we ask you to RSVP HERE to secure your self-care kit, as the amount we will provide is limited. For any questions please reach out to gsocnstem@brown.edu.

The School of Public Health community is invited to join the SPH Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on Thursday, March 9^th from 12 to 1 pm in room 375 for our monthly Justice Circle, a space dedicated to conversations, support, and unpacking of current events and public health issues impacting our communities. This month’s discussion is related to Women’s History Month.

The Womxn of Color Collective along with the SPH Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is hosting a QUALITEA TIME on Tuesday, March 7^th from 3 to 4 pm in room 408 to check in and connect amongst Womxn at the school. This is a womxn-focused event and we welcome anyone who identifies as a Womxn in a way that is significant to them. 

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion along with LEAD invite you to join us on Friday, February 24th to view the live stream of the 44th annual UNC Minority Health Conference keynote speaker presented by Matiangai Sirleaf, Professor of Law. The live stream starts promptly at 1:30 pm, following the viewing LEAD members will engage in a discussion. Lunch will be provided and we welcome you to join should your schedule permit. 

Test your Black Health History knowledge with the SPH Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the SPH-GSC at our Black History Month trivia event. Come by from to submit your guesses and enjoy some lunch!

11:30-12N | Catered Lunch 

12N - 1:00pm | Lecture and Q & A

Attendee Zoom Link: https://brown.zoom.us/j/98433609832

Join us for a Black History Month Lecture by Dr. Frank Richards Jr. on Tuesday, February 21st, from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm in SPH Rm 375! Lunch will be provided.
*For those unable to attend in person, we invite you join via Zoom https://brown.zoom.us/j/98433609832

Talk Title: “The Carter Center’s work to Eliminate Transmission of River Blindness (onchocerciasis) in Africa and the Americas”

Speaker: Frank O. Richards Jr, MD, FAAP, FASTMH - Senior Advisor, River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, and Malaria Programs, The Carter Center 

Dr. Frank Richards Jr completed Williams College, Cornell Medical School, a U Southern CA residency in pediatrics, the CDC EIS program, and an Emory fellowship in infectious diseases. He spent 23 years as a CDC epidemiologist before joining The Carter Center.

At The Carter Center, he was director of the River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis, and Schistosomiasis Programs; during his 15-year tenure, these programs assisted 11 countries to deliver more than half a billion treatments to prevent these debilitating diseases. Dr. Richards co-directed the Center’s Malaria Program that helped distribute over 18 million bednets in Nigeria and Ethiopia. In 2020 he became a Senior Advisor to these programs.

Dr. Richards’ focus is the elimination vector borne parasitic diseases. His programs have interrupted transmission of River Blindness and Lymphatic Filariasis (elephantiasis) in parts of four African countries. Dr. Richards was Chair of the steering committee a regional program that helped four countries in the Americas gain WHO verification of elimination River Blindness. He was Chair of the WHO Malaria Elimination Oversight Committee during a time when five countries gained certification of elimination of malaria transmission.

Dr. Richards has authored or co-authored more than 230 publications. His many awards include the Pioneer Award from National Medical Fellowships and the National Medical Association’s Ophthalmology section recognition for his work in River Blindness. He has adjunct faculty appointments at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health and the Emory School of Medicine. 

Please be sure to RSVP below! 

The School of Public Health community is invited to join the SPH Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on Thursday, February 9^th from 12 to 1 pm in room 375 as we kick off our monthly Justice Circle, a space dedicated to conversations, support, and unpacking of current events and public health issues impacting our communities.

The LGBTQ Center @ Stonewall House and the Queer People for the Advancement of Medicine (QPAAM) will be hosting a series of student mixers centered around queer health this semester at the LGBTQ Center (22 Benevolent St)! These events are open to all graduate, medical, and undergraduate students. Each event will have a theme where we will focus on a different aspect of queer health.

Dinner Events - 

• Monday, February 6th, 2023 : Access to Gender Affirming Care
• Monday, March 6th, 2023 : Queer Sexuality & Health
• Monday, April 10th, 2023 : Navigating Medical Spaces & Health Literacy

Join us for the first event of this series on Monday, February 6th, from 6 to 8 PM, for conversations on access to gender affirming care. There will be pizza and refreshments provided at this event!

Before we enter winter break the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion along with SPH-SAC committee welcome you to join us on Friday, December 16th from 12 - 2 pm in room 331 for a staff appreciation event because you deserve it! This is a SPH staff-only event. 

Join the full SPH community for a Holiday Party! 

Tuesday, December 6th 
2 - 4 pm
121 S Main St | Rm 375 & Lounge 

There will be food, drink, music, and merriment to last you the whole holiday season!

We will also be accepting donations of children’s pajamas for Children’s Friend - please consider donating this season! Donations will be accepted starting November 28th. 

Be sure to RSVP by Dec 2nd!

