August 12, 2019 National Institutes of Health
An independent monitoring board recommends early termination of Ebola therapeutics trial in DRC because of favorable results with two of four candidates. CHRHS Director Dr. Adam Levine is member of the trial steering committee.
July 22, 2019 Providence Business News
Dr. Adam C. Levine, Director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, has been named to Providence Business News' 40 Under Forty for 2019, and Top 4 Doctors Under 40 by the Rhode Island Medical Society.
May 6, 2019 Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
In a retrospective cohort study at five International Medical Corps Ebola treatment centers in Liberia and Sierra Leone, a research team led by Brown University scientists evaluated 424 Ebola cases, 354 of whom were treated with IVF during their admission. The group described its findings in a May 3 early online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
April 30, 2019 The Washington Post
Assistant Professor Robert Blair in The Washington Post, " Beyond the lives lost and livelihoods destroyed, the Liberian civil wars shattered the already-strained relationship between citizens and the Liberian government, especially the police and courts."
April 12, 2019 The Brown Daily Herald
Warren Alpert program works with Rwandan Ministry of Health to advance emergency care.
April 3, 2019 KJZZ
Sociologist Andrew Schrank joined Phoenix's KJZZ to discuss disaster relief funding for Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.
March 20, 2019
The Humanitarian Innovation Initiative at Brown University has partnered with Project HOPE to provide internship opportunities for Brown University undergraduates interested in exploring careers as humanitarians.
March 12, 2019 Watson Institute
While the term “hackathon” is usually associated with computer science and coding, the Watson Institute’s second annual Hack for Humanity brought students to Stephen Robert ’62 Hall on Saturday, March 2nd, with a different goal in mind: humanitarian responses to domestic emergencies. Hosted by the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative and the Brown Humanitarian Society, this year’s event examined humanitarian efforts through the lens of hurricane and natural disaster relief.