Curriculum
Vitae
DANIEL EDWARD BROWN
(808) 959‑3435
dbrown@hawaii.edu
Date of birth...
Marital Status..Married,
two children
Revised.........June, 2006
EDUCATION
Degrees
1978
1975 CORNELL UNIVERSITY M.A. degree in Anthropology
1972
BROWN UNIVERSITY B.A. degree
in Biology
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
1989-Present Professor,
2004-Present Coordinator of Research and Graduate
Studies,
1995-Present Director, Minority Biomedical Research
Support Program,
1987-Present Affiliate Graduate Faculty Member,
2000-2004 Coordinator of Research,
1999-2003 Chair, Social Sciences Division,
1998 Adjunct Professor of
Anthropology,
1989-1995 Chairman, Department of Anthropology,
1983‑1989 Associate Professor,
1986-1987 Chairman, Department of Anthropology,
1982-1984 Chairman, Department of Anthropology,
1978‑1983 Assistant Professor,
1980-1981 Chairman, Department of Anthropology,
1977‑1978 Visiting Assistant Professor,
1976‑1977 Lecturer,
1976 Lecturer,
1972-1974 Teaching Assistant,
GRANTS
2004-2009
“Enhancement of Research Infrastructure at UH
2004-2009 “Obesity as a Health Risk in
2004-2008 “Biomedical Research at the
2004-2008 “Menopause, Symptoms, Blood Pressure and
Health Risk in a Multiethnic Population,” National Institutes of Health,
Minority Biomedical Research Support Program (SCORE). $677,219 Direct Costs.
Subproject in above grant. Principