UB School of Nursing

Degree and Title: PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean & Professor

Address:
School of Nursing
University at Buffalo
1010 Kimball Tower
3435 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214-3079

Phone: 716-829-2533

E-Mail Address: UBNursingDean@buffalo.edu

Personal Homepage: http://myprofile.cos.com/jebrown

Education:
PhD, University of Rochester
MS, University of Rochester
BS, University of Rochester

Area of Research: Nutrition-related cancer symptom management

Teaching Responsibilities:
Health promotion, research methods, state of nursing science, outcomes research

Publications:

McNees, P., Dow Meneses, K., & Brown, J. K. (In revision). Incrementally improving data integrity: Applying engineering quality control techniques in a longitudinal breast cancer study. Nursing Research.

Sarna, L., Cooley, M. E., Brown, J. K., Chernecky, C., Elashoff, D., & Kotlerman, J. B. (In revision). Symptom patterns during recovery from thoracotomy for lung cancer. American Journal of Critical Care.

Sarna, L., Cooley, M. E., Brown, J., Williams, R., Chernecky, C., Padilla, G., Danao, L., Chakravarty, D., & Elashoff, D. (In review). Correlates of quality of life after surviving lung cancer: The female experience. Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Cooley, M. E., Sarna, L., Brown, J. K., Williams, R. D., Chernecky, C., Padilla, G., Danao, L.L., & Elashoff, D. (2007). Tobacco use in women with lung cancer. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 33(3), 242-250.

Wells, M., Sarna, L., Cooley, M. E., Brown, J. K., Chernecky, C., Williams, R. D.,
Padilla, G., & Danao, L. (2007). Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine therapies to control symptoms in women living with lung cancer. Cancer Nursing: An International Journal for Cancer Care, 30(1), 45-55.

Honors and Awards:

Distinguished Faculty Mentor, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, School of Nursing, 2007

Business First of Buffalo, Western New York’s Business Newspaper, Health Care 50, April 2007

Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Foundation Connie Henke Yarbro Excellence in Cancer Nursing Mentorship Award, 32nd Annual Congress, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007

Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Foundation 2005 Quality of Life Award, ONS Publishing Division Excellence Award, 31st Annual Congress, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006, for paper entitled “Quality of life and meaning of illness of women with lung cancer” (co-recipient)

Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 2004

Sustained Achievement Award, Exceptional Scholar Program, University at Buffalo, 2003

Susan Baird Excellence in Writing Award in Clinical Practice, Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Publishing Division Excellence Award, 28th Annual Congress, Denver, Colorado, 2003, for paper entitled “A Systematic Review of the Evidence on Symptom Management of Cancer-Related Anorexia and Cachexia”

Faculty, National Oncology Nursing Society/National Cancer Institute Research Short Course, 2003

Distinguished Nurse Researcher Award, Foundation of the New York State Nurses Association, 2002

Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Faculty Representative for the ONS/International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) Introductory Research Symposium at the ISNCC Conference in Nurses in London, UK, August 2002 (national competition)

Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, 2001

Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, School of Nursing, 2001