People, Place and Health Collective
@pphcollective.bsky.social
Public health research that is people centered, place oriented & data driven. We study drugs, infectious diseases + intersecting epidemics. Based at the Brown University School of Public Health.
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The Trump administration is slashing nearly $2 billion in existing grants for mental health, addiction treatment, HIV/hep C prevention, and more, the latest in a yearlong degradation of SAMHSA
Trump administration cuts up to $1.9 billion from mental health and addiction treatment programs
SAMHSA canceled up to $1.9 billion in grants without staff consultation, accelerating the mental health agency's deterioration under President Trump.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The Trump administration is slashing nearly $2 billion in existing grants for mental health, addiction treatment, HIV/hep C prevention, and more, the latest in a yearlong degradation of SAMHSA
rumors of public healths demise in 2025 are greatly exaggerated (ok not really) but we are still out here despite it all and ready for 2026. LETS GOOOOOOOOO
December 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
rumors of public healths demise in 2025 are greatly exaggerated (ok not really) but we are still out here despite it all and ready for 2026. LETS GOOOOOOOOO
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“I have lived in Providence for nearly a decade—first as a Brown student, and then when I returned to make it my home—and I have never seen it like this, the energy sucked out of it by fear.”
Read this moving piece by @h-lev.bsky.social on the shooting aftermath www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Read this moving piece by @h-lev.bsky.social on the shooting aftermath www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting
What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“I have lived in Providence for nearly a decade—first as a Brown student, and then when I returned to make it my home—and I have never seen it like this, the energy sucked out of it by fear.”
Read this moving piece by @h-lev.bsky.social on the shooting aftermath www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Read this moving piece by @h-lev.bsky.social on the shooting aftermath www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Victim of Brown Shooting Remembered as a Scholar, Always Willing to Help
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Victim of Shooting at Brown Remembered as ‘a Bright Light’
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
We are horrified and grieving for our beloved campus community. To our Brown & Providence community, please stay safe. Our hearts go out to those impacted by tonights senseless tragedy.
Police searching Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 8 on campus
Police say multiple people have been shot in the area of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
We are horrified and grieving for our beloved campus community. To our Brown & Providence community, please stay safe. Our hearts go out to those impacted by tonights senseless tragedy.
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The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking input on Federal policy updates to accelerate the American scientific enterprise.
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
Notice of Request for Information; Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requests input from all interested parties on Federal policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking...
www.federalregister.gov
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking input on Federal policy updates to accelerate the American scientific enterprise.
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
This is your chance to give some feedback on how the past ~10 months have gone for science.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
I plan to highlight:
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"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
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Tomorrow at 11:30 AM EST, join @aniloza.bsky.social and @maxkozlov.bsky.social as they discuss what it's been like to cover HHS under this administration. Register to get the zoom link.
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
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Covering HHS: Health Journalism and the Federal Government in 2025
Join STAT News’ Anil Oza and Nature’s Max Kozlov ’20 for a panel about covering the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during the ...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Happening now! RSVP to get a zoom link.
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Tomorrow at 11:30 AM EST, join @aniloza.bsky.social and @maxkozlov.bsky.social as they discuss what it's been like to cover HHS under this administration. Register to get the zoom link.
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
Covering HHS: Health Journalism and the Federal Government in 2025
Join STAT News’ Anil Oza and Nature’s Max Kozlov ’20 for a panel about covering the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during the ...
events.brown.edu
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Tomorrow at 11:30 AM EST, join @aniloza.bsky.social and @maxkozlov.bsky.social as they discuss what it's been like to cover HHS under this administration. Register to get the zoom link.
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
Tomorrow at 11:30 AM EST, join @aniloza.bsky.social and @maxkozlov.bsky.social as they discuss what it's been like to cover HHS under this administration. Register to get the zoom link.
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
Covering HHS: Health Journalism and the Federal Government in 2025
Join STAT News’ Anil Oza and Nature’s Max Kozlov ’20 for a panel about covering the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during the ...
events.brown.edu
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Tomorrow at 11:30 AM EST, join @aniloza.bsky.social and @maxkozlov.bsky.social as they discuss what it's been like to cover HHS under this administration. Register to get the zoom link.
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
Collective members Professor Brandon Marshall and Abdullah Shihipar write about viewing the overdose crisis as one driven by material suffering and explain that pursuing economic justice can have a real impact in reducing overdose deaths.
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
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 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Collective members Professor Brandon Marshall and Abdullah Shihipar write about viewing the overdose crisis as one driven by material suffering and explain that pursuing economic justice can have a real impact in reducing overdose deaths.
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
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Thank you all the program officers at NIH that persisted through the 2025 fiscal year and were able to fund 99% of the total FY2024 budget. I know this has take a toll on everyone at NIH. Thank you for supporting important health and behavior science and helping to keep the U.S. a leader in science.
The fiscal year ends tomorrow.
Here are results from NIH Reporter downloaded an hour ago.
The total amount of funding committed for FY2025 at this point is 99.0% of that for FY2024. The same difference could be due to a variety of technical factors.
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Here are results from NIH Reporter downloaded an hour ago.
The total amount of funding committed for FY2025 at this point is 99.0% of that for FY2024. The same difference could be due to a variety of technical factors.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thank you all the program officers at NIH that persisted through the 2025 fiscal year and were able to fund 99% of the total FY2024 budget. I know this has take a toll on everyone at NIH. Thank you for supporting important health and behavior science and helping to keep the U.S. a leader in science.
Collective member Abdullah Shihipar spoke to Governing about the drop in overdose deaths and why funding cuts could interrupt that progress.
www.governing.com/magazine/the...
www.governing.com/magazine/the...
