NIH R01 Grant to Study Health Disparities and Empower Latina Women through Physical Activity and Mindfulness

von Ash, assistant professor of behavioral and social sciences, was awarded the NIH R01 grant, which totals $3.5M over five years.

Exploring the Intersection of Nature and Health: Highlights from the "Cells to Society" Conference at Brown University

Dr. Diana Grigsby-Toussaint selected to participate in Brown University's Faculty Leadership Program for the 2024-25 academic year.

Funded by a grant from the Center for Disease Control, Hughto's research on overdose prevention and harm reduction in Rhode Island and Massachusetts has released preliminary findings.

Boston Children’s Hospital, Brown University School of Public Health, Vital Village Networks, and Temple University’s Center for Public Health Law Research Selected for RWJF Grant to Strengthen Research, Methods, and Advocacy to Address Structural Racism

Dr. Akilah Dulin and colleagues have released a report providing policy recommendations intended to address a myriad of factors associated with racial disparities in Rhode Island's criminal justice system, as reported in the March 16, 2023 edition of The Providence Journal.

Part of the United Way of Rhode Island-funded State of Black Rhode Island report series, this most recent report presents criminal justice system data, reviews historical and current contexts, and presents policies to reduce the impact of the criminal justice system on Black Rhode Islanders.

Dr. Amy Nunn recently spoke with the Boston Globe about the presence of monkeypox in Rhode Island.

A recent study published in Preventative Medicine Reports highlighted an international effort to examine COVID-19's often overlooked impact on people's health behaviors. CHPHE's Diana Grigsby-Toussaint was among the study's key collaborators.

Brown University School of Public Health's Dr. Amy Nunn and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health colleague Dr. Lorraine Dean led research examining barriers to the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis drug known as PrEP. Poor uptake of the drug can be attributed to stigma, limited awareness, and lack of accessibility to health care and health insurance.

A collaboration between a wide array of Black community members throughout Rhode Island and faculty and students at Brown University has come together to conduct The State of Black Rhode Island Project.

Dr. Akilah Dulin and colleagues recently developed and evaluated the psychometric properties of long and short forms of the Multilevel Resilience Resource Measure for African American/Black Adults Living with HIV. These measures provide a comprehensive framework to examine resilience and HIV-related outcomes, and can inform resilience-building interventions to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. Read more about the Multilevel Resilience Resource Measure in AIDS and Behavior.

Dr. Alison Tovar shares her research interests and the experiences that have shaped her career.

Dr. Madina Agènor shares her research interests and the experiences that have shaped her career.

Combining research and ground work, CHPHE's Dr. Amy Nunn collaborates with Black pastors to reduce HIV infections and address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.

CHPHE'S Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology, discussed the intersection of racial and geographic inequities with marginalized populations' exposure to the effects of climate change, pollution, and their associated health effects, in a recent Healthline article.

CHPHE's Dr. Katie Biello and Dr. Jaclyn White Hughto weigh in on a new study examining how the pandemic has exacerbated already existing psychosocial and emotional issues that affect LGBTQIA+ individuals specifically.

CHPHE'S Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology, offered commentary on some of the reasons why communities of color are proportionally underrepresented among the population of people receiving vaccinations.

A new paper by CHPHE's Dr. Diana Grigsby-Toussaint and Dr. Antwan Jones (The George Washington University) asserts housing and the residential context where individuals live will be critical to understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect populations across the socioeconomic spectrum, but particularly for racial and ethnic minority and low-income groups in the US.

CHPHE's Dr. Patricia Risica, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Epidemiology, is the recipient of the School of Public Health's 2020 Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

CHPHE's Dr. Akilah Dulin was interviewed in the Spring 2020 issue of Continuum, the magazine of the Brown University School of Public Health. In the interview, she discusses what brought her to the field of public health, how she works to apply her research to the communities she studies, and teaching the next generation of public health researchers.

Created by CHPHE's Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, a social epidemiologist at the Brown University School of Public Health.

"When (Medical Director) Dr. (Philip) Chan and I conceived of this clinic, we wanted to create a safe space for all Rhode Islanders irrespective of their gender, their gender expression, their sexual identity or their orientation." -Dr. Amy Nunn, executive director, Open Door Health

Award will fund research exploring association of greenspace with mental and physical health among pregnant women

The Center for Health Equity Research's Dr. Amy Nunn is among those working with faith communities in the South to reduce the stigma of HIV, with an eye to the social and structural factors that drive the epidemic.

“Rhode Island is one of 13 states in the union that doesn’t have an LGBT health clinic that focuses on serving the LGBT population as a core function of its mission,” says Executive Director Dr. Amy Nunn. The medical director of the clinic, Dr. Philip Chan, echoes her remarks, saying that many times LGBT Rhode Islanders would go to Boston to receive care. Now, they can get the care they need in their home state.

Shira I. Dunsiger, Ph.D., recently joined the Center for Health Equity Research. Here she shares some background on her public health interests and current work.

Katie Biello, PhD, MPH, has been selected to receive a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Sexual & Gender Minority Early Stage Investigator Award. As described by the NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO), Biello’s work demonstrates both contemporary achievement in and a commitment to multiple areas of SGM-related health research.

Research by David M. Williams, a clinical psychologist and professor at Brown University, and his colleagues has shown that how you feel during exercise predicts both current and future physical activity levels.