Discipline

Researcher

Research Department

Medical Oncology/Molecular and Cellular

Biography

Dr. Brown obtained his undergraduate degree in Biology from Yale University and his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed training in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital while doing research with David Livingston at the Dana-Farber. He went on to complete training in Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber and postdoctoral research with Phillip Sharp at MIT. Following the completion of his training he joined the faculty of the Dana-Farber and Harvard Medical School. From 2002-2010 he served as Chief of the Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology at the Dana-Farber. In 2010 together with Shirley Liu he founded the Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics at the Dana-Farber.

Background

Board Certification
Internal Medicine, 1986
Medical Oncology, 1989

Fellowship
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Medical Oncology, 1986-1989
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Cancer Biology, 1987-1990

Residency
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1982-1986

Medical School
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1978-1982

Recent Awards

• Edwin B. Astwood Award, The Endocrine Society, 2010
• Tisch Family Outstanding Achievement Award, DFCI, 2006
• NAMS/Wyeth Pharmaceuticals SERM Research Award, 2005
• Elected to the Association of American Physicians, 2003
• American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1997