News & Research
October 3, 2017 The Washington Post
In an interview with Henry Farrell of The Washington Post, political scientist Eric Patashnik discusses his new book Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine, and its findings.
September 15, 2017 WBUR
Professor Eric Patashnik spoke with WBUR about his new book, Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine.
July 28, 2017 Quartz
Across cultures, women are bombarded with different messages about what's ok to eat during pregnancy. Emily Oster, professor of economics and author of "Expecting Better," said she didn't find any evidence that would suggest drinking alcohol would harm a fetus.
June 20, 2017 Reader's Digest
Economist Emily Oster is quoted from a Time magazine interview that focused on weight gain among expectant mothers.
March 1, 2017 Vox
Political scientist Peter Andreas is quoted on whether building a wall at the southern border, as President Trump describes, could deter drug smuggling.
February 28, 2017 Sun Sentinel
Margaret Weir, professor of political science and international and public affairs, wrote an opinion piece about health care jobs and related facilities disappearing in rural areas if the Affordable Care Act is repealed.
January 12, 2017 WEKU
With the U.S. being one of the few developed countries with an increasing maternity mortality ratio, Brown associate professor Emily Oster says home visiting programs may play a role.
January 12, 2017 WPRO Dan Yorke Show
John Friedman, professor of economics and international and public affairs, discusses Obama's farewell address, and Trump's plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.
January 6, 2017 KBIA 91.3
Faculty Fellow and Director of the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, Adam Levine, joined KBIA 91.3's On Point to discuss Liberia's recovery from the Ebola epidemic and the research being done to prevent the next outbreak.
December 20, 2016 WPRO State of Mind
Faculty Fellow Adam Levine joined WPRO's Dan Yorke State of Mind to discuss his work in addressing humanitarian crises.
December 16, 2016 News from Brown
Rob Blair, Assistant Professor of Political Science, discusses his new study on the distrust Liberian citizens felt toward their government institutions during government-mandated Ebola control interventions in 2014-15.
December 15, 2016
Senior Fellow Brian Atwood co-authored a new article in The Lancet highlighting a nonprofit's series "Invisible Child," bringing awareness to childhood congenital heart disease around the world.
November 11, 2016 News from Brown
Dr. Adam Levine, director of the new Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, discusses his time in Haiti managing a cholera treatment unit for International Medical Corps. following Hurricane Matthew.
October 28, 2016 Brown Daily Herald
The Humanitarian Innovation Initiative, which aims to improve humanitarian efforts by grounding them in a solid foundation of academic research, has launched at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs this year.
October 20, 2016 TIME
Brown University economist Emily Oster, author of Expecting Better, comments on the factors linked to miscarriages.
October 18, 2016 RI NPR
Humanitarian crises are multiplying around the globe, but a Brown University researcher says we could be responding in a more rigorous way.
September 21, 2016 The Washington Post
Michelle Jurkovich in The Washington Post, "We haven’t decided what 'hunger' is, nor is there agreement on how to measure it."
August 9, 2016
Emily Oster, Associate Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, recently released a working paper on childhood vaccinations and the declining rates over the last few years.
August 3, 2016 TIME
Emily Oster in TIME, "But the new prenatal screening tests are a game changer. They represent a significant technological breakthrough because the key to identifying problems or genetic risks is being able to see the baby’s DNA."
July 1, 2016 Bloomberg
Infants that are one month to one year of age have a higher mortality rate in America than in other developed nations, according to a paper co-authored by Emily Oster.