Public Health Program

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Public Health Program
Fox Wetle, PhD Associate Dean of Medicine for
Public Health and Public Policy
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Public Health ProgramMission
A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L
Public Health Program

• To improve population health by
• conducting research to better understand
  disease risk factors and health promotion,
• educating future generations of health
  researchers and policy makers, and
• providing public service through translation of
  research into public policy.

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A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L
History
Public Health Program
Corporation recommended Public Health Program
1917 Department of Community Health
1971 Public Health Research Centers
1982 Program in Public Health
1995 Masters of Public Health
2000 Expansion Plan Approved
2004 Public Health Building Purchased
2005 MPH Program Reaccredited 2007 School
of Public Health Proposed for 2010
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Organizational Chart
Associate Dean of Medicine for Public
Health Wetle
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A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L
Public Health Program
Education
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A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L
Educational Programs
Public Health Program

• Undergraduate Concentrations
• Community Health ? Statistics
• Medical Student Education
• Masters Programs
• Masters of Public Health (MPH)
• 5 year AB/MPH 5 year MD/MPH BS/MPH with
  Tougaloo
• Masters in Biostatistics
• Doctoral Programs
• Biostatistics ? Epidemiology ? Health
  Services Research
• Public Health Training Institute

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A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L
Students Served by Public Health Educational
Activities
Public Health Program

• Department of Community Health
• 1 in 12 Brown undergrads per year take a CH
  course
• 75 Community Health concentrators
• 34 PhD students
  
  Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health Services
• 70 MPH/MS students, includes 10
  hospital fellows
• 90 Medical students take two 1st year
  courses 90 take the required
  Clerkship each year
• Centers and Institutes
• gt 90 Training slots in centers,
  institutes and
• affiliated agencies

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Public Health ProgramFaculty Resources
A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L
Public Health Program

• 19 Tenure Track Faculty in CH (12 tenured)
• 8 more to be recruited
• 10 Term faculty in CH
• 30 (research) faculty
• Nearly 40 Voluntary (Clinical) Faculty teaching
  advising undergraduates, medical students
  graduate students

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Ten Expansion Faculty to Date
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A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L
Department of Community Health Academic Sections
Public Health Program

• Epidemiology - Steve Buka
• with Environmental Sciences - Karl Kelsey
  
• Biostatistics - Constantine Gatsonis
• Health Services Research - Vince Mor
• Behavioral Social Sciences - Peter Monti

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A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L
Public Health Program
Research
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Public Health Centers/Institutes
A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L
Public Health Program
Center for Alcohol and Addiction
Studies 1982 Center for Gerontology and
Healthcare Research 1986 Brown University AIDS
Program 1988 International Health
Institute 1988 Center for Statistical
Sciences 1995 Center for Primary Care and
Prevention 1997 Centers for Behavioral and
Preventive Medicine 1998 Center for Population
Health and Clinical Epidemiology 1998 Institute
for Community Health Promotion 2002 Center for
Environmental Health and Technology 2007
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A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L
Public Health External Funds FY 04-08
Public Health Program
Brow
Does not include affiliated hospital-based centers
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Center for Population Health and Clinical
Epidemiology
Director Stephen Buka, Ph.D. Mission to
conduct studies of the causes, treatment and
prevention of major health concerns at the
population level.
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Center for Environmental Health and Technology
Director Karl Kelsey, Ph.D., M.O.H.
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A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L
Public Health Program
Public Service
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A L P E R T M E D I C A L S C H O O L
Highly Valued Public Service
Public Health Program

• Faculty involved in public health at local,
  state, national, international levels
• Centers and Institutes are partners in developing
  public policy and improving public health
  practice
• Program is a valued community partner in
  improving population health