Directed by Dr. Diana S Grigsby-Toussaint, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Behavioral and Social Sciences at the Brown University School of Public Health
We are a Social Epidemiology Lab at Brown University School of Public Health researching the impact of the social and built environment on health. The lab uses a mixed-methods approach to broadly investigate socio-political, geographic, urban, and racial trends and disparities along demographic factors such as physical activity, nutritional deficiencies, and sleep, particularly among vulnerable and minority groups.
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