Publications
Dr. Brown is a skilled scientific writer with a strong passion for advancing scientific knowledge in the field of epidemiology. Her research work has contributed to peer-reviewed articles, briefs, and research reports.
Referred Publications
Brown, K.M., Courtot, B., Porter, Z., & Hinojosa S. (2025). Better Together: Implementation of a Public Health Learning Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic. American Journal of Public Health, 115(4), 469-472.
Brown, K., Lewis, J., Sealy-Jefferson, S., Onwuka, A., Davis, S., (2024) Still Separate, Still Not Equal: An ecological examination of historical and contemporary redlining and racial segregation, with COVID-19 vaccination administration in Washington D.C. Journal of Urban Health (Accepted)
Brown, K., Courtot, B., Haley, J., Hinojosa, S., (2022) Better Together: A Group Learning Approach to Vaccine Equity in the Era of COVID-19. In APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo. APHA.
Brown, K. M., Lewis, J. Y., & Davis, S. K. (2021). An ecological study of the association between neighborhood racial and economic residential segregation with COVID-19 vulnerability in the United States’ capital city. Annals of Epidemiology, 59, 33-36.
Advani, S., Khan, R., Brown, K., DeRoo, L., ; Xu, R., Lewis, J., Davis, S., (2021) Advani, S., Khan, R. J., Brown, K., DeRoo, L. A., Xu, R., Lewis, J., & Davis, S. K.. Poverty Status and Clustering of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Metabolic Syndrome among African Americans: Results from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey 2001-2006. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 11(01), 23.
Khan, R. J., Needham, B. L., Advani, S., Brown, K., Dagnall, C., Xu, R., ... & Davis, S. K. (2021). Association of Childhood Socioeconomic Status with Leukocyte Telomere Length Among African Americans and the Mediating Role of Behavioral and Psychosocial Factors: Results from the GENE-FORECAST Study. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-12.
Brown, K.M., Diez-Roux A.V., Smith, J.A., Needham, B.L., Mukherjee, B., Ware, E.B., …& Kardia, S.L. (2020). Social regulation of inflammation related gene expression in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 117, 104654.
Brown, K.M., Hui, Q., Huang, Y., Taylor, J.Y., Prescott, L., Barcelona de Mendona, V., … & Sun, Y.V. (2019). Association Between Stress and Coping with DNA Methylation of Blood Pressure-Related Genes Among African American Women. Chronic Stress, 3,2470547019879088.
Brown, K. M., Diez-Roux, A. V., Smith, J. A., Needham, B. L., Mukherjee, B., Ware, E. B., ... & Kardia, S. L. (2019). Expression of socially sensitive genes: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. PloS one, 14(4), e0214061.
Barcelona, V., Huang, Y., Brown, K., Liu, J., Zhao, W., Yu, M., …& Sun, Y.V. (2019). Novel DNA methylation sites associated with cigarette smoking among African Americans. Epigenetics, 1-9.
Farmer, A. and Brown, K. (2013) Parental Religious Service Attendance and Adolescent Substance Use. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 32(1), 84-101.
Azhar, M., Brown, K., Gard, C., Chen, H., Rajan, S., Elliott, D. A., Stevens, M. V., Camenisch, T. D., Conway, S. J. and Doetschman, T. (2011) Transforming growth factor Beta2 is required for valve remodeling during heart development. Developmental Dynamics, 240: 2127–2141. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.22702
Briefs and Research Reports
Brown, K., Mitchell, F., Richburg, M., Traylor, T. (2025) Black Kansans in Review: An Analysis of Health Outcomes and Social Determinants of Health
Waidmann T., Brown, K., Furtado, K., Pancini, V., (2025) State Variation in Black and White Life Expectancy and Evolving Disparities
Brown, K., Mayer, J. (2024) A Blueprint for Promoting Equitable Health and Health Care through Community-Led Initiatives
Hill I., Porter Z., Mayer J., Verdeflor A., Brown, K., Lawrence, D. (2023) Building the Evidence Base for Advancing Vaccine Equity: Findings for the Promising Practices Report
Furtado K., Rao, N., Payton, M., Brown K., Balu R., Dubay L. (2023) Measuring Structural Racism: Approaches from the Health Literature
Haley, J., Willis, C., Kenney, G., Johnston, E., Long, J., Brown, K. (2023) Assessing Health Care Access among Medicaid/CHIP-Enrolled Children: A National Chartbook 2016-2019
Haley, J., McMorrow, S., Brown, K., and Long, J., (2022) Children’s Uninsurance Fell between 2019 and 2021, but Progress Could Stall When Pandemic Protections Expire
Brown, K., Wise, A. (2020) Alarmed but Not Surprised: Reckoning with Residential Segregation and COVID-19 Racial Disparities
In addition to my research work, as an epidemiologist, I actively engage in national and international conferences, mentoring graduate students, and contributing to the development of research methodologies. I am dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge and fostering the next generation of epidemiology researchers. My passion for epidemiology drives my academic pursuits.
