Health 2049: Dr. Megan Ranney, Associate Dean, School of Public Health & Alpert Medical School, Brown University
Jason Helgerson co-hosts the Health 2049 podcast with Bisi Williams of the Massive Change Network.
Emergency physician on weekends and public health practitioner during the week, our guest this week sees a future where preventative and reactive health care services are blended into one cohesive system that results in better outcomes for populations. Dr. Megan Ranney, Professor of Emergency Medicine & Associate Dean of Strategy & Innovation, School of Public Health & Alpert Medical School, Brown University, takes a multidisciplinary approach to defining the root causes of medical intervention. In this episode, she explores digital health, treatment integrated with prevention, medical training, the waning workforce and how we can optimistically step into a brighter health care future.
Megan L. Ranney, MD MPH FACEP is an emergency physician, researcher, and national advocate for innovative approaches to public health. She holds the Warren Alpert Endowed Professor of Emergency Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University and is Founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health. She is also the Associate Dean of Strategy & Innovation at the School of Public Health at Brown University.
Dr. Ranney’s research focus is on developing, testing, and disseminating digital health interventions to prevent violence and mental illness. She has had continuous external funding from federal and foundation grants for over a decade, with over 130 peer-reviewed publications. She serves multiple national leadership roles, including co-founder and Senior Strategic Advisor for AFFIRM at the Aspen Institute (http://www.affirmresearch.org), a non-profit committed to ending the gun violence epidemic through a non-partisan public health approach, and President of the Board of GetUsPPE.org, a start-up non-profit that delivered donated personal protective equipment to those who needed it most. She is a Fellow of the fifth class of the Aspen Institute’s Health Innovators Fellowship Program and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. She has received numerous awards for technology innovation, public health, and research, including Rhode Island “Woman of the Year” and the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Policy Pioneer Award. She is also a frequent media commentator on outlets ranging from the BBC to CNN to the New York Times.
Dr. Ranney earned her bachelor’s degree in History of Science, graduating summa cum laude, from Harvard University; her medical doctorate, graduating Alpha Omega Alpha, from Columbia University; and her master's in public health from Brown University. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine and a fellowship in Injury Prevention Research at Brown University. She was previously a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cote d'Ivoire. She lives in Rhode Island with her husband and two children.
