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The Division of Medicine and Biological
Sciencesat Brown University
Sao Paulo, BrazilAugust 2013
Edward J. Wing, MDDean of Medicine and Biological Sciences
Budget: $147 M
Campus- and Hospital-
based Faculty: ~ 1,052
Community Based
Faculty: ~ 1,021
Residents and Fellows in
Training: ~ 750
Graduate, Postdoctoral,
Medical Students: ~ 1,000
Undergraduate
Concentrators:
~ 660
Staff: ~ 500Departme
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Division of Biology & Medicine
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
The Four Year Continuum
Basic Sciences
USM
LE Step 1
Flexibility/Creativity/Scholarship
Clinical Sciences
Aug Sept Oct Nov Jan Feb Mar Apr May JuneDec
Scientific Foundations of Med
Histology
Human Anatomy I
Gen Path
Brain Sciences
Head/Neck Anatomy
Micro/ID
Doctoring I Doctoring II
Year I
IMS I IMS II
Intro SCs Scholarly Concentrations
SS
SS, Supporting Structures (Orthopedics, Rheumatology, Dermatology)
SSVAC
MSk Anat
Note: Year I ends on Friday May 23, 2014 (before Memorial Day)
Aug Sept Oct Nov Jan Feb Mar Apr May JuneDec
Cardio
Doctoring III Doctoring IV
Year II
Renal Pulm Heme GI
USMLE Step 1
IMS III IMS IV
All blocks integrate systemic physiology, pathophysiology, pathology and pharmacology with relevant nutrition, genetics, and epidemiology..
Scholarly ConcentrationsClinical Skills
Clerkship
Endo
Note: Year II start date will be Monday August 11, 2014
Repro
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
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and
Biochemistry
• Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology
• Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology
• Neuroscience
Pubic Health Program
• Biostatistics • Epidemiology/ Environmental Health
• Health Services Research
• Behavioral and Social Sciences
• 4 Public Health departments
• 11 Public Health research centers• 215 students in the program• 70 undergraduate concentrators• 100 master’s students• 45 doctoral students
Brown BioMed $88,372,00
0Affiliated Hospital Awards
Lifespan $82,147,283Care New England $19,723,727MHRI $6,621,386VAMC $11,006,000
Total - Hospital $119,507,396
Total$ 208
Million
Enterprise FY ’11 Research Funding
Lifespan40%
Care New England9%Memorial
3%
VAMC5%
Biomed43%
BIOMED Funding
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.
Sidney Frank Hall• Opened in
2006• 60 Labs• MRI facility• Electron
microscopy suite
121 South Main• Program in Public
Health• The Math Institute
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
• Interdisciplinary research–over 100 Faculty
members
• BIBS fosters interdisciplinary research
around three themes:
– Fundamental Discovery
– Brain Health
–Neurotechnology
Brown Institute for Brain Science
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
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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
Bradley Hospital• Total $3.5M research funding FY’11• Researchers are pioneers in the biology of
teen sleep and medications for pediatric mental illness
The Miriam Hospital• $23M research funding FY’11• Researchers are pioneers in the use of
antiretrovirals for HIV/AIDS, behavioral techniques for weight loss
Clinical Partners: Lifespan
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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
Clinical Partners: Care New England
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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
Clinical Partners: Independent Hospitals
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 - Moi University School of Medicine
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