Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity
Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity (CHPHE)
Improving and advancing health equity through interdisciplinary and community-engaged research, education and advocacy.
Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity (CHPHE)
Improving and advancing health equity through interdisciplinary and community-engaged research, education and advocacy.
Our research delves into behaviors that most impact population health.
Meet faculty and researchers from the Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity.
We strive to conduct meaningful community engagement that is centered on trust, inclusivity and collaboration.
Our experts in the news
See all CHPHE experts in the news The Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity is proud to highlight the latest publication by our faculty members Patricia Markham Risica, Tayla Von Ash, and Shira Dunsiger, alongside their collaborators. Trajectories of Breastfeeding-Related Thoughts and Attitudes Among Low-Income Smoke-Exposed Pregnant Women: A Latent Class Growth Analysis, was recently published in the Journal of Human Lactation (Nov. 2024 issue).
On December 11, Dr. Alison Tovar, director of the Brown University School of Public Health’s Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, joined the Rhode Island Life Index 2024 launch event as a panelist to discuss the pressing issue of food insecurity.
Take a Deeper Dive
Read stories and listen to interviews with researchers focusing on health promotion and health equity at the Brown University School of Public Health
Navigating Nutrition
Professor Alison Tovar investigates children's food environments and the factors that shape our eating behaviors early in life. Hear about her community-based work developing engaging interventions to improve children's eating habits, and get tips for encouraging healthier food habits for your kids, too!
Learn by Doing: Food Justice Pioneer
No obstacle is a match for MPH student Kerri Connolly. As deputy director of the Rhode Island Public Health Institute, she works tirelessly to improve food access for families. As a Brown MPH student, she works to acquire the skills she’ll need to achieve her food-system busting goals.