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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Kevin M. Brown is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans several intersecting domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broad areas, they have contributed significantly to subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology
  • Oncology

Kevin M. Brown's research topics cover multiple important issues, with a focus on:

  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Melanin and Skin Pigmentation
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer
  • Skin Protection and Aging

Their publication record includes numerous articles in high-profile and specialized journals. Frequent venues for their research publications include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • CHEST Journal

Selected recent papers by Kevin M. Brown demonstrate their involvement in multiple research themes and clinical applications:

  • Interstitial lung abnormalities detected incidentally on CT: a Position Paper from the Fleischner Society, 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • VerSe: A Vertebrae labelling and segmentation benchmark for multi-detector CT images, 2021, Medical Image Analysis
  • Prospective, Multicenter, Controlled Trial of Mobile Stroke Units, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, 2021, CHEST Journal
  • Genomic and evolutionary classification of lung cancer in never smokers, 2021, Nature Genetics

Kevin M. Brown frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Tongwu Zhang
  • Jiyeon Choi
  • Mai Xu
  • Mark M. Iles
  • Stephen J. Chanock

The scientist was recognized with the award of Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2015, highlighting a specific point in their professional career.

Best Publications

  • Identification of mutations in the cardiac ryanodine receptor gene in families affected with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy type 2 (ARVD2)

    Natascia Tiso;Dietrich A. Stephan;Andrea Nava;Alessia Bagattin

  • A versatile gene-based test for genome-wide association studies

    Jimmy Z. Liu;Allan F. Mcrae;Dale R. Nyholt;Sarah E. Medland

  • Mutations of the Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor (RyR2) Gene in Familial Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

    Päivi J. Laitinen;Kevin M. Brown;Kirsi Piippo;Heikki Swan

  • Antitumor Activity of Rapamycin in a Phase I Trial for Patients with Recurrent PTEN-Deficient Glioblastoma

    Tim F Cloughesy;Koji Yoshimoto;Phioanh Leia Nghiemphu;Kevin Brown

  • Efficient Gene Disruption in Diverse Strains of Toxoplasma gondii Using CRISPR/CAS9

    Bang Shen;Kevin M. Brown;Tobie D. Lee;L. David Sibley

  • Expression profiling of medulloblastoma: PDGFRA and the RAS/MAPK pathway as therapeutic targets for metastatic disease

    Tobey J. MacDonald;Kevin M. Brown;Kevin M. Brown;Bonnie Lafleur;Katia Peterson

  • A novel recurrent mutation in MITF predisposes to familial and sporadic melanoma

    Satoru Yokoyama;Susan L. Woods;Glen M. Boyle;Lauren G. Aoude

  • Genome-wide association study identifies three loci associated with melanoma risk.

    D Timothy Bishop;Florence Demenais;Mark M Iles;Mark Harland

  • The nature and hydrogeologic significance of mud diapirs and diatremes for accretionary systems

    Kevin M. Brown

  • POT1 loss-of-function variants predispose to familial melanoma

    Carla Daniela Robles-Espinoza;Mark Harland;Andrew J Ramsay;Lauren G Aoude

  • Atm deficiency results in severe meiotic disruption as early as leptonema of prophase I

    Carrolee Barlow;Marek Liyanage;Peter B. Moens;Madalina Tarsounas

  • Loci associated with skin pigmentation identified in African populations

    Nicholas G. Crawford;Derek E. Kelly;Matthew E. B. Hansen;Marcia H. Beltrame

  • Genome-wide association study identifies three new melanoma susceptibility loci

    Jennifer H. Barrett;Mark M. Iles;Mark Harland;John C. Taylor

  • Common sequence variants on 20q11.22 confer melanoma susceptibility

    Kevin M. Brown;Stuart MacGregor;Grant W. Montgomery;David W. Craig

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel loci predisposing to cutaneous melanoma

    Christopher I. Amos;Li-E Wang;Jeffrey E. Lee;Jeffrey E. Gershenwald

  • Microarray analysis of changes in mRNA levels in the rat retina after experimental elevation of intraocular pressure.

    Farid Ahmed;Kevin M. Brown;Kevin M. Brown;Dietrich A. Stephan;John C. Morrison

  • An expression signature classifies chemotherapy-resistant pediatric osteosarcoma.

    Michelle B. Mintz;Rebecca Sowers;Kevin M. Brown;Sara C. Hilmer

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies five new susceptibility loci for cutaneous malignant melanoma

    Matthew H. Law;D. Timothy Bishop;Jeffrey E. Lee;Myriam Brossard

  • Frequent somatic mutations in MAP3K5 and MAP3K9 in metastatic melanoma identified by exome sequencing

    Mitchell Stark;Susan L Woods;Michael G Gartside;Vanessa F Bonazzi

  • Cytokines induce small intestine and liver injury after renal ischemia or nephrectomy

    Sang Won Park;Sean W C Chen;Mihwa Kim;Kevin M Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas K. Hayward
Nicholas K. Hayward QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Matthew Law
Matthew Law University of New South Wales
Stephen J. Chanock
Stephen J. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Mark M. Iles
Mark M. Iles University of Leeds
Maria Teresa Landi
Maria Teresa Landi National Institutes of Health
Stuart MacGregor
Stuart MacGregor QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Graham J. Mann
Graham J. Mann Australian National University
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Susana Puig
Susana Puig University of Barcelona
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland

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