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The MPH Practicum provides second-year graduate students with opportunities to engage in real-world public health training in the community.

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The MPH Practicum provides second-year graduate students with opportunities to engage in real-world public health training in the community.

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August 21, 2025 News from SPH

Student Spotlight: The human side of health care

Brown MPH student Quynh Le brought her passion for global health to a local setting this summer, working to improve patient satisfaction and language accessibility at CODAC Behavioral Healthcare.
August 14, 2025 News from SPH

Farm-to-table for the youngest Rhode Islanders

The Little Harvest Produce Box program is delivering fresh, locally grown produce to Rhode Island child-care centers to increase access to nutritious food and encourage healthy eating habits in young children, one box at a time.
August 5, 2025 News from Around Brown

Data for Power: Using Public Data to Drive Positive Health and Economic Outcomes in Central Providence

In Central Providence, community change isn’t just a vision—it’s being measured, mapped and mobilized.
July 22, 2025 News from SPH

Environmental Explorers program brings public health to kids’ backyards

An innovative online summer course empowers budding environmentalists nationwide to tackle local public health challenges, fostering informed and engaged community leaders.
June 13, 2025 News from SPH

Meet the Brown students and graduates who revived a local free health clinic

Brown public health and medical students team up to provide culturally attuned care to Rhode Island’s South Asian, Middle Eastern and African communities.
November 4, 2024 News from SPH

Students present the outcomes of their MPH Practicum projects at annual poster session

The School of Public Health’s MPH Practicum Poster Session showcases the results of students’ hands-on work beyond the classroom.
August 29, 2024 News from Brown

Petranea Smith: Engaging with the community to help people get vaccinated

With a commitment to community engagement, the public health graduate student and aspiring physician is spending her summer helping underinsured Rhode Islanders access protective health care.
August 7, 2024 News from SPH

Student Spotlight: Improving Quality & Connection

Without a professional background in public health, but with passion for improving the health of vulnerable populations and for acquiring the tools needed to meet her goals, Iranian immigrant Navid Nickpour is creating connections at PACE Organization of Rhode Island.
July 26, 2024 News from SPH

Student Spotlight: Policy, Politics and Public Health

Trinity Perkins shares her experience working as a health policy and educational legislative intern for Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
October 31, 2023 News from SPH

From academics to real-world application

Second-year Brown MPH students share outcomes from their MPH Practicum during annual poster session
August 29, 2023 News from SPH

Student Spotlight: Linking older adults to health care

MPH student Nargis Faizy spent her summer working to improve care for elderly Rhode Islanders.
July 12, 2023 News from SPH

Student Spotlight: Investigating Postpartum Insurance Coverage for Immigrants

MPH student Lucy Zheng is working to improve healthcare access for immigrants and undocumented women and children through the MPH Practicum program.
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