Please Join Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, for a conversation about the Pandemic, Race, and Health Equity in America with Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG, president and dean of Morehouse School of Medicine. Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG, provides a valuable combination of experience at the highest levels of patient care and medical research, as well as organizational management and public health policy. Marrying her transformational leadership acumen and strategic thinking to tackle challenging…

Brown University AIDS Program is excited to announce that registration has officially opened for the 2020 NAHEWD Virtual Conference on Substance Use, HIV, and HCV in Rhode Island! This half-day conference will feature presentations from the Rhode Island Department of Health AND community-based healthcare professionals on topics including - Improving health outcomes for individuals who use drugs, Epidemiological data analysis, Regional & local trends in SUD/HIV/HCV, the impact of HIV/HCV on disproportionately impacted populations, and more!   Earn CEU Credits: This is…

RICARES & Brown University School of Public Health are proud to present the next Recovery Science and Harm Reduction Reading Group. This meeting will discuss how COVID-19 is impacting the lives of people who use drugs. A recent Commentary/Editorial has been included as a reference to the many publications that have recently been released on this topic. Current Reading: Chang J, Agliata J, Guarinieri M. COVID-19 - Enacting a 'new normal' for people who use drugs. Int J Drug Policy. 2020 Sep;83:102832. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102832.…

  RI-INBRE supports undergraduate students to work on research projects in laboratories at our Rhode Island network institutions.  Opportunities exist to support biomedical research projects during the academic year and via Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF). The conference provides undergraduate students from around the state the opportunity to present their summer research to their peers.  More information to come.