Raymonde A. Brown
PhD, APRN-BC, CNE

Assistant Professor of Nursing and Professor in Charge of Undergraduate Programs

Contact Information

209 Health & Human Development East
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802

Tel: (814) 863-2235

Fax: (814) 865-3779

rab16@psu.edu

Education

PhD, Nursing, 1999
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
MS, Nursing, 1989
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
BS, The Pennsylvania State University, 1981
University Park, PA
Diploma, Nursing, 1968
Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing
Williamsport, PA

Honors

2004
Drs. Joseph and Raymonde Brown Award, Award developed in honor of their work done to promote Society of Critical Care Medicine State Chapters. First presentation: Orlando, Florida, February 2004
2003
AACN Leadership for Academic Nursing Programs, FULD Fellow
1999
Outstanding Doctoral Student Alumni Award, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
1998
Graduate Merit Award, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
1997
Graduate Merit Award, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
1997
Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Sigma Chapter

Publications

Brown, R. A., Giggey, P. P., Dennis, K. E., & Waldstein, S. R. (2004). Depression and lipoprotein lipids in healthy, postmenopausal women: The moderating effects of hormone replacement therapy. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57, 171-176.

Brown, R. (1998). Women and heart disease. American Society for Long Term Care Nurses Journal, 10(5), 11-22.

Dellasega, C., Smyer, M., Frank, L., & Brown, R. (1996). Commentary: Decision-making capacity in the acutely ill elderly. In M. Smyer, K. Schaie, & M. Kapp (Eds.), Older Adults' Decision-Making and the Law (pp. 142-161). New York: Springer.

Dellasega, C., Brown, R., & White, A. (1995). Cholesterol-related health behaviors in rural elderly persons. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 21(5), 6-12.

Video Production

Brown, R. (Moderator) (1999). Rural Women's Health Initiative: Cardiovascular Disease. State College, PA: WPSX.

Research

Foci

Funded Projects

Principal Investigator. Anger, denial, and cardiovascular reactivity in postmenopausal women. University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, unpublished Doctoral dissertation. Dissertation partially funded through Geriatric Leadership Academic Award, NIA K07 AG00608 to Andrew P. Goldberg,MD, NINR/NIH R01 NR 03514 to Karen Dennis, PhD, RN, and Beta Sigma Chapter Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau, 1999.

Research Data Collector. Anger, eating, and cardiovascular reactivity in older women. Administration of stressor and physiological data collection for Naomi Tomayasu, PhD, Geriatric Clinical and Research Clinic, VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, 1997.

Investigator. Cholesterol-related health behaviors in the elderly, Awarded to Cheryl Dellasega, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1993.

Principal Investigator. Anger and physical symptoms in spouses of post-MI patients. The Pennsylvania University, University Park, PA, unpublished Master's Thesis, 1989.