Interested in learning how First-Gen students navigated their path to medical school?
Co-Moderated by Raymond Che (School of Public Health) and Dr. Jennifer Nazareno (School of Public Health and School of Professional Studies, 2022 UFLi Center Faculty Fellow). Many of the First-Gen Panelists include students who have taken Dr. Nazareno’s courses on Structural Determinants of Health or conducted research with her. In honor of First-Gen College Celebration Day (Nov. 8), we hope students can gain valuable insights on the application process and the first year of the med school experience. Also learn about getting into post bacc and residency programs. Students and alumni are encouraged to ask questions when registering, though the Zoom Q&A feature will be enabled during the webinar.

Join the Rhode Island Blood Center for their November Blood Drive at the School of Public Health on November 15th from 10 am - 1:30 pm in the third-floor Faculty Lounge. Walk-ins are welcome but booked appointments are appreciated!

Join us for the Semi-Annual Food Truck Feast in appreciation of our SPH students, faculty, and staff!

Tuesday, October 18, 2022
11:30am – 1:30pm
Memorial Park
(Just look for the food trucks!)

Co-sponsored by the SPH Graduate Student Council

Pick up your voucher in Memorial Park – Trucks will not serve you without a voucher

Limited to School of Public Health only

*RSVP by October 14, 2022*

Looking for motivation to get some work done on a Friday afternoon? Have a deadline that you have to meet before the weekend? Come join us in SPH room 375 from 2-5pm for open study time! This week, we will have a study session from 2-3pm, and then from 3-5pm, we will have the Hispanic Heritage Month World Café event that is co-sponsored by the SPH-GSC and the SPH Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. We hope to see you there!

The School of Public Health Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion invites you to a meet-the-office event. Be sure to mark your calendar and join us!

Wednesday, September 21st 
12 - 1 pm 
121 S Main St | SPH 3rd floor faculty lounge

Feel free to stop by and meet the office members. We will provide boxed lunches for a limited number of people.

At your convenience please RSVP!

Join us for the 2nd Semi-Annual Food Truck Feast in appreciation of our SPH students, faculty, and staff!

Co-sponsored by the SPH Graduate Student Council

Limited to School of Public Health only

Register Here! 

*RSVP by April 20, 2022* 

Public Health Research Day is an annual conference hosted by Brown University’s School of Public Health that highlights the research accomplishments of our students, trainees, and partners. All members of the Brown community are welcome to visit the poster session to learn more about Brown students’ high-impact public health work!

The conference, held in the Crystal Room of Alumnae Hall, is one of several events held to commemorate National Public Health Week, April 4-10, 2022. Visitors are encouraged to discuss posters with students, fellows, staff, faculty and affiliates. We anticipate there being approximately 70 posters.

Posters will be reviewed by a panel of judges. Prizes will be awarded for posters judged to be the best in the following categories:

• undergraduate student
• master’s student
• doctoral student

Winners will be announced by the School of Public Health in mid-April.

Join the Health Equity Scholars as they lead a discussion with panelists on Public Health and Innovative Community Engagement with panelists from different sectors in Rhode Island. Food will be available following the event, so please RSVP. 

Panelists: 

Please join Dr. Ashish K. Jha for a conversation with Dr. Seth Berkley.

An interactive audience Q&A will follow.

Zoom link to attend today at 3pm: https://brown.zoom.us/j/91330792490

Biography
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. Under his leadership, Gavi has accelerated global immunization access in its mission to save lives, reduce poverty and protect the world against the threat of epidemics and pandemics.

Join the School of Public Health’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion for a Black History Month Drop-In Social. SPH community members are invited to stop by the 3rd floor lounge for Black Health Heroes trivia and treats.  

Please join Dr. Ashish K. Jha for a conversation with Dr. James R. Gavin III.

An interactive audience Q&A will follow. 

Zoom link will be sent on the morning of February 14th to all registrants. 

Please register below.

Biography
Dr. Gavin is a clinical professor of medicine at Emory University
School of Medicine and is 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.

He was a senior scientific officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Before joining HHMI, he was chief of the Diabetes Section and William K. Warren Professor for Diabetes Studies at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Dr. Gavin is a past president of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), and belongs to many organizations, including the National Academy of Medicine, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and the American Association of Physicians. He is a Trustee Emeritus for Emory University, a Trustee Emeritus of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, serves on the Trustee board at Livingstone College,
and is Chairman Emeritus of the Board for the Partnership for a Healthier America. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES). He is past national program director of the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program of the RWJF (1993-2013). He was named a “Living Legend in Diabetes” by AADE in 2009, received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Diabetes Research from ADA in 2015, and a lifetime Meritorious Achievement Award from the National Medical Association. He is the 2021 recipient of the Laureate Mentor of the Year Award from the Endocrine Society. He serves as a co-editor for Endocrine Today. He has published more than 250 articles and abstracts and three books. He received a BS in Chemistry from Livingstone College, a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Emory University, and his MD from Duke University.

