PSTC News
PSTC Researcher Embarks on an Initiative to Prevent Future Pandemics
October 11, 2022
Mark Lurie, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the International Health Institute at Brown University, has received funding from the National Science Foundation to develop a complex simulation model for predicting and preventing future pandemics.
PSTC Researcher Recovers Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas
September 15, 2022
Associate Professor of History Linford Fisher has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to investigate and document Indigenous enslavement in the Americas between 1492 and 1900.
PSTC to Offer Undergraduate Certificate in Migration Studies
September 2, 2022
For the first time in the Center’s history, this semester, undergraduate students will be eligible to pursue the PSTC’s new Migration Studies Certificate.
PSTC Launches New Undergraduate Fellows Program
August 15, 2022
This summer, the Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC) launched a new undergraduate research initiative.
PSTC Researcher Investigates Disparities in Postpartum Care
August 3, 2022
Assistant Professor of Population Studies Maria Steenland has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to investigate whether postpartum outcomes vary between foreign-born and U.S.-born low-income women.
PSTC Welcomes New Staff Members
July 19, 2022
Over the last year, the PSTC is pleased to have welcomed several new staff members.
Research Project Explores COVID-19’s Effects on First-Generation Students and their Families
June 27, 2022
PSTC Anthropologists Kate Mason and Andrea Flores, in collaboration with anthropologist Sarah Willen, are investigating the effects of the pandemic on first-generation college students and their parents.
Sexual and Reproductive Health in Ethiopia: Gains and Reflections Over the Past Two Decades,
June 24, 2022
Brown researchers found that Ethiopian youth who develop high career expectations in early adolescence are more likely to delay first sex, a key predictor of age at first marriage for young women.
Welcome to the 2022 PSTC Undergraduate Fellows
May 12, 2022
The PSTC Undergraduate Fellows Program is an eight-week, paid summer fellowship that aims to prepare current Brown undergraduates to engage in rigorous empirical research in population studies, public policy and related fields, in support of the center’s mission to produce evidence in support of efforts to improve public health and inform public policy.