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Dr. @craigspencer.bsky.social doesn’t think the US medical establishment can go back to the pre-RFK Jr. way of things. “There’s not a world where I see, three years from now...we put all these things back,” he says. “I want us to say, 'we’re willing to engage in how to do things differently.'”
For the first time, skeptics of mainstream medicine are running the country. What comes next? - The Boston Globe
Experts see two ways forward: a freefall, or the medical establishment correcting itself.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Dr. @craigspencer.bsky.social doesn’t think the US medical establishment can go back to the pre-RFK Jr. way of things. “There’s not a world where I see, three years from now...we put all these things back,” he says. “I want us to say, 'we’re willing to engage in how to do things differently.'”
All week long we're celebrating the impact of Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social over five plus years at #BrownSPH!❤️ Follow along with us for highlights of his tenure, from expanded research to innovative training aimed at broadening access to @brown.edu.
#gratitude #leadership #evertrue
#gratitude #leadership #evertrue
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
All week long we're celebrating the impact of Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social over five plus years at #BrownSPH!❤️ Follow along with us for highlights of his tenure, from expanded research to innovative training aimed at broadening access to @brown.edu.
#gratitude #leadership #evertrue
#gratitude #leadership #evertrue
After 5 transformative years, Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social is stepping down.
Join us in thanking Dean Jha for navigating #BrownSPH through an extraordinary period and for building our school into one of the best! Gratitude also to Dr. Francesca Beaudoin, who leads #BrownSPH as Interim Dean in 2026.
Join us in thanking Dean Jha for navigating #BrownSPH through an extraordinary period and for building our school into one of the best! Gratitude also to Dr. Francesca Beaudoin, who leads #BrownSPH as Interim Dean in 2026.
School of Public Health Dean Dr. Ashish K. Jha to depart Brown
After arriving in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jha will leave at the end of December 2025 to dedicate time to an initiative to confront pandemic and biosecurity threats.
www.brown.edu
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
After 5 transformative years, Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social is stepping down.
Join us in thanking Dean Jha for navigating #BrownSPH through an extraordinary period and for building our school into one of the best! Gratitude also to Dr. Francesca Beaudoin, who leads #BrownSPH as Interim Dean in 2026.
Join us in thanking Dean Jha for navigating #BrownSPH through an extraordinary period and for building our school into one of the best! Gratitude also to Dr. Francesca Beaudoin, who leads #BrownSPH as Interim Dean in 2026.
"To really stem this crisis and improve public health, the country must pursue an aggressive campaign of economic justice."
—Professor Brandon Marshall and @ashihipar.bsky.social of the @pphcollective.bsky.social writing in the @newrepublic.com
—Professor Brandon Marshall and @ashihipar.bsky.social of the @pphcollective.bsky.social writing in the @newrepublic.com
The Populist Approach to the Opioid Crisis Can Save Millions of Lives
The overdose epidemic is often framed as a public health concern. But what if we treated it as an economic crisis, which policy can alleviate?
newrepublic.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"To really stem this crisis and improve public health, the country must pursue an aggressive campaign of economic justice."
—Professor Brandon Marshall and @ashihipar.bsky.social of the @pphcollective.bsky.social writing in the @newrepublic.com
—Professor Brandon Marshall and @ashihipar.bsky.social of the @pphcollective.bsky.social writing in the @newrepublic.com
"We, as a country, can improve health care affordability,” Professor @rozmurray.bsky.social says.
Oregon was the first US state to limit how much hospitals can charge. Hit the link to learn how much $$$ caps saved (without impacting quality).
https://sph.brown.edu/news/2025-12-02/hospital-price-caps
Oregon was the first US state to limit how much hospitals can charge. Hit the link to learn how much $$$ caps saved (without impacting quality).
https://sph.brown.edu/news/2025-12-02/hospital-price-caps
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"We, as a country, can improve health care affordability,” Professor @rozmurray.bsky.social says.
Oregon was the first US state to limit how much hospitals can charge. Hit the link to learn how much $$$ caps saved (without impacting quality).
https://sph.brown.edu/news/2025-12-02/hospital-price-caps
Oregon was the first US state to limit how much hospitals can charge. Hit the link to learn how much $$$ caps saved (without impacting quality).
https://sph.brown.edu/news/2025-12-02/hospital-price-caps
LISTEN🎧 What can you learn at an anti-vax conference?
Quite a lot, Dr. @craigspencer.bsky.social tells Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social on the latest episode of A Moment in Health.
