Brown School

Research Topics

• Psychiatric epidemiology
• Obesity and eating disorders
• Substance use and related disorders
• Child abuse and neglect
• Behavior genetics

Research Topics

• Housing and homelessness
• Child maltreatment and child welfare system
• Developmental psychopathology
• Policy and program evaluation
• Prevention science

Research Topics

• Racial/ethnic health inequalities
• Social determinants of health
• Social mobility
• Stress and health
• Mental health

Research Topics

• Maternal and child nutrition
• Infectious diseases and poverty pathways
• Sustainable development interventions

Research Topics

• Child welfare research
• Children's public sector services and policy
• Interagency administrative data research
• Child abuse and neglect
• Violence prevention

Research Topics

• Emotional/physical abuse
• Child welfare
• Evidence-based practice
• Engaging hard-to-reach populations in treatment
• Parent training

Research Topics

• Health policy and health economics
• Health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid policy
• Rural health care
• Health reform
• Social Security and pensions

Research Topics

• Child mental health services
• Child- and family-focused HIV prevention and care
• Poverty and economic inequality
• Public health interventions to strengthen families, communities and systems

Research Topics

• Mental health services delivery
• Post-acute health and mental health community care
• Outcomes of clinical practice
• Evaluation of clinical social work