In the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, we work to understand the behavioral and social determinants of public health problems and create and evaluate behavioral interventions with measurable impact on population health. Our work puts particular emphasis on improving the social contexts related to public health and on marginalized and vulnerable populations, both domestically and globally.
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Studying health behaviors and their social contexts — from nicotine and alcohol use to exercise, nutrition and sexual activity.
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Studying health behaviors and their social contexts — from nicotine and alcohol use to exercise, nutrition and sexual activity.
Explore Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown
Discover the programs and people that make up the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University
Affiliated Centers and Institutes
Innovative research centers conduct behavioral and social sciences studies from alcohol use and dependence and nicotine and tobacco use to nutrition and physical activity and mindfulness
New opioid testing techniques could lead to better therapies
Brown University engineers partnered with public health experts to create new diagnostic techniques that could help to deliver better, patient-centered care to adults and newborns alike.
Degree Programs
Brown’s Behavioral and Social Sciences programs offers programs that prepare students for careers in research or public health which require knowledge of advanced methods.