The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University & GoLocalProv Launch “Smart Health”

The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University & GoLocalProv Launch “Smart Health”

The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University and GoLocalProv.com have teamed up to launch “Smart Health,” a new GoLocal LIVE segment featuring experts from the medical school focusing on the latest in health and research impacting Rhode Island — and the worldwide community. 

Since granting its first Doctor of Medicine degrees in 1975, the Warren Alpert Medical School has become a national leader in medical education and biomedical research. By attracting first-class physicians and researchers to Rhode Island over the past four decades, the Medical School and its seven affiliated teaching hospitals have radically improved the state's health care environment, from health care policy to patient care.

“We’re excited to be able to highlight the work and knowledge of our faculty at the Warren Alpert Medical School,” said Jack. A. Elias, MD, Senior Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences.

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“From cancer to malaria to the opioid crisis to aging, our faculty are leading the way in research and development in a number of areas, and are preparing our students to be the next leaders in medicine. We are pleased that we can share that knowledge with GoLocalProv.com’s readers and viewers in a manner that is educational, informative, and timely," said Elias. 

First “Smart Health” Segment This Wednesday

On Wednesday, Dr. Ian Michelow, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, will join GoLocalProv News Editor Kate Nagle on GoLocal LIVE at 4 p.m. to discuss the latest on measles — and the record number of measles cases hitting the United States. Dr. Michelow's experience and interests span clinical, laboratory-based and translational research topics with a focus on immune-mediated interventions in pediatric infectious diseases. 

"Featuring Dr. Michelow as our first guest on Smart Health will provide great insight into with what we see taking place with measles outbreaks across the country currently," said Josh Fenton, GoLocalProv.com co-founder and CEO. "The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University has some of the top experts in medicine and we are fortunate to now be able to share their insights with our readers and viewers here at GoLocalProv."

Dr. Michelow, who is a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at Hasbro Children's Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital with Lifespan, includes among his Warren Alpert Medical School activities the study of malaria pathogenesis and vaccine discovery, Ebola virus disease, clinical epidemiology and biomarkers of pneumonia and viral infections in hospitalized children, and pediatric osteoarticular infections. His research is at the interface between infectious diseases and immunology.