Do you love problem solving? Do you love data? Do you seek to use your skills to make a difference in the world?

Join us for a Biostatistics Information Session!  This is a great opportunity to learn about our master’s and doctoral programs, meet and ask questions to department leadership, faculty, and current students, and discover how the Department of Biostatistics develops future leaders in public health!

Join us at the National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Digital Conference!  Brought to you by the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), which is a society that aims to further the success of Chicano/Hispanic and Native American students in obtaining advanced degrees, careers, leadership positions, and equality in the STEM field.

Join us for a National Diversity College Fair!

National Diversity College Fairs, LLC was founded with the goal of helping
under-represented high school and college students in their college selection process.

The groups include first-generation and low-income high school /college students especially African Americans, Native People, Latinex, Filipinos, Pacific Islanders, and Asian Americans. Our vision is to increase inclusion and access to all levels of higher learning. Our series of undergraduate and graduate college fairs attract representatives from renowned universities looking to connect with prospective students.

Register here!

Join our current Health Equity Scholar students and staff to learn more about the Health Equity Scholars Program! 

Open to graduates of HBCUs, The Health Equity Scholars program provides MPH students with the opportunity to address health disparities through research and practice, while also gaining critical skills for leadership.

Students selected into the Health Equity Scholars Program benefit from:

Financial support: Up to a full tuition scholarship (based on demonstrated need), coverage of fees, and stipend support for unpaid or low-paid internships.

Hands-on public health training: All MPH students, including the Health Equity Scholars, are required to complete 145 hours of an applied public health experience, working with a local, national, or international organization of the Scholar’s choosing.

Leadership training: Bi-weekly interactive sessions led by Brown faculty and other experts will address communication, negotiation, critical thinking, crisis management, and other essential 21st century leadership skills.

One-to-one coaching: HES students will work with a coach to help them define their leadership goals and create a personalized plan for leadership development.

1.2 million women are under correctional supervision in the United States, yet the narrative of mass incarceration often ignores the gendered aspects of punishment.

This panel centers on the voices and experiences of incarcerated women and their work to build communities free of mass incarceration. As society pushes for an end to mass incarceration, what do we want a future society to remember about the abolitionist efforts of today?

This event launches the Mass Incarceration Lab Archive at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, and is a Humanities Lab project led by Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, Associate Professor of Sociology at Brown University. The Humanities Lab Initiative is generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Speaker Biographies

Cherie Cruz is a first-generation college graduate who transcended her own personal and family history of three generations of incarceration and involvement with the criminal legal system to now hold two degrees from Brown University, A.B. Cum Laude. Cherie uses her experience of being directly impacted by the War on Drugs in empowering and lifting up the voices of people who have also been directly impacted. This includes advocating for the Right to Vote, parent’s right to volunteer in school, parental rights, Fair Chance Licensing, decriminalization of substances, and more. Cherie was named ACLU of RI Lay Leader of the Decade in 2019, and is a JLUSA Leading with Conviction 2020 Alum. Cherie, along with fellow Rhode Islanders, co-founded the Formerly Incarcerated Union of RI, a membership-driven non-profit organization, founded and led by people who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system. While continuing to advocate to reduce the barriers to successful reentry, FIU continues to build collective leadership to ultimately reach the goal of reducing the prison population until one day we can shut them down.

Aminah Elster is a campaign and policy coordinator with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, where she leads its work on reproductive oppression in women’s prisons. Aminah’s motivation to achieve racial and gender justice is rooted in her direct experiences navigating intersecting identities. She is committed to fighting the impacts of decades of systemic oppression and liberating criminalized survivors. Aminah is a researcher and University of California Berkeley alum. In addition to organizing with the Berkeley Underground Scholars, she is also an organizer with Survived & Punished CA, and co-founder of Unapologetically HERS (Healing Experiences Through Research Solutions).

Daniela Medina earned her MSW with a concentration in Strengthening Organizations and Communities from the University of California, Berkeley in 2021 and her B.A. in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019. She is from Oakland, CA, and has worked closely with Berkeley Underground Scholars for several years supporting formerly incarcerated students like herself. She is an award-winning expert on higher education for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, an experienced program manager, and a thought leader. Daniela previously worked at Community & Youth Outreach, providing direct service support to those reentering the community after incarceration. She is a certified life coach, a previous Young Professionals of Color Fellow with the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, and was an inaugural Perez Research Fellow at Bright Research Group. Daniela is also the co-founder and host of the Berkeley Underground Scholars podcast, On The Tier.