Quite a lot, Dr. @craigspencer.bsky.social tells Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social on the latest episode of A Moment in Health.
What Should We Learn from an Anti-Vaccine Conference?
Dr. Craig Spencer joins me on A Moment in Health to discuss his recent experiences at the Children's Health Defense conference in Austin and how we can best engage with this group of Americans.
amomentinhealth.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
LISTEN🎧 What can you learn at an anti-vax conference?
Quite a lot, Dr. @craigspencer.bsky.social tells Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social on the latest episode of A Moment in Health.
Quite a lot, Dr. @craigspencer.bsky.social tells Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social on the latest episode of A Moment in Health.
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Smarter health financing is how you build a stronger, more resilient health systems across Africa.
New analysis from @nti.org, @pandemiccenter.bsky.social, Economist Impact & Science for Africa Foundation highlights how tools like the Africa Health Security Index can close critical gaps.
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New analysis from @nti.org, @pandemiccenter.bsky.social, Economist Impact & Science for Africa Foundation highlights how tools like the Africa Health Security Index can close critical gaps.
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Smarter Health Financing for Self-Reliance and Resilience Across the African Continent
Amid a combination of economic slowdown, reductions in official development assistance, rising biological threats, and climate change’s disproportionate impact on Africa, leaders and experts call for ...
www.nti.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Smarter health financing is how you build a stronger, more resilient health systems across Africa.
New analysis from @nti.org, @pandemiccenter.bsky.social, Economist Impact & Science for Africa Foundation highlights how tools like the Africa Health Security Index can close critical gaps.
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New analysis from @nti.org, @pandemiccenter.bsky.social, Economist Impact & Science for Africa Foundation highlights how tools like the Africa Health Security Index can close critical gaps.
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"In our controlled bar lab study, after people smoked cannabis, they drank about a quarter less alcohol over the next two hours," Professor @janemetrik.bsky.social tells Fox News.
Learn more about the @browncaas.bsky.social study!⤵️
Learn more about the @browncaas.bsky.social study!⤵️
Heavy drinkers cut alcohol use by nearly 30% after adopting one new habit, study finds
New research shows that cannabis may reduce alcohol consumption short-term, but experts caution against substitution due to unknown long-term effects.
www.foxnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"In our controlled bar lab study, after people smoked cannabis, they drank about a quarter less alcohol over the next two hours," Professor @janemetrik.bsky.social tells Fox News.
Learn more about the @browncaas.bsky.social study!⤵️
Learn more about the @browncaas.bsky.social study!⤵️
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In our latest episode, Dr. Dinah Nasike and Dr. Judy Omumbo dive into how local voices and local action shape epidemic preparedness.
🎧 Listen Here
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🎧 Listen Here
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December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In our latest episode, Dr. Dinah Nasike and Dr. Judy Omumbo dive into how local voices and local action shape epidemic preparedness.
🎧 Listen Here
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🎧 Listen Here
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WATCH NOW: Professor Alison Tovar spoke to @nbc10wjar.bsky.social about the results of her review of the first state-level program aimed at encouraging #SNAP recipients to eat more fruits and vegetables by giving them 50 cents back for every dollar spent on fresh produce.
Rhode Island's fresh produce incentive program shows promise, room for improvement
The official kick off to A SNAP incentive program known as Eat Well Be Well was in January of 2024.
turnto10.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
WATCH NOW: Professor Alison Tovar spoke to @nbc10wjar.bsky.social about the results of her review of the first state-level program aimed at encouraging #SNAP recipients to eat more fruits and vegetables by giving them 50 cents back for every dollar spent on fresh produce.
NEW RESEARCH: With #RSV hospitalizing 80,000 US children each year, a @brown.edu team aimed to learn how population density affects its spread among young children.
@brown-ibes.bsky.social @rebaker.bsky.social
Learn the results!⤵️
https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-26/rsv-urban-rural-immunization
@brown-ibes.bsky.social @rebaker.bsky.social
Learn the results!⤵️
https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-26/rsv-urban-rural-immunization
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
NEW RESEARCH: With #RSV hospitalizing 80,000 US children each year, a @brown.edu team aimed to learn how population density affects its spread among young children.
@brown-ibes.bsky.social @rebaker.bsky.social
Learn the results!⤵️
https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-26/rsv-urban-rural-immunization
@brown-ibes.bsky.social @rebaker.bsky.social
Learn the results!⤵️
https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-26/rsv-urban-rural-immunization
It's a big day for applicants to the #BrownSPH MPH & PhD programs!✨
11:59 PM ET TONIGHT is the final deadline for epidemiology, biostatistics & health services research PhD programs and the master’s programs priority deadline!
