Congratulations to 2024 Diversity Scholarship recipient Rachel Rosales, Health Services, Policy & Practice Department, Brown University School of Public Health.

Learn more about the Diversity Scholarship here: ashecon.org/2024-san-diego…

Sponsored by Dalio Philanthropies, Cedars-Sinai Academic Medicine, @CommonwealthFnd and Arnold Ventures

Please join us in congratulating Drs. Ellen McCreedy and Jill Harrison Brown University Q&I Center Health Services, Policy & Practice Department!

Both are being recognized tonight for their receipt of 2024 Brown University School of Public Health Dean's Awards in honor of their research excellence. 1/

We are pleased to announce that Ph.D. candidate Hannah James has successfully defended her dissertation today! Congratulations and job well done!

Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Emily O'Neill on successfully defending her dissertation yesterday! Wishing you the best in your future endeavors.

Congratulations to Geronimo Bejarano for being named a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. Keep up the good work!
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Congratulations to 2024 Diversity Scholarship recipient Gray Babbs, Health Services, Policy & Practice Department.

Learn more about the Diversity Scholarship here: ashecon.org/2024-san-diego…

Sponsored by Dalio Philanthropies, Cedars-Sinai Academic Medicine, @CommonwealthFnd and Arnold Ventures

Will be speaking about private equity and healthcare consolidation at the University of Houston college of medicine health policy conference in May. Come if you’re in Houston: uh.edu/medicine/sites… Health Services, Policy & Practice Department

Professors Sam Zwetchkenbaum and Christine Gadbois of Health Services, Policy & Practice Department say critical dental services in RI are underfunded, and costs are rising. 'Things like infection control have gotten more costly. Information, the electronic health records have gotten more costly.'

Congratulations to Professors Emily Feinberg & Ellen McCreedy & project director Ann Reddy, winners of Brown University School of Public Health's inaugural Community-Academic Research Partnership awards honoring exemplary partnerships with communities here in RI! Health Services, Policy & Practice Department BrownGerontology sph.brown.edu/news/2024-03-2…

A paper co-authored by Professor Christopher Whaley of Health Services, Policy & Practice Department has been named a finalist for the NIHCM's 2024 Research Awards! The study explores the impact of private equity's investments in ambulatory surgery centers.
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For those interested in COVID-related topics, check out this podcast where Ph.D. student Courtney Baird discusses her recent paper that explores how county-level mandates were generally effective at slowing COVID-19 transmission.
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A new study by Professor Patience Moyo & colleagues uncovered the layered complexities for skilled nursing facilities trying to provide needed care for people with opioid use disorder. And often, not trying at all. Health Services, Policy & Practice Department BrownGerontology Rhode Island Current rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/03/11/aft…

New paper led by Health Services, Policy & Practice Department's Courtney Baird shows the effectiveness of county-level nonpharmaceutical interventions, particularly mask mandates, in slowing transmission of COVID early in the pandemic.
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.Health Services, Policy & Practice Department PhD student Gray Babbs finds transgender & gender-diverse individuals are far more likely to use the ED than their cisgender peers, often postponing 'routine medical care due to...discrimination, lack of knowledgeable clinicians, and costs.' additudemag.com/mental-health-…

Join Scott Rivkees, academic director of the Sc.M. in Healthcare Leadership and Claire Wardle Claire Wardle, co-founder and co-director of the Brown Information Futures Lab Brown University School of Public Health for “Real World Public Health Communications,” on 3/8, 12pm EST.

Register: bit.ly/3OIhMXD

Transgender & gender-diverse people face substantial stigma. Health Services, Policy & Practice Department PhD student Gray Babbs finds this may lead to ED overuse, w/ transgender and gender-diverse Medicare recipients being nearly 3 times as likely to visit the ED as their cisgender peers. healio.com/news/primary-c…

The HSPP Department invites applications for a faculty position in the area of evidence synthesis at the Assistant, Associate, or full Professor level; this position is associated within our Center For Evidence Synthesis in Health (CESH). Apply below!
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.Brown University School of Public Health is thrilled to announce that later this year we'll be joined by Dr. Ateev Mehrotra who will lead Health Services, Policy & Practice Department! Learn more in Dean Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH's announcement about this physician, scholar & expert on consumerism, price transparency and benefit design. dean.sph.brown.edu/news/2024-02-0…

I am hiring two postdoctoral fellows to work with me at Brown University. We are doing research related to adults with complex health needs, natural disasters and migration. Please reach out with any questions. Apply today! BrownGerontology Health Services, Policy & Practice Department Brown University School of Public Health Brown Research