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Lauren L Brown, PhD, MSSW

TitleAssociate Director of the Center for the Study of Social Determinants of Health
Faculty RankAssistant Professor
InstitutionMeharry Medical College
DepartmentPsychiatry
Address1005 Dr DB Todd Jr Blvd
Nashville TN 37208
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    1. Brown LL, Perkins JM, Acu?a AJ, Thacker J, Bolds C, Hawkins M, Stewart JL, Barroso J, Sommer SB, Van der Eerden J, Heckman BW, Osman A, Smith T, Alexander L, Denton A, Link T, Crawley A, Nabaweesi R, Aboubaker M, Shaw-KaiKai J, Foster N, Glaze-Johnson B, Hoke J, Audet CM, Sales JM, Pettit AC. Community-based participatory research to guide adoption of culturally responsive trauma-informed HIV care throughout Nashville, Tennessee. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Aug 25; 25(1):1127. PMID: 40855543.
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    2. Adkins-Jackson PB, Tejera CH, Cotton-Samuel D, Foster CL, Brown LL, Watson KT, Ford TN, Bragg T, Wondimu BB, Manly JJ. "Rest of the folks are tired and weary": The impact of historical lynchings on biological and cognitive health for older adults racialized as Black. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Jan; 364:117537. PMID: 39616788.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Abrams LR, Zhang YS, Munsey AD, Farah MA, Brown LL. Working Through It: Lifetime Experiences of Employment Discrimination Among Older Black Americans and Implications for Labor Force Participation, Job Dissatisfaction, and Mental Health in Older Adulthood. J Aging Health. 2026 Mar; 38(3-4):136-147. PMID: 38881277.
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    4. Brown L, Perkins J, Acu?a J, Thacker J, Bolds C, Hawkins M, Stewart J, Barroso J, Sommer S, Van der Eerden J, Heckman B, Osman A, Smith T, Alexander L, Harvick A, Link T, Crawley A, Nabaweesi R, Aboubaker M, Shaw-KaiKai J, Foster N, Glaze-Johnson B, Hoke J, Audet C, Sales J, Pettit A. Community-based participatory research to guide adoption of culturally responsive trauma-informed HIV care throughout Nashville, Tennessee. Res Sq. 2023 Dec 15. PMID: 38168447.
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    5. Mitchell UA, Shaw BA, Torres JM, Brown LL, Barnes LL. The Effects of Midlife Acute and Chronic Stressors on Black-White Differences in Cognitive Decline. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2023 12 06; 78(12):2147-2155. PMID: 37788484.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Brown LL, Perkins JM, Shepherd BE, Ramasamy S, Wilkins M, Osman A, Turner M, Link T, Edgerton R, Suiter SV, Pettit AC. Piloting Safety and Stabilization: A Multi-component Trauma Intervention to Improve HIV Viral Suppression, Retention in Care, and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in a Southern United States HIV Service Organization. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jan; 28(1):174-185. PMID: 37751108.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Jester DJ, Palmer BW, Thomas ML, Brown LL, Tibiri?? L, Jeste DV, Gilmer T. Impact of educational attainment on time to cognitive decline among marginalized older adults: Cohort study of 20,311 adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 09; 71(9):2913-2923. PMID: 37073606.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Jester DJ, Kohn JN, Tibiri?? L, Thomas ML, Brown LL, Murphy JD, Jeste DV. Differences in Social Determinants of Health Underlie Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Psychological Health and Well-Being: Study of 11,143 Older Adults. Am J Psychiatry. 2023 07 01; 180(7):483-494. PMID: 37038741.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Morris EP, Brown LL, Zaheed AB, Palms JD, Sol K, Martino A, Zahodne LB. Effects of Stress Exposure Versus Appraisal on Episodic Memory Trajectories: Evidence for Risk and Resilience Among Black Older Adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2022 11 23; 77(11):2148-2155. PMID: 34871420.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Brown LL, Garc?a C. Identifying life course mechanisms and pathways that influence cognitive health among Asian and Latina/o/x older adults. Int Psychogeriatr. 2023 01; 35(1):3-6. PMID: 36098434.
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    11. Brown LL, Garc?a C, Reeves AN, Pamplin JR, Mitchell UA. Stress is a Latent Construct: Exploring the Differential Experience of Stress and Discrimination on Depressive Symptoms Among Black Older Adults. J Aging Health. 2022 06; 34(3):334-346. PMID: 35418259.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Cooper RL, Brown LL, Tabatabai M, Haas DW, Shepherd BE, Myers HF, Edgerton RD, Bonny C, Watson JA, Berthaud V. The Effects of Perceived Stress and Cortisol Concentration on Antiretroviral Adherence When Mediated by Psychological Flexibility Among Southern Black Men Living with HIV. AIDS Behav. 2021 Feb; 25(2):645-652. PMID: 32902770.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Piper KN, Brown LL, Tamler I, Kalokhe AS, Sales JM. Application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to Facilitate Delivery of Trauma-Informed HIV Care. Ethn Dis. 2021; 31(1):109-118. PMID: 33519161.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Cooper RL, Juarez PD, Morris MC, Ramesh A, Edgerton R, Brown LL, Mena L, MacMaster SA, Collins S, Juarez PM, Tabatabai M, Brown KY, Paul MJ, Im W, Arcury TA, Shinn M. Recommendations for Increasing Physician Provision of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: Implications for Medical Student Training. Inquiry. 2021 Jan-Dec; 58:469580211017666. PMID: 34027712.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    15. Brown LL, Abrams LR, Mitchell UA, Ailshire JA. Measuring More Than Exposure: Does Stress Appraisal Matter for Black-White Differences in Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults? Innov Aging. 2020; 4(5):igaa040. PMID: 33123630.
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    16. Mitchell UA, Dellor ED, Sharif MZ, Brown LL, Torres JM, Nguyen AW. When Is Hope Enough? Hopefulness, Discrimination and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Allostatic Load. Behav Med. 2020 Jul-Sep; 46(3-4):189-201. PMID: 32787721.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Crabbe JC, Spence SE, Brown LL, Metten P. Alcohol preference drinking in a mouse line selectively bred for high drinking in the dark. Alcohol. 2011 Aug; 45(5):427-40. PMID: 21194877.
      Citations: 54     Fields:    Translation:Animals
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