The Forces Finally Driving Down Deaths from Overdose
After more than 1 million deaths, opioid mortality is dropping fast.
www.governing.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Collective member Abdullah Shihipar spoke to Governing about the drop in overdose deaths and why funding cuts could interrupt that progress.
www.governing.com/magazine/the...
www.governing.com/magazine/the...
Earlier this month, Professor Brandon Marshall spoke to the Hartford Courant about overdose prevention centers.
“They are highly effective in other countries in communities where there is a very high level of overdose risk,” he said.
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“They are highly effective in other countries in communities where there is a very high level of overdose risk,” he said.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
MSN
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July 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Earlier this month, Professor Brandon Marshall spoke to the Hartford Courant about overdose prevention centers.
“They are highly effective in other countries in communities where there is a very high level of overdose risk,” he said.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
“They are highly effective in other countries in communities where there is a very high level of overdose risk,” he said.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
Doctoral candidate Leah Shaw and co-authors wrote a blog post a few weeks ago to accompany their study on Rhode Island's Harm Reduction vending machines. They found that these were used significantly on the weekends (30%) and outside regular business hours (50%).
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What We Have Learned from Rhode Island’s Harm Reduction Vending Machines - JPHMP Direct
Evaluation of the first two years of Rhode Island’s harm reduction vending machines (HRVMs) and their role alongside in-person harm reduction services.
jphmpdirect.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Doctoral candidate Leah Shaw and co-authors wrote a blog post a few weeks ago to accompany their study on Rhode Island's Harm Reduction vending machines. They found that these were used significantly on the weekends (30%) and outside regular business hours (50%).
jphmpdirect.com/what-we-have...
jphmpdirect.com/what-we-have...
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Hey there. Today was terrible. I’m grieving for all who will get hurt, sick and die from what the #GOP has done. But I remember dark days in the past during the AIDS epidemic in the US in the 80s, in South Africa in the 2000s. Things looked bleak then. Though me and my friends would be dead. 1/
July 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hey there. Today was terrible. I’m grieving for all who will get hurt, sick and die from what the #GOP has done. But I remember dark days in the past during the AIDS epidemic in the US in the 80s, in South Africa in the 2000s. Things looked bleak then. Though me and my friends would be dead. 1/
Our information based resource on overdose prevention centers - opcinfo.org - is now available in Chinese and Spanish. With the exception of legislative updates & the literature database, the website and its materials are available in these languages. Use the menu to switch between languages.
July 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Our information based resource on overdose prevention centers - opcinfo.org - is now available in Chinese and Spanish. With the exception of legislative updates & the literature database, the website and its materials are available in these languages. Use the menu to switch between languages.
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We have created a set of slides that explains how NIH works aka how biomedical science is funded in the United States. Enter our game where you "play" as a budding young scientist who is looking to get a grant studying opioid use disorder funded -- will he get it funded? Click through!
June 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We have created a set of slides that explains how NIH works aka how biomedical science is funded in the United States. Enter our game where you "play" as a budding young scientist who is looking to get a grant studying opioid use disorder funded -- will he get it funded? Click through!
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Tomorrow (Tues, June 10) at 10AM ET, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya will be testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the NIH budget. 1/
A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
June 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Tomorrow (Tues, June 10) at 10AM ET, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya will be testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the NIH budget. 1/
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“Ian Morgan, a postdoctoral fellow with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, also signed… “We have a saying in basic science,” he said. “You go and become a physician if you want to treat thousands of patients. You go and become a researcher if you want to save billions of patients.”
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“Ian Morgan, a postdoctoral fellow with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, also signed… “We have a saying in basic science,” he said. “You go and become a physician if you want to treat thousands of patients. You go and become a researcher if you want to save billions of patients.”
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"Boy, has it been a learning curve, because not a lot of people navigate a termination at all in their careers, let alone for their first grant." — BSHS PhD student Patrick Kelly discusses his grant cancellation, its impact on his work, and on the populations he serves defector.com/an-interview...
An Interview With A Public Health Researcher Whose Funding Was Terminated By The Trump Administration | Defector
In a third-grade classroom exercise, Patrick Kelly wrote that he wanted to become a scientist when he grew up. With that interest came an attention to the people that science can help. “I’ve just alwa...
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June 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Boy, has it been a learning curve, because not a lot of people navigate a termination at all in their careers, let alone for their first grant." — BSHS PhD student Patrick Kelly discusses his grant cancellation, its impact on his work, and on the populations he serves defector.com/an-interview...
We have created a set of slides that explains how NIH works aka how biomedical science is funded in the United States. Enter our game where you "play" as a budding young scientist who is looking to get a grant studying opioid use disorder funded -- will he get it funded? Click through!
June 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We have created a set of slides that explains how NIH works aka how biomedical science is funded in the United States. Enter our game where you "play" as a budding young scientist who is looking to get a grant studying opioid use disorder funded -- will he get it funded? Click through!
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The prevention & response investment that helped lower overdose deaths last year is at risk Abdullah Shihipar MPH'20 warns: "As Congress debates the proposed federal budget, it’s important that we don’t take recent progress for granted." @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/figh...
Overdose Deaths Declined in 2024 but Progress Is at Risk
The CDC reports that fatal overdoses dropped 27% in 2024. Progress has been made, but proposed budget cuts may hamper future responses.
www.psychologytoday.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The prevention & response investment that helped lower overdose deaths last year is at risk Abdullah Shihipar MPH'20 warns: "As Congress debates the proposed federal budget, it’s important that we don’t take recent progress for granted." @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/figh...