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.

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

The Warren Alpert Medical School

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 Medical Curriculum at the Alpert Medical School

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

Year III and IV

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