Facilitator Biographies

Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Brown University and an affiliated scholar with the American Bar Foundation in Chicago, IL. She is an affiliated fellow with Brown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ) and the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA). She is the author of Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America’s Largest Criminal Court (2016) and The Waiting Room (2018). She is the generator and faculty lead for the Mass Incarceration Lab @ CSREA, generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Esteem Brumfield was born to civil rights activists in the Bay Area. Esteem cultivated a deep sense of social responsibility, passion for human rights, and a love for the Bay Area. His interests center on law, health, and alternatives to incarceration. Particularly, his work examines the relationship between incarceration, mental health, and public health outcomes. He is currently pursuing a Masters of Public Health at Brown University and plans to enter law school to study constitutional law. As a Fulbright Fellow to South Africa, he researched the relationship between learning disability accommodations and rehabilitation within the Western Cape’s prison system. Prior to pursuing his masters, Esteem served as a Public Health Commissioner for Alameda County and reviewed the health effects of incarceration within the county. He holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Interested in applying to graduate school?  Join the Brown University School of Public Health at the 2021 MKN McNair Virtual Graduate School Fair.  Learn how our innovative, student-centered academic training and a diverse and collaborative culture prepares graduate students to become leaders in their fields!

You’re invited to the Virtual NIH Graduate and Professional School Fair!

The fair will provide an opportunity for you to prepare for the next step in your career by exploring educational programs leading to the PhD, MD, DDS, MD/PhD, and other graduate and professional degrees.

This year the fair will welcome all interested college students, postbacs, and other interested young scientists.

The fair will also feature individual online sessions to give you the opportunity to learn more about the participating institutions and programs.

Register here to join Brown University School of Public Health’s individual session hosted on Tuesday, July 20th, from 3pm-4:30pm EDT.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Screening of the documentary through the night followed by a discussion. 

Zoom link: https://brown.zoom.us/j/97246883716

Black women face a multitude of disparities from conception to postpartum. These disparities are not due to biological differences but they are attributed to the systemic bias and inequalities that continue to plague the United States. This event will highlight the wonderful work being done by medical student Ade Osinubi of Alpert Medical School at Brown University that calls attention to these inequities through her film Black Motherhood through the lens. We will share our time viewing two short stories that are part of the documentary Black Motherhood through the Lens.

In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week, Black Motherhood through the Lens features four Black women’s experiences navigating the reproductive and maternal healthcare system from conception to postpartum. The women in this series have experienced miscarriage, lack of access to infertility care, fears about childbirth, and postpartum depression. For this event you will hear the experiences of two women, Shannon and Ijeoma who despite these challenges, boldly pursued their dreams of Black motherhood.

After viewing the short films there will be a panel discussion led by Ade Osinubi, the film director and producer. Ade will be joined by two of the women featured in the full length documentary, Shaylene and Shannon. There will be time for audience Q&A following the panel discussion.

We hope that you will join us for an evening of learning, engaging, and rallying around Black Maternal Health.

Please join the webinar by clicking on the link below -

https://brown.zoom.us/j/97072942456

Please Join Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, for a special conversation with Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, Kolokotrones University Professor and the Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer has dedicated his life to improving health care for the world’s poorest people. He is Co-founder and Chief Strategist of Partners In Health (PIH), an international non-profit organization that since 1987 has provided direct health care services and undertaken research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living in poverty. Dr. Farmer and his colleagues in the U.S. and abroad have pioneered novel community-based treatment strategies that demonstrate the delivery of high-quality health care in resource-poor settings.

Dr. Farmer holds an M.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he is the Kolokotrones University Professor and the Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; he is also Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston.

Dr. Farmer has written extensively on health, human rights, and the consequences of social inequality. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Margaret Mead Award from the American Anthropological Association, the Outstanding International Physician (Nathan Davis) Award from the American Medical Association, a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and, with his PIH colleagues, the Hilton Humanitarian Prize. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His most recent book is Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History.

 An interactive audience Q&A will follow.

Registration for this webinar is limited and on a first come first serve basis.

About the lectureship

The lecture is supported by The Dr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Barnes, Jr. Lectureship in Public Health, endowed through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Zisson ’74, in memory of Norma and Miles Zisson ’38. Dr. Barnes was a beloved member of the faculty who had strong interests in humanism and medicine, and who developed several innovations in teaching at Brown, including the use of authors and actors to read and perform pieces on health-relevant themes. Mrs. Barnes was a social worker who shared her husband’s love of students and teaching.

In celebration of National Public Health Week, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at the School of Public Health is honored to host an alumni panel highlighting the transformative work of four amazing MPH alumni focused on advancing racial equity in public health.

We will be joined by: 

At various stages in their career, our alumni will discuss their professional work in advancing racial equity in public health and how their time at the School of Public Health at Brown prepared them to engage in this complex yet important work. 

The panel will be moderated and there will be time for Q&A at the end. We hope you will join us!  

Join us for an afternoon of virtual tea/coffee to discuss how we can come together to better highlight/examine racial disparities in COVID-19 as it relates to Native American health.

The suggested reading “State Crime, Native Americans and COVID-19” by Laura Finley can be found at this link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.13169/statecrime.10.1.0045.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A7cd1bdd7366d9829017254b7939f69f5

We realize it is a longer article PLEASE NOTE that we are only suggesting that you read the sections on Structural Disadvantage and AI/NA Peoples, COVID-19, AI/NA Peoples and State Crime.

