Renee Brown
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Community Partnerships and Professor of Physical Therapy
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
PhD (Human Development and Communication - Neuroscience) University of Texas at Dallas; MS (Physical Therapy-Neurologic Rehabilitation) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; BS (Physical Therapy) Daemen College
Location: McWhorter Hall 225
615-460-6719renee.brown@belmont.edu
Biography
Dr. Brown has been a practicing physical therapist since 1983, specializing in the area of adolescent and adult neurologic rehabilitation. Prior to coming to Belmont, Dr. Brown was on faculty at UT-Southwestern Medical Center, Ithaca College, and Vanderbilt University where she was also Physical Therapy Coordinator for Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute. Dr. Brown has been at Belmont since 2005 serving as a faculty member, chair of Physical Therapy and Sr. Associate Dean. Dr. Brown has an interest in international medical service, having coordinated and participated in medical service trips to Bangladesh, Guatemala, Ghana and Honduras. Dr. Brown is a member of the APTA's Sections/Academies on Education, Neurology, and Leadership and Innovation.
Interprofessional Education
Neurologic Rehabilitation
APTA
APTA-TN
Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy
Academy of Education
Academy of Leadership and Innovation/Global Health SIG
Espiritu, E, Busby, S, Hunt, J, Brown R, Hallmark, B, Cochran, K, Krueger-Brophy, C. Students’ Self-Perceptions of Self-Awareness/Self-Regulation when Experiencing Unexpected Situations in an Interprofessional Clinical Simulation. Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. January 2021.
Espiritu, E, TenHaken-Riedel, JP, Brown RM, et al. Incorporating Spirituality into Graduate Health Professions Education. Journal of Christian Higher Education. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15363759.2019.1687050 December 2, 2019.
Buccieri KM, Brown RM, Malta, S. Evaluating the Performance of the Academic Coordinator/Director of Clinical Education: Tools to Solicit Input from Program Directors, Academic Faculty, and Students. Journal of Physical Therapy Education. Spring Issue, 2011.
Buccieri KM, Brown RM, Malta, S. Evaluating the Performance of the Academic Coordinator/Director of Clinical Education in Physical Therapist Education: Developing a Tool to Solicit Input from Center Coordinators of Clinical Education and Clinical Instructors. Journal of Physical Therapy Education. Winter issue, 2009.
Buccieri KM, Brown RM. Evaluating the Performance of the Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education in Physical Therapist Education: Determining Appropriate Criteria and Assessors. Journal of Physical Therapy Education, 2006(20)2. pgs 17-28.
Brown R, Coleman D, Dauenhauer J, Decker C, Gebell E, Hansen B, Monroe JE. Case Studies in Rural Aging. (2003) www.ithaca.edu/ahgitt/rochester/index.htm. (Web based as well as CD) Development and publication were supported by the Allied Health Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training Grant.
Upchurch GR Jr, Banes AJ, Wagner WH, Ramadan F, Link GW, Henderson RM, Johnson G Jr. (1989) Differences in the Secretion of Prostacyclin by Venous and Arterial Endothelial Cells Grown in Vitro in a Static Versus Mechanically Active Environment. J Vas Surg 10:292-298.
Wagner WH, Henderson RM, Hicks HE, Banes AJ. (1988) Differences in Morphology, Growth Rate and Protein Synthesis Between Cultured Arterial and Venous Endothelial Cells. J Vas Surg 8:509-519.
Greenwalt, S, Brown, R. Interprofessional Poverty simulation Changes Students' Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Health Care Teams. APTA CSM 2024
Brown, R, Frame, T, Lemmonds, T, Dambrino, K, Koch, A. Transitioning Large In-person Interprofessional Events to Virtual. Poster Presentation APTA CSM 2022.
Brown, R, Powers PJ, Daluga, C., Howard, M., McCarthy, A., Munguia, C. Impact of Functional Decline on Sleep in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Poster Presentation APTA CSM 2020.
Kelly, C, Brown, RM, Sells, P. Compliance with Ankle-foot orthoses in the neurologic population. Poster Presentation APTA CSM 2018.
Meade, E, Brown, RM, Powers, PJ, Divine, G, Sells, P. Examination of perceived vs actual weight and height of full-time wheelchair users. Poster presentation, ATPA CSM 2017.
Brown, RM, Powers PJ. Clinical training in seating and mobility for entry-level physical therapy students. Poster presentation, APTA CSM 2017.
Powers, PJ, Brown, RM. Clinical training in seating and mobility for entry-level physical therapy students. International Seating Symposium, 2017.
Meyers, J, Sells P, Brown R. Differences in performance on standardized active and passive dynamic visual acuity testing using NeuroCom InVision testing in individuals with vestibular dysfunction: a retrospective study. Poster presentation, APTA CSM 2016.
Brown RM, Powers PJ, House C, Farrar L, Weaver K. The Impact of Kinesio Taping® on Gait Parameters and Pain in Patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. Poster presentation, APTA CSM 2016
Powers PJ, Barrett A, Cuellar L, Heney M, Schumpert M, Brown RM. Effects of educational intervention on of use of tilt in space, functional mobility and pain in full time- wheelchair users. Poster presentation RESNA, June 2015.
Powers PJ, Barrett A, Cuellar L, Heney M, Schumpert M, Brown RM. Effects of educational intervention on of use of tilt in space, functional mobility and pain in full time- wheelchair users. Poster presentation TPTA, April 2015.
Powers PJ, Barrett A, Cuellar L, Heney M, Schumpert M, Brown RM. Effects of educational intervention on of use of tilt in space, functional mobility and pain in full time- wheelchair users. Platform presentation International Seating Symposium, March 2015
Durrough CM, Haack, L, Brown RM. Comparing the LSVT BIG protocol to a modified protocol and traditional physical therapy in the management of individuals with Parkinson’s disease: a case series. Poster presentation, APTA CSM, 2015.