Overview

Alexis Kearney, MD, MPH is a practicing emergency physician and researcher, focusing on global emergency medicine.  She currently coordinates international electives for emergency medicine residents at Brown. She also serves as the Faculty Advisor for emergency medicine residents participating in the BRIGHT Pathway for Global Health at Brown University.
 
Alexis graduated from Middlebury College magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish in 2005. She subsequently attended Yale Unversity School of Public Health and graduated in 2007 with a masters in public health, focusing on the epidemiology of microbial disease. Following graduation, she worked for the Clinton Foundation in Ethiopia. Alexis attended medical school at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York City. She completed internship and residency at Brown University. While in residency, Alexis participated in various courses and trainings to expand her knowledge of global health and disaster response, including the Health Emergencies in Large Populations (HELP) Course run and the Humanitarian Response Intensive Course (HRIC) run by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

Alexis is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Clinically, she works at Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Newport Hospital. Alexis continues to work internationally. Her prior work has taken her to Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Thailand. She is currently collaborating on various research projects in Ecuador.

Brown Affiliations

• Emergency Medicine

Research Areas