Nancy Brown, M.D.

Dean of the Yale School of Medicine and Professor of Internal Medicine C.N.H. Long professor of Internal Medicine

Throughout her career, Dr. Nancy Brown has worked to promote the development of physician-scientists. She established the Vanderbilt Master of Science in Clinical Investigation.

As Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Scientist Development she established an institutional infrastructure to support physician-scientists in the transition to independence. Dr. Brown served as chair of the Vanderbilt Department of Medicine and physician-in-chief of Vanderbilt University Hospital. Dr. Brown has led a translational research program that focuses on developing new pharmacological strategies to prevent vascular disease in patients with high blood pressure and diabetes.

She was a member of the NIH National Advisory Research Resources Council and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council. Her research has been recognized by the American Heart Association (Harriet Dustan Award), the E.K. Frey-E. Werle Foundation, the American Society of Hypertension and the American Federation for Clinical Research. Dr. Brown is a fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the American Association of Physicians, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.