VCU School of Nursing

Dr. Lisa Brown, Ph.D., RN
Assistant Professor

Contact Information

VCU School of Nursing
1100 East Leigh St.
PO Box 23298
Richmond, VA 23298
Ph: (804) 828-5118
Contact: Lisa Brown

Education

Memberships in Professional Organizations

Sigma Theta Tau International

National Black Nurses Association

Society for Research in Child Development

International Society on Infant Studies

Southern Nurses Research Society

National Association of Neonatal Nurses

Research Funding/External Funding

"Behavioral and Physiological Measures of Maternal-Premature Infant Feeding Interactions, $25,000, Center for Biobehavioral and Clinical Research, National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH, (#P20 NR008988-01), L. Brown, 01/07-12/07.

"An Observation System to Describe Mother-Infant Regulation"
9/04 - 8/05 Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Post-Doctoral Fellow, T-32 Grant, Interventions for Preventing & Managing Chronic Illness

"Correlates of An Adaptive Mother-Infant Relationship"
9/03 - 8/04 2nd year continuation
Individual National Research SErvice Award, NIH ($29,925)
Principle Investigator

"Correlates of an Adaptive Mother-Infant Relationship" 9/02 - 8/03;
Individual National Research Service Award, NIH ($29,925)
Principal Investigator

"Provisions for Mother-Infant Interaction"
9/02 - 8/03; Nurses Foundation of Wisconsin ($1,000)
Principle Investigator

"Rating of Mother-Infant Interaction During Feeding"
9/02 - 12/03; Merck Scholars II Award for Pre-doctoral Support ($11,800)
Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison
Principle Investigator

"The Effects of Maternal Depression on Inant Behavior"
6/00 - 7/01; Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Eta Chapter ($700)
Principle Investigator

Research Activities

Dr. Brown's research concerns the early development of the attachment system of premature infants to their mothers. She is interested in the nature of its origin, factors which contribute to it, and its expression through physiologic regulation and infant interactive behaviors during feeding.

Awards, Fellowships & Honors

Helen Denne Schulte Assistantship awarded through the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison 2000-2002

Advanced Opportunity Fellowship awarded through the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison 1998-2000

Milwaukee Chapter Black Nurses Association Scholarship 1997

Nancy Wright Fellowship awarded through the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Selected Publications

Pridham, K., Steward, D., Thoyre, S. Brown, R., and Brown, L. (2007). Feeding Skill Performance in Premature Infants During the First Year. Early Human Development, 83, 293-305.

Brown, L. (2007). Infant Hear Rate Variability During Feeding. Biological Research for Nursing, 8, 283-293.

Brown, L. and Pridham, K. (2007). The Effect of Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Early Maternal Feeding Behavior on Later Infant Feeding Behavior. Newborn and Nursing Review, 7, 56-63.

Underwood, S., Pridham, K., Brown, L., Clark, T., Frazier, W., Limbo, R., Schroeder, M., and Thoyre. S. (1997) Infant feeding practices of low-income African American women in a central city community. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 14(3), 189-205.