Division of Biology and Medicine

Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University

Through cutting-edge teaching and world-class research, the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown is accelerating knowledge and innovation across the clinical and basic life sciences.

Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University

Through cutting-edge teaching and world-class research, the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown is accelerating knowledge and innovation across the clinical and basic life sciences.

What Is BioMed?

The Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown is composed of The Warren Alpert Medical School and the Program in Biology. It is home to five basic biology departments and 14 clinical departments, and is affiliated with eight diverse teaching hospitals in and around Providence.

The Warren Alpert Medical School

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University promotes the health of individuals and communities through education, research, and clinical excellence.
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Program in Biology

A component of Brown University's Division of Biology and Medicine, the Program in Biology comprises six basic science departments offering undergraduate and graduate study in the life sciences.

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Leadership

The Division leadership team works to advance Brown's biomedical enterprise through excellence in teaching, research, and service.
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Research

Faculty, students and staff in the Division of Biology and Medicine students are unified in their mission to change the world through research.
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Offices and Services

Administrative offices that support the operations and mission of the Division are listed below.
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Upcoming Events

  • Title: The life and death of an oligodendrocyte
    Host: Dr. Sonia Mayoral

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    April 4, 2025

    ZOOM ONLY

    Speaker :

    Jennifer Hoffmann, MD

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Attending Physician in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

    Topic :

    “Innovations in Pediatric Psychiatric Emergencies: Getting Kids in Crisis the Help They Need.”

     

    Objectives

    • Recognize recent trends in children’s mental health emergency visits and boarding.
    • Illustrate inequities in access to mental health services across population groups.
    • Examine how quality improvement can be used to drive changes to pediatric mental health care delivery in acute care settings.
    • Explain the promise afforded by human-centered design, scalable digital mental health interventions, and health system innovations to address pediatric mental health
    CME CREDIT LINK SURVEY
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    Patrick McGann, M.D., M.Sc.
    Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Department of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
    The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

    This talk will review the impact of racism on the care and outcomes for individuals with sickle cell anemia and describe how a pro-active multidisciplinary approach to reduce these inequities can improve care.

    This event is part of the “Healthy Equity: Research in Practice” speaker series. Find other events in the series.

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  • Please join Contemplative Studies for a Korean Zen Meditation with Myungju Sunim on April 4th from 12 - 1 pm at the Brown/RISD Hillel (80 Brown St.), Winnick Chapel.

    Myungju Sunim is a Zen nun, who became a novice in 1998, and a monk in 2004, at Sudeoksa Temple, Korea. She is the Director of Detroit Zen Center & Cloud Mountain Hermitage, where she continues to study with her root teacher, Hwalson Sunim. She trained extensively in Korea, and with Sasaki Roshi on Mt. Baldy. With a blue-collar zen approach – in the spirit of early communities – she & her students cook, clean & do other manual work to support themselves & the Center, along with sitting practice.