Thomas Chun, MD, MPH
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Associate Dean of Admissions, and Associate Director of Clinical Research for the Department of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Medical Staff, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Expertise: Board certified pediatrician and psychiatrist; clinical trial methods and medication development for alcohol and other substance use disorders; mental and behavioral health issues as they pertain to the emergency department
Following medical school, Dr. Thomas Chun completed a triple-board residency (i.e., pediatrics, psychiatry, child psychiatry), as well as a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship. He is an expert in conducting clinical trials focused on medication development for addiction. He has collaborated with Dr. Miranda on six NIH-funded clinical trials of novel medications over the past decade. In addition to medication development, his previous and current work includes an NIAAA-funded K23 award and translational research to implement screening, brief interventions, and referrals to treatment protocols in pediatric emergency departments. His other major focus is multi-center research, participating in two federally funded research networks. Since 2011, his emergency department has been a participating Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) site. Composed of 18 academic pediatric emergency departments and 3 emergency medical services sites across the US, PECARN is a federally funded, multi-center research network that has performed seminal, high impact research since 2001.
Since September 2016, he has been a Co-PI of an NIH ECHO (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes) award (UG1 OD024951). As a member of their clinical trials network, the Rhode Island site has been a leading enroller of study participants. Dr. Chun currently holds multiple leadership positions within the network, including on their Executive Committee, Policy Implementation and Evaluation Committee, and their Concept Proposal Development and Review Working Group.
Pronouns: he/him
Thomas_Chun@brown.edu