The Brown School of Public Health.

The nation's newest school of public health boasts research excellence in aging, obesity, addictions, health care services and policy research, and more. The Brown School of Public Health is home to a variety of master's and doctoral programs, in addition to one of the oldest undergraduate concentrations in community health. The School plays a key role in the development of public policy at the state and national level and implements programs that benefits Rhode Island physicians and their patients.

The sum is greater than its parts: the center for evidence-based medicine.

The Center for Evidence-Based Medicine in the Brown School of Public Health develops computational tools to help analyze the vast amounts of data generated by medical research. By conducting meta-analyses and systemic reviews of published literature, Center researchers can tease out which treatments are most effective and efficient, helping to guide medical practice.