Our faculty are driving change through their research and leadership.

The future of social work and public health depends on leading evidence-based research; moving that research into practice; and preparing students to excel in their work. Brown School faculty excel in these pursuits, and the work they are doing is vital for creating change.

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Name

Faculty Type

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Peg Allen — Peg Allen

Research Assistant Professor

Evidence-based public health

Chronic disease prevention

Public health workforce development

Implementation science

Ozge Sensoy Bahar — Ozge Sensoy Bahar

Research Associate Professor

Urban poverty in a global context

Child and family well-being

Child labor

Migration and internal displacement

Rachel Brathwaite — Rachel Brathwaite

Research Assistant Professor

Mental health and substance use

Youths living with HIV

Intervention research

Prediction modelling and machine learning

Vulnerable and marginalized populations in low-resource settings

Laura Brugger — Laura Brugger

Research Assistant Professor

Climate policy

Environmental Issues

Socio-spatial inequality

Spatial statistics

Socio-economic disparities

Yung Chun — Yung Chun

Research Assistant Professor

Housing policy

Social mobility

Happiness

Econometrics

Spatial statistics

Elizabeth Dodson — Elizabeth Dodson

Research Assistant Professor

Obesity prevention

Physical activity promotion

Communicating health information to policymakers

Chronic disease epidemiology

Translating research to practice

Jin Huang — Jin Huang

Research Professor

Financial capability and asset building

Family and child well-being

Disadvantaged populations

Aytakin Huseynli — Aytakin Huseynli

Research Assistant Professor

Social Policy and Applied Research

Child and Family Well-being

Energy and Social Development

Resource Curse and Disadvantaged Populations

Asset-building

Samuel Kizito — Samuel Kizito

Research Assistant Professor

Global Health

HIV

Intervention research

Advanced statistical analysis

Machine learning and prediction modeling

Octavio Mesner — Octavio Mesner

Research Assistant Professor

Algorithmic fairness

Causal discovery

Information theory

Development of methods related to LGTBQ+ health

Enola Proctor — Enola Proctor

Research Professor

Mental health services delivery

Strategies for implementing evidence-based practices

Health services delivery

Evaluation of clinical social work

Harmony Rhodes — Harmony Rhoades

Research Associate Professor

Sexual and gender minority youth

Homelessness and housing instability

Mental health and suicide prevention

Substance use and misuse

Social networks

Margaret Sherraden — Margaret Sherraden

Research Professor

Financial capability

Poverty and wealth

Social and economic development

Social policy

International service

Kim Thuy Seelinger — Kim Thuy Seelinger

Research Associate Professor

Sexual and gender-based violence

Refugee protection

Survivors’ support in humanitarian crises

War crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide

Immigrants' rights

Jules Wood — Jules Wood

Research Assistant Professor

LGBTQ+ health

Quantitative methods

Psychometrics

Adolescent development

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