Zoom Information: https://brown.zoom.us/j/98101731112?pwd=THNJaURWYzQ1d1lyMU9ia2VGQmJkQT09  

In honor of Women’s History Month, we are excited to create a virtual space for all the Womxn Faculty and Staff in our community. We are looking forward to coming together to talk and build community. This might include just catching up, or should people choose, sharing successes, challenges, and strategies for what has worked and what we have learned as Womxn working in the higher educational space over this past year.

This event will take place on Friday, March 12th from 11am-12pm.

We will use the World Cafe method to engage in conversation, this will allow us to have small intimate conversations prompted by questions posed by the facilitator. After some time in our small groups we will come together to “harvest” our ideas and strategies as a way to learn from and engage with each other on this journey.

Please register here! We hope that you will join us in this space.

Please consider joining the School of Public Health community to virtually gather and watch the Victor Schoenbach Keynote speaker Dr. Sharrelle Barber at the 42nd Minority Health Conference. The L.E.A.D leadership student group will facilitate a discussion following the keynote. 

Please RSVP through this calendar invite, more details to follow. 

We have organized the event around the theme of Black women in health leadership with a focus on advocacy, social justice, public health, and medicine. Through this event we hope to uplift and empower the voices of Black women leaders devoted to health equity, advocacy, and public health; as well as engage in a discussion about the various issues that impact the health of the Black community. We hope to offer ideas on strategies to close the gaps that are present within the Black community.

This moderated event will take place virtually in collaboration with the School of Public Health and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. 

This is a virtual event.

Please join us via Zoom by clicking https://brown.zoom.us/j/97876769813

Please Join Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, for a special conversation with Helene D. Gayle, MD, president and CEO of The Chicago Community Trust.

Dr. Gayle 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.

For almost a decade, she was president and CEO of CARE, a leading international humanitarian organization. An expert on global development, humanitarian and health issues, Dr. Gayle spent 20 years with the Centers for Disease Control, working primarily on HIV/AIDS. She worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, directing programs on HIV/AIDS and other global health issues. She also launched the McKinsey Social Initiative (now McKinsey.org), a nonprofit that builds partnerships for social impact.

Dr. Gayle was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. She earned a B.A. in psychology at Barnard College, an M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.P.H. at Johns Hopkins University. She has received 18 honorary degrees and holds faculty appointments at the University of Washington and Emory University.  She serves on public company and nonprofit boards, including The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Brookings Institution, Center for Strategic and International Studies, New America, ONE Campaign, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Economic Club of Chicago. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Council on Foreign Relations, American Public Health Association, National Academy of Medicine, National Medical Association, and American Academy of Pediatrics. She has authored numerous articles on global and domestic public health issues, poverty alleviation, gender equality, and social justice.

An interactive audience Q&A will follow.

This is a virtual event. A Zoom link will be sent to all registrants on the morning of February 11, 2021.

The Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), recipient of the 2019 AIMBE Excellence in STEM Education Award, is one of the largest communities of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Students attend this conference to present their research, enhance professional development skills, explore graduate schools, and network. Research faculty and program directors play an essential role in mentoring students and learning strategies for facilitating student success.

Register for ABRCMS

Brown University School of Public Health will be hosting four free information sessions/group chats during ABRCMS.  Register today!

Monday Chat, November 9, 5:45PM-7PM

https://brown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsf-uurDIsHNb0B4I3JqI5hx7cwBq-IDYo

Tuesday Chat, November 10, 5:45PM-7PM

https://brown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsf-uurDIsHNb0B4I3JqI5hx7cwBq-IDYo

Wednesday Chat, November 11, 5:45-7PM

https://brown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsf-uurDIsHNb0B4I3JqI5hx7cwBq-IDYo

Thursday Chat, November 12, 5:45PM-7PM

https://brown.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsf-uurDIsHNb0B4I3JqI5hx7cwBq-IDYo

The PSTC Fall 2020 Colloquia Series will host Tyson Brown, Associate Professor of Sociology, Duke University. His talk is titled “Structural Racism and Health Stratification in the U.S.: Connecting Theory to Measurement ” and will discuss his research on the underexplored relationship between macro-level structural racism and population health in the United States..

Race & Public Health in America

Please join us for a panel discussion, Race & Public Health in America on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at 12 p.m. The discussion will feature:

• Lundy Braun, Professor of Medical Science, Professor of Africana Studies
• Akilah Dulin, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Ashish Jha, Dean of the School of Public Health

The event will be moderated by Ronald Aubert, Visiting Professor of the Practice of Race and Ethnicity, CSREA and School of Public Health.

Registration is now open.

For more information and to register for Race & Public Health in America, please visit, https://www.brown.edu/about/administration/provost/race-america.

This panel discussion series has been curated by Brown’s Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America in partnership with the Office of the Provost.