We’re ready to support you!⬇️
https://sph.brown.edu/admission-aid/apply
11:59 PM ET TONIGHT is the final deadline for epidemiology, biostatistics & health services research PhD programs and the master’s programs priority deadline!
We’re ready to support you!⬇️
https://sph.brown.edu/admission-aid/apply
Apply
Excited to get started? Apply today and take the next step toward your future.
sph.brown.edu
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It's a big day for applicants to the #BrownSPH MPH & PhD programs!✨
11:59 PM ET TONIGHT is the final deadline for epidemiology, biostatistics & health services research PhD programs and the master’s programs priority deadline!
We’re ready to support you!⬇️
https://sph.brown.edu/admission-aid/apply
11:59 PM ET TONIGHT is the final deadline for epidemiology, biostatistics & health services research PhD programs and the master’s programs priority deadline!
We’re ready to support you!⬇️
https://sph.brown.edu/admission-aid/apply
Has your local pharmacy closed?
Professor Kaley Hayes says that in the US, drugstores “are central health hubs and are arguably one of the most accessible health care providers.” When pharmacies close, she says, “It’s taking another health care provider out of the equation.”
Professor Kaley Hayes says that in the US, drugstores “are central health hubs and are arguably one of the most accessible health care providers.” When pharmacies close, she says, “It’s taking another health care provider out of the equation.”
Pharmacy deserts make staying healthy harder - The Boston Globe
Payment reform could shore up struggling drugstores.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Has your local pharmacy closed?
Professor Kaley Hayes says that in the US, drugstores “are central health hubs and are arguably one of the most accessible health care providers.” When pharmacies close, she says, “It’s taking another health care provider out of the equation.”
Professor Kaley Hayes says that in the US, drugstores “are central health hubs and are arguably one of the most accessible health care providers.” When pharmacies close, she says, “It’s taking another health care provider out of the equation.”
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New research led by center affiliate @rebaker.bsky.social shows that year-round #RSV immunization could significantly reduce the risk of large outbreaks across both urban and rural communities.
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Expanding seasonal immunization access could minimize off-season RSV epidemics
Researchers found differences in how respiratory syncytial virus spreads among children in rural versus urban communities and concluded that year-round immunizations would minimize risks of large seas...
www.brown.edu
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New research led by center affiliate @rebaker.bsky.social shows that year-round #RSV immunization could significantly reduce the risk of large outbreaks across both urban and rural communities.
Read more ⤵️
www.brown.edu/news/2025-11...
Read more ⤵️
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I am very grateful for the dedicated spirit of service that permeates our faculty, staff, and trainees at @browncaas.bsky.social in @brownpublichealth.bsky.social. I could not be more proud. We can't improve our world unless we give something of ourselves. #HappyThanksgiving!
We’re thrilled to celebrate our current and past members who have stepped into new editor roles with Addiction. CAAS leadership and expertise continue to shape the field.
👏 Congrats to all — and thank you for advancing rigorous, thoughtful scholarship in addiction science!
👏 Congrats to all — and thank you for advancing rigorous, thoughtful scholarship in addiction science!
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I am very grateful for the dedicated spirit of service that permeates our faculty, staff, and trainees at @browncaas.bsky.social in @brownpublichealth.bsky.social. I could not be more proud. We can't improve our world unless we give something of ourselves. #HappyThanksgiving!
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New paper with Tayla von Ash and colleagues offering guidance for how researchers can to "contribute to an antiracist public health agenda in pursuit of health equity regardless of content focus." @brownpublichealth.bsky.social @browncaas.bsky.social
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November 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New paper with Tayla von Ash and colleagues offering guidance for how researchers can to "contribute to an antiracist public health agenda in pursuit of health equity regardless of content focus." @brownpublichealth.bsky.social @browncaas.bsky.social
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TODAY!
Andriy Norets, Ph.D., Professor of Economics at Brown University will be speaking at the Statistics Seminar Series at @brownpublichealth.bsky.social at noon.
We hope you will join us!
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Andriy Norets, Ph.D., Professor of Economics at Brown University will be speaking at the Statistics Seminar Series at @brownpublichealth.bsky.social at noon.
We hope you will join us!
events.brown.edu/biostatistic...
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
TODAY!
Andriy Norets, Ph.D., Professor of Economics at Brown University will be speaking at the Statistics Seminar Series at @brownpublichealth.bsky.social at noon.
