VCU School of Nursing

Education

• Post-Doctoral Fellow - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
• Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
• M.S.N - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
• B.S.N - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

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
• American Nurses Association
• Academy of Neonatal Nursing

Research Funding/External Funding

• Mothers' Attention and Preterm Infant Feeding. American Nurses Foundation/Academy of Neonatal Nursing, $3,500, (PI, L. Brown), 9/1/10-8/31/11.
• Mothers' Attention and Preterm Infant Feeding. Sigma Theta Tau International/Southern Nursing Research Society, $4,280, (PI, L. Brown), 8/1/10-7/31/11.
• "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

• A.D. Williams New Investigator Award, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2010.
• 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

• Lyon, D., Cheng, C., Howland, L., Rattican, D., Jallo, N., Pickler, R., Brown, L., McGrath, J. (2010). Integrated Review of Cytokines in Maternal, Cord, and Newborn Blood: Part I Associations with Preterm Birth. Biological Research for Nursing, 11, 371-6.
• Pickler, R., Brown, L., McGrath, J., Lyon, D., Rattican, D., Cheng, C., Howland, L., & Jallo, N. (2010). Integrated Review of Cytokines in Maternal Cord and Newborn Blood: Part II Associations with Early Infection & Increased Risk of Neurological Damage in Preterm Infats. Biological Research for Nursing, 11, 377-86.
• Brown, L., Thoyre, S., Pridham, K. & Schubert, C. (2009). Mother-Infant Feeding Tool. JOGNN, 38, 491-503.
• 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.