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The Division of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University Sao Paulo, Brazil

The Division of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University Sao Paulo, Brazil August 2013 Edward J. Wing, MD Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences. Division of Biology & Medicine. The Warren Alpert Medical School. Alpert Medical School.

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The Division of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University Sao Paulo, Brazil

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  1. The Division of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University Sao Paulo, Brazil August 2013 Edward J. Wing, MD Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences

  2. Division of Biology & Medicine

  3. The Warren Alpert Medical School

  4. Alpert Medical School • New state-of-the-art medical school building • 457 medical students • Highly competitive - 3.2% acceptance rate • Faculty / student ratio is 1.9 • US News and World Report ranks AMS of 130 medical schools • 24 in primary care • 35 in research

  5. The Medical Curriculum at the Alpert Medical School

  6. The Four Year Continuum Basic Sciences Flexibility/Creativity/Scholarship Clinical Sciences USMLE Step 1

  7. Year I Note: Year I ends on Friday May 23, 2014 (before Memorial Day) Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June IMS I IMS II SS VAC Micro/ID Scientific Foundations of Med Brain Sciences SS Histology Gen Path Human Anatomy I Head/Neck Anatomy MSk Anat Doctoring I Doctoring II Intro SCs Scholarly Concentrations SS, Supporting Structures (Orthopedics, Rheumatology, Dermatology)

  8. Year II Note: Year II start date will be Monday August 11, 2014 Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June IMS III IMS IV Cardio Pulm Repro Heme Renal GI Endo USMLE Step 1 All blocks integrate systemic physiology, pathophysiology, pathology and pharmacologywith relevant nutrition, genetics, and epidemiology.. Doctoring III Doctoring IV Clinical Skills Clerkship Scholarly Concentrations

  9. Year III and IV

  10. Program in Biology • 5 Basic Science departments • 7 Graduate programs • 59 PhD degrees awarded in 2011 • 78 Postdoctoral research associates and fellows • 252 Graduate students • 280 Undergraduate degrees awarded in 2011, of which 38% graduated with honors

  11. Pubic Health Program • 4 Public Health departments • 11 Public Health research centers • 215 students in the program • 70 undergraduate concentrators • 100 master’s students • 45 doctoral students

  12. Enterprise FY ’11 Research Funding Total $ 208 Million

  13. New Brown Research Facilities • Laboratories for Molecular Medicine • Opened in 2004 • Center for Genomics and Proteomics • Houses transgenic, x-ray diffraction, and mass spectrometry facilities. • 121 South Main • Program in Public Health • The Math Institute • Sidney Frank Hall • Opened in 2006 • 60 Labs • MRI facility • Electron microscopy suite

  14. Research at Brown • Over 1.1M total gross square feet of dedicated research space on Campus and Affiliated Hospitals • 5 COBRE grants • Skeletal Health and Repair (Dr. Qian Chen, RIH) • Stem Cell Biology: New Directions in Clinical and Basic Research (Dr. Peter Quesenberry, RIH) • Center for Cancer Research Development (Dr. Bharat Ramratnam, RIH) • Perinatal Biology (Dr. Jim Padbury, W&I) • Center for Cancer Signaling Networks (Dr. Walter Atwood, Brown) • A research and educational affiliation with the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass. • Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) – One of only 7 in the US

  15. Brown Institute for Brain Science • Interdisciplinary research–over 100 Faculty members •  BIBS fosters interdisciplinary research around three themes: • Fundamental Discovery • Brain Health • Neurotechnology

  16. Potential Areas of Future Investment • Biology of Aging • Biomics- High Throughput Experimental Biology • Developmental Biology and Disease • Genomic and Organismal Diversity • Environmental Sustainability and Human Health • Motion Systems Science • Human Genetics Initiative

  17. Clinical Partners: Lifespan • Rhode Island Hospital • Total $55M research funding FY’11 • Research strength in orthopedics, psychiatry, and stem cell biology and oncology • Home to 11 of the 14 clinical departments • The Miriam Hospital • $23M research funding FY’11 • Researchers are pioneers in the use of antiretrovirals for HIV/AIDS, behavioral techniques for weight loss • Bradley Hospital • Total $3.5M research funding FY’11 • Researchers are pioneers in the biology of teen sleep and medications for pediatric mental illness

  18. Clinical Partners: Care New England • Women & Infants Hospital • Total $13M research funding in FY’11 • Research strength in perinatal and reproductive genetics, study for children at risk, infertility • Butler Hospital • Total $6.8M research funding in FY’11 • Research strengths in psychiatric illnesses including OCD, addiction and substance abuse, Alzheimer's

  19. Clinical Partners: Independent Hospitals • Memorial Hospital of RI • Total $6.6M research funding FY’11 • Center for Primary Care • Department of Family Medicine • Providence VA • Total $11M research funding FY’11 • Research strengths in PTSD, substance abuse treatment, rehabilitative medicine, and prosthetics

  20. Some International Exchange Programs at the Medical School • China - Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou • Dominican Republic – Cabral Y Baez Hospital, Santiago • Germany - University of Tuebingen • Germany - University of Rostock • Ghana - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology • Haiti – St. Damien Hospital, Tabarre • Kenya - MoiUniversity School of Medicine

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