We hope you will join us!
events.brown.edu/biostatistic...
Andriy Norets, Ph.D., Professor of Economics at Brown University will be speaking at the Statistics Seminar Series at @brownpublichealth.bsky.social at noon.
We hope you will join us!
events.brown.edu/biostatistic...
With gratitude for your dedication to public health, to our School, and to each other, we wish all members of the #BrownSPH community, near and far, a restful, safe, and joy-filled Thanksgiving!🦃🍂
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
With gratitude for your dedication to public health, to our School, and to each other, we wish all members of the #BrownSPH community, near and far, a restful, safe, and joy-filled Thanksgiving!🦃🍂
As food costs remain high, policymakers & nutrition experts seek ways to help low-income families eat healthier. Some push stricter limits on what SNAP can buy, while others argue that financial incentives encourage healthy choices.
New research adds fresh but inconclusive evidence to the debate.🍎⤵️
New research adds fresh but inconclusive evidence to the debate.🍎⤵️
Nation's first state-level SNAP fresh produce incentive program shows promise, room to grow
A Brown-led study of the nation’s first state-level SNAP fruit and vegetable incentive program finds small gains for some in the Rhode Island program but highlights overall need for better outreach an...
sph.brown.edu
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As food costs remain high, policymakers & nutrition experts seek ways to help low-income families eat healthier. Some push stricter limits on what SNAP can buy, while others argue that financial incentives encourage healthy choices.
New research adds fresh but inconclusive evidence to the debate.🍎⤵️
New research adds fresh but inconclusive evidence to the debate.🍎⤵️
Professor @drsethberkley.bsky.social's latest, Fair Doses—on the scientific breakthroughs, supply chain bottlenecks & politics that shaped the pandemic response—has been named a best book of 2025 by the @economist.com!
Excerpt here📖⤵️ https://sph.brown.edu/news/2025-11-21/seth-berkley-book-excerpt
Excerpt here📖⤵️ https://sph.brown.edu/news/2025-11-21/seth-berkley-book-excerpt
Inside the global scramble to build and deliver COVID vaccines
New book from Pandemic Center's Seth Berkley recounts how scientific breakthroughs, supply chain bottlenecks and political battles shaped the pandemic response.
sph.brown.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Professor @drsethberkley.bsky.social's latest, Fair Doses—on the scientific breakthroughs, supply chain bottlenecks & politics that shaped the pandemic response—has been named a best book of 2025 by the @economist.com!
Excerpt here📖⤵️ https://sph.brown.edu/news/2025-11-21/seth-berkley-book-excerpt
Excerpt here📖⤵️ https://sph.brown.edu/news/2025-11-21/seth-berkley-book-excerpt
It's an experiment that's been conducted countless times: What happens when you mix alcohol & cannabis?
But it hasn't been tried by scientists in a lab, carefully calibrating subjects intake of alcohol and research-grade marijuana. Until now.
@janemetrik.bsky.social
@browncaas.bsky.social
But it hasn't been tried by scientists in a lab, carefully calibrating subjects intake of alcohol and research-grade marijuana. Until now.
@janemetrik.bsky.social
@browncaas.bsky.social
Smoking Weed Has a Surprising Effect on Drinking
Researchers set up a makeshift bar on a college campus to test how much people wanted to drink after they smoked cannabis.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It's an experiment that's been conducted countless times: What happens when you mix alcohol & cannabis?
But it hasn't been tried by scientists in a lab, carefully calibrating subjects intake of alcohol and research-grade marijuana. Until now.
@janemetrik.bsky.social
@browncaas.bsky.social
But it hasn't been tried by scientists in a lab, carefully calibrating subjects intake of alcohol and research-grade marijuana. Until now.
@janemetrik.bsky.social
@browncaas.bsky.social
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We are pleased to announce that abstract submissions are now open for Staff Research Day [at CAAS]: A Day to Highlight Staff Excellence!
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We are pleased to announce that abstract submissions are now open for Staff Research Day [at CAAS]: A Day to Highlight Staff Excellence!
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Congratulations to Lauren Micalizzi, CAAS Assistant Professor, on her election to the Research Society on Marijuana (RSMj) Board! 🎉 @laurenmic.bsky.social @researchmj.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Congratulations to Lauren Micalizzi, CAAS Assistant Professor, on her election to the Research Society on Marijuana (RSMj) Board! 🎉 @laurenmic.bsky.social @researchmj.bsky.social