Health Discoveries Winter 2025 | Page 3

DOCTORS ’ NOTES

The latest news in medical research at Brown

Health Care Help — and Hope

First-year medical students Hannah Wang , Alisha Guerrero , and Savannah Shepherd , left to right , check a woman ’ s blood pressure at the annual Kennedy Plaza Health Fair in September . Since 2016 , volunteers from The Warren Alpert Medical School and House of Hope , a local nonprofit dedicated to ending homelessness , have organized the event to provide essential care to unhoused and underserved communities in Providence . “ As providers , we should be making sure that the most vulnerable , the most marginalized people are getting care , and a lot of times that is not going to be in a clinic , in a hospital setting ,” medical student Breyanna Watson says . — Brynne Connolly
PHOTOGRAPH : BRYNNE CONNOLLY
WINTER 2025 l HEALTH DISCOVERIES @ BROWN 3