To request accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact the University Event & Conference Services Office at universityevents@brown.edu or 401-863-3100.

“The Problem with the Phrase “Women and Minorities”: Intersectionality, An Indispensable Critical Theoretical Framework for Behavioral and Social Health Science Research”

Friday, September 25, 2020
 12:00 PM – 12:55 PM
Zoom ID: 927 3899 8271

Historically rooted in Black feminist activism, intersectionality is a critical theoretical framework that posits that power and social inequity are differently structured, and vary based on people’s multiple and intersecting demographic positions (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, gender and sexual minority status, socioeconomic status). Intersectionality has made impressive inroads within the behavioral and social health sciences (BSHS) in recent years. It enhances BSHS research by challenging “single-axis” assumptions such as that connoted by the phrase “women and minorities,” and centering the experiences and needs of people marginalized by intersectional discrimination. This presentation will: (1) provide an overview of intersectionality, its history, and core tenets; (2) describe how intersectionality challenges conventional assumptions about groups of people and social issues; (3) highlight applications of intersectionality to NIH-funded health research with U.S. Black men; and (4) discuss why critical perspectives such as intersectionality are indispensable for BSGS researchers committed to social justice work.

Lisa Bowleg, Ph.D. is Professor of Applied Social Psychology in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at The George Washington University (GW), Director of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Core of the DC-Center for AIDS Research, and the Founding Director of the Intersectionality Training Institute at GW. She is a leading scholar of the application of intersectionality to social and behavioral science research, as well as research focused on HIV prevention and sexuality in Black communities.

The School of Public Health’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion invites all School students, staff, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty to a webinar led by Shontay Delalue, Vice President of Institutional Equity and Diversity and Interim Senior Associate Dean in the Division of Biology and Medicine, and Lawrence Angelo, Institutional Equity Officer in Brown University’s Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, to provide an overview of the University’s Bias Incident Reporting System.

In this training, we will review what constitutes a bias incident, the rationale for situating the bias reporting system at the University level, the work of the Bias Review Team, and how data is fed back to the community annually to guide refinements in programming to address climate.

Following Shontay Delalue and Lawrence Angelo’s presentation, attendees are invited to engage in conversation via Q&A.

If you are able to attend, please complete the registration form and submit your questions in advance. The Zoom webinar link will be emailed to registrants in advance of the meeting.

We will be recording this presentation as a resource for those who are unable to attend.

The School of Public Health’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion and Office of Academic Affairs invites School faculty engaged in teaching, graduate program directors, director of undergraduate studies, curriculum committee members, and chairs/vice chairs to this training workshop to support faculty to further enhance and transform their teaching of public health to more rigorously address race, racism, and racial bias. This workshop will be led by Associate Dean Caroline Kuo, with content vetted by Dr. Benjamin Reese. Dr. Reese is President of BENREESE, LLC., a global diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting firm. He is the former Vice President of the Office for Institutional Equity at Duke University and Duke University Health System, Duke University’s Chief Diversity Officer, and is a licensed clinical psychologist. He is also adjunct professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Community Medicine and Family Health, and Psychology and Neuroscience.

The workshop will cover the following content:

• How to set norms and create a common foundation for engaging in learning around these topics effectively in the classroom.
• Strategies for facilitating interactions between faculty and students and between students to support a space for effective learning.
• Discussing how to re-work competencies and content with attention to race, racism, and racial bias in public health.

The last portion of the workshop will divide faculty by department, where faculty can engage in peer-to-peer sharing on strategies that have worked well for them, and/or to discuss challenges. If you are able to attend, please complete this registration form. A Zoom webinar link will be emailed to you in advance of the meeting.

Following this workshop, starting September 21st, faculty will have an opportunity to work through specific course content in detailed 1-on-1 or small group coaching sessions with Dr. Reese to troubleshoot any challenges they encounter as they implement new changes in their course, or to have specific questions answered as they begin to re-work their course. There is no structure to these informal sessions - faculty should use these sessions with Dr. Reese in whatever way is most useful to you. If you already know you want a 1-on-1 or small group session (15 slots available on a first come first serve basis, please sign up using this form).

Our biennial symposium, split across sessions over three weeks, on teaching public health will explore best practices in inclusive pedagogy. Speakers will address educational policies, course design, content, and other approaches that optimize learning for all students.

4:30 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.

INTRODUCTIONS AND OPENING REMARKS

Sandro Galea (@sandrogalea), Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Lisa Sullivan, Associate Dean for Education, Boston University School of Public Health

4:35 p.m. – 5:05 p.m.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Stakes is High: Embedding a Sense of Urgency in Public Health Education

Raul Fernandez, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development

5:05 p.m. – 5:35 p.m.

STUDENT REMARKS
Students will share their experiences in the classroom and explore what has worked from a student perspective.

