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Theodore M. Brown, Ph.D.

Theodore M. Brown, Ph.D.

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About Me

Faculty Appointments

Professor Emeritus - Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Postdoctoral Fellowship in History of Medicine Johns Hopkins University 1968 - 1969

Education

PhD | Princeton University. History and Philosophy of Science. 1968

MA | Princeton University. History and Philosophy of Science. 1965

BS | City College of CUNY. History and Science. 1963

Research

Dr. Brown is a historian of medicine, public health, and health policy. He has conducted research on the history of the biopsychosocial approach and on translational medicine; the history of twentieth and early twenty-first century U.S. health policy; the influence of organized philanthropy on medic...
Dr. Brown is a historian of medicine, public health, and health policy. He has conducted research on the history of the biopsychosocial approach and on translational medicine; the history of twentieth and early twenty-first century U.S. health policy; the influence of organized philanthropy on medical research, health policy, and medical education, and the history of American and global public health. He is a Contributing Editor for History of the American Journal of Public Health.

Publications

Journal Articles

Lead Poisoning in the United States

Baron, SL and Brown, TM.

American Journal of Public Health. 2009; 99.

Reaching the Negro Community

Gamble, VN and Brown, TM.

American Journal of Public Health. 2009; 99.

Celebrating the World Health Organization

Brown, TM.

American Journal of Public Health. 2008; 98.

The Bandoeng Conference of 1937: A Milestone in Health and Development

Brown, TM and Fee, L.

American Journal of Public Health. 2006; 96.

Jonathan Mann: Founder of the Health and Human Rights Movement

Tarantola, D, Gruskin, S, Brown, TM, and Fee, L.

American Journal of Public Health. 2006; 96.