Pandemic Center
Pandemic Game Changers Course
Course Professors
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Beth Cameron, Ph.D.
Senior Adviser to the Brown Pandemic Center, Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health -
Wilmot James, Ph.D.
Senior Adviser to the Brown Pandemic Center, Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health
PHP 1580 Pandemic Game Changers Course Description:
Pandemic Game Changers will examine the public health and public policy issues vital to mitigating pandemic risks. It will afford students opportunities to analyze scenarios, identify and hone policy solutions, and learn how to convince decision-makers to take the steps needed to address the public health crises that pandemics cause. Students will be required to participate in interactive Q&A with field experts, perform a group analysis of an outbreak scenario, make a written and oral analysis of policy solutions for a biosecurity or biosafety risk, and provide a policy memo and persuasive oral briefing outlining views and potential next steps on one specific pandemic-related public policy issue.
“ This interactive and energizing course sits at the critical intersection of national security, health, and democratic resilience and provides opportunities for students to examine the public health and public policy issues vital to mitigating pandemic risks.
It will afford students opportunities to analyze scenarios, identify and hone policy solutions, and learn how to convince decision-makers to take the steps needed to address the public health crises caused by emerging biological threats. ”
Brown in Washington
Brown in Washington has established a partnership with Brown’s Pandemic Center in Washington DC. Students may enroll in in PHP 1580: “Pandemic Game Changers, Preparing the Next Generation of Decision-Makers for Emerging Biological Threats.” The course, co-taught by Dr. Beth Cameron and Dr. Wilmot James, will have sections in both Providence and Washington, DC and is open to students who hope to complete an internship in science and/or health policy when the internship runs.
Students who are admitted to this program remain fully-enrolled students at Brown, live in apartment style housing, and complete part time internships between 20 and 25 hours per week.
All concentrations are eligible for the program! Students who have participated in the Brown in Washington Summer SPRINT program are also eligible.