Moderator: Sophie Godley, Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health

5:35 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

MODERATED DISCUSSION AND Q&A

On behalf of oSTEM (Out in STEM), GSOCnSTEM (Graduate Students of Color in STEM), and SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science), I would like to invite you to our virtual DiversiTeas: Don’t Blame Us for Health Disparities on June 17th from 4 - 5:30pm. The discussion topic will be marginalization and disenfranchisement in medicine and research and the featured speakers will be Prof. Laura López-Sanders, PhD in the Population Studies and Training Center in the Department of Sociology, Prof. Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, PhD of the Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity in the School of Public Health, and Prof. Jeffery Proulx, PhD of the Mindfulness Center in the School of Public Health.

For those new to the series, DiversiTeas is a networking and social series around topics of diversity in STEM fields for graduate students, post-docs, faculty, staff, and administrators.

If you plan on attending, please fill out this RSVP form: https://forms.gle/V6B15GENY9Qm1bUW8.

We look forward to seeing you at DiversiTeas!

Our biennial symposium, split across sessions over three weeks, on teaching public health will explore best practices in inclusive pedagogy. Speakers will address educational policies, course design, content, and other approaches that optimize learning for all students.

4:30 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.

INTRODUCTIONS AND OPENING REMARKS

Sandro Galea (@sandrogalea), Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Lisa Sullivan, Associate Dean for Education, Boston University School of Public Health

4:35 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

PANEL PRESENTATIONS
This panel will examine how we can move towards inclusive teaching.

Viji Sathy, Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Special Projects Assistant to the Dean of Undergraduate Education, University of North Carolina

Sinead Younge, Chair, Department of Psychology, Morehouse College

India Ornelas, Associate Professor of Health Services, University of Washington

Rosalind Gregory-Bass, Chair and Associate Professor, Environmental and Health Sciences Program and Director, Health Careers Program, Spelman College

Moderator: Candice Belanoff, Clinical Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health

This kick-off webinar of APHA’s Advancing Racial Equity series will examine racism and its historic and present-day impact on health and well-being. Presenters will:

• identify the multiple levels on which racism operates;
• describe the physiological impacts of racism and discrimination on health; and
• explore the principles for and barriers to achieving health equity.

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Introduction

• APHA President-Elect José Ramón Fernández-Peña, MD, MPA, Director of Health Professions Advising, Northwestern University

Presenters

• APHA Past President Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD, 2019-2020 Evelyn Green Davis Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
• Amani Allen, PhD, MPH, Executive Associate Dean, UC Berkeley School of Public Health

Moderator

• Tia Taylor Williams, Director, APHA Center for Public Health Policy and Center for School Health and Education

We encourage you to view webinars from the 2015 series The Impact of Racism on the Health and Well-Being of the Nation in advance of the 2020 webinar series.

Our biennial symposium, split across sessions over three weeks, on teaching public health will explore best practices in inclusive pedagogy. Speakers will address educational policies, course design, content, and other approaches that optimize learning for all students.

4:30 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.

INTRODUCTIONS AND OPENING REMARKS

Sandro Galea (@sandrogalea), Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Lisa Sullivan, Associate Dean for Education, Boston University School of Public Health

4:35 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

PANEL PRESENTATIONS
This panel will explore what we should be doing to promote inclusivity in education.

Linda Alexander, Senior Associate Dean for Academic, Student and Faculty Affairs, West Virginia University; Chair of ASPPH Diversity and Inclusion Section

Erin Driver-Linn, Dean for Education, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Janice Bowie, Director DrPH Program, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Raygine DiAquoi, Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Assistant Dean, Office of Diversity, Culture and Inclusion, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health

Moderator: Yvette Cozier, Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, Boston University School of Public Health

Register in advance for this webinar: https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Pl52MF_PSliWhuZCK78B_Q

Please join us for a webinar focused on sharing promising public health practices to reduce COVID-19 related disparities. During this webinar, presenters will discuss the actions their cities have taken to mitigate the disproportionate impact on racial and ethnic minorities. Additionally, speakers will take these ideas a step further and examine how they can be integrated into longer-term strategies for lasting impact that strengthens future responses and advances health equity. Please feel free to share this announcement with others who might be interested.

Moderator:

Dr. Leandris Liburd

Director of the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity/ Chief Health Equity Officer of the CDC COVID-19 Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Speakers:

Mr. T. Benicio Gonzales

Director of the Center for Health Equity, Louisville Department of Public Health & Wellness

Dr. Nafissa Cisse Egbuonye

Director of the Black Hawk County Health Department, Iowa

Dr. Jarvis Chen

Research Scientist, Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Dr. Thomas LaViest

Dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University

Attendees are welcome to submit questions in advance to eocevent357@cdc.gov (Subject Line: Webinar: COVID-19 Response: Promising Practices in Health Equity).

Please join Provost Richard M. Locke for Faculty in Focus: The Webinar, “Health Disparities and COVID-19,” on Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 4 p.m.

