Dean @ashishkjha will resume leadership of the School of Public Health on July 1. Having concluded his term as White House COVID-19 response coordinator, @AshishKJha46 returns to Brown focused on transforming public health education, research and practice.
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- Excited to share that our deputy dean @meganranney has been appointed the dean of @Yale's SPH, effective July 1. Thank you for generously sharing your time, talent, & wisdom with us here at Brown, Dr. Ranney! A wonderful opportunity and a huge honor 👏 👏 brown.edu/news/2023-01-3…
- A pandemic, untamed: Time-lapse of how the coronavirus made its way across U.S. communities since March. Currently, there are twice as many daily COVID-19 cases as after Memorial Day. Cases are rising in 25+ states with the heartland most affected. With @HarvardEthics @MSFTIssues
00:00 - The School of Public Health is excited to announce that Dr. Ashish K. Jha, faculty director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, has been named Dean of the School, effective Sept. 1, 2020.
- Research from Professor @JosephMBraun1 of @Brown_Epi has found that a Corsi-Rosenthal box is an "inexpensive, easy-to-construct air filter that can protect against illness caused not only by viruses, but also by chemical pollutants.” @Brown_ChildEH
- Poorly-understood Long Covid affects millions. With funding from the Hassenfeld Foundation, Brown has launched the Long Covid Initiative to study the syndrome's impact on people, economies, and societies. @orpanag @meganranney @ashishkjha
- Our sadness to see her go will only be surpassed by our pride in all she will accomplish and the community-guided principles Dr. @meganranney will bring to @YaleSPH. @thehowie @hmkyale @YaleInsights
- Dr. Megan Ranney: “We’ve decreased car crash deaths by putting in place things that make cars safer, like seat belts and airbags, and by educating drivers. We know that we can do the same for gun violence” @meganranney @TIME #ThisIsOurLane time.com/5460036/this-i…
- Rhode Island is the only state to screen every incarcerated individual for opioid use disorder, and to offer all three medically effective treatments. @NPRHealth @arishapiro @andrea_c_hsu @GovRaimondo @US_FDA @MiriamHospital @JAMAPsych npr.org/sections/healt…
- With record overdose deaths, over a million Americans taken by COVID, and sustained gun violence, have we become inured to mass death? “There’s been almost a sustained narrative... that tells people that these things are inevitable,” says Dr. @meganranney.
- Professor Megan Ranney: “We’ve dealt with other epidemics like HIV by doing research. HIV is now a survivable illness. We haven’t done that for guns. Science can fix it.” @BrownMedicine @meganranney @thedailybeast
- In a town hall today with @Brown_SPH students, staff, and faculty, Dean @ashishkjha laid out his vision for the School of Public Health, from heath equity and data science to pandemic preparedness: "This is not the time for us to play it safe. This is the time to take leaps."
- The School of Public Health is excited to announce that Jennifer Nuzzo, Dr. Scott Rivkees, and Claire Wardle will be bringing their expertise to @BrownUniversity to advance SPH work on pandemic preparedness and mis/disinformation. @JenniferNuzzo @CARD1E brown.edu/academics/publ…
- Gun violence is often attributed to issues with mental health, but Dr. @meganranney says in @opinion that the story is often a lot more complex. "Expanding mental health treatment is important for so, so many reasons. But it’s not sufficient."