The event will feature Brown University faculty members Visiting Professor of the Practice, CSREA, and The School of Public Health Ronald E. Aubert, Assistant Professor of Sociology Laura López-Sanders, and Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice and Professor of Medicine Amal N. Trivedi.

COVID-19 is having a disproportionate impact on members of marginalized communities, with disparities in infection rates and health outcomes emerging by race, ethnicity and immigration status. This multidisciplinary faculty panel will explore and discuss the underlying factors driving these disparities and ideas for addressing the issues. Provost Locke will moderate the conversation.

For more information about this series, please visit: https://www.brown.edu/about/administration/provost/initiatives-resources/faculty-focus-webinar

If you have a question about this event or would like to submit a question for the Q&A portion, please contact the University Event & Conference Services Office at universityevents@brown.edu.

Please note:
-A link to the webinar will be made available closer to the event.
-Attendees will have the option to submit questions to the moderator during the event.

• If you are experiencing financial hardship, new resources are available via the Ufunds portal. These requests are being given the fullest consideration and will be met so long as available resources permit.
• This can be a time that requires additional attention towards mental health. The School is holding weekly virtual mindfulness sessions. CAPS remains open for all students including virtual sessions.
• All of our Deans remain available to you. We maintain virtual office hours. Deans for the Graduate School and Deans for the College also maintain virtual office hours.
• For those involved in TA work, the Sheridan Center offers a number of supportive resources for engaging virtual learning.

This year’s theme is Truth to Power: Exercising Political Voice to Achieve Health Equity. Truth to Power recognizes a critical need for a more just and truthful world to improve our society. Historically, the courageous voices of people with less access to power have fueled movement-making and actions to disrupt resistive power structures. This year’s conference will focus on the tools and approaches we need to uplift marginalized voices, embolden effective leadership, and create policy that is community-driven and grounded in equity.

The Keynote speaker is LaTosha Brown is an award-winning organizer, philanthropic consultant, political strategist and jazz singer with over twenty years of experience working in the non-profit and philanthropy sectors on a wide variety of issues related to political empowerment, social justice, economic development, leadership development, wealth creation and civil rights. She is the co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, a power building southern-based civic engagement organization that played an instrumental role in the 2017 Alabama U.S. Senate race.

The viewing of the documentary PUSHOUT: The criminalization of Black Girls in Schools in order to consider the crucial issues of race, education, social and judicial disparities disproportionately affecting black girls, followed by a panel discussion.

To kick off women’s history month, please join us for a lunchtime discussion regarding various topics that predominately impact womxn faculty members. This discussion will be interactive and consists of a brief introduction followed by the opportunity to discuss and strategize over different questions like gender dynamics in the workplace, work-life balance, and transitioning between ranks throughout your career. This opportunity will allow you to discuss with other faculty members and facilitators. 

Please RSVP so that we may order enough food. 

If you would like to learn more about the world cafe model please visit the website. 

Please join us for the Public Health Graduate Student of Color Lunch Series! This is an opportunity for new and returning graduate students to come together to build community within the School. Food, fellowship, and networking!

 This lunch we will discuss the change in diversity criteria for NIH and what this means for applying for supplements and F31 funding. 

Training Goals: 

• Introduces concept of active bystander intervention
• Discuss why this is vital as a student in higher education
• Develop strategies to effectively intervene as active bystanders to challenge bias, harassment, discrimination, and engage in courageous conversations
• Practice scenarios

Thinking of applying to a graduate school in public health?  Join us for the first TIPH virtual fair of 2020!  This is a great opportunity to get your questions answered while conversing with multiple school representatives.  All without having to travel or take time from work!  Brown University School of Public Health’s chat room will be open from 10am-12pm EST, and there will be a live student panel at 11am.  We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

REGISTER HERE

The staff advisory committee at the school of public health invites you to come and enjoy food and fellowship with other staff members within the school. Enjoy hot cocoa and refreshments, stop by or stay the hour. We can’t wait to see you! 

Please RSVP so we can ensure there are enough refreshments. 

Professor Medeva Ghee will lead an informal discussion that will focus on the question: how do you get people of color to succeed in the faculty pipeline?

Be prepared to learn about what works well for building a well-rounded experience as a graduate student and come with questions! 

Please RSVP so that we can make sure there is enough food for everyone!

SPH Immigration Working Group, A24 and Global Brown Center Present: The Farewell, Screening Cross-Cultural Ethics of Health 

For more information please, click here! 

Start off the holiday season by joining SAC for our second annual Cultural Potluck! Staff members are invited to bring and share their favorite food. It could be a dish that is reflective of your cultural heritage, something you grew up eating that reminds you of home and family, or just something you love to eat now. Beverages will be provided. Cooking a dish is not required to join, all staff are welcome, just bring your appetites! If you do plan to bring a dish, please complete this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBJ9sxfpUy51dtcw3RPIVqRcnh0OA9Gdz-mJGvJNDj83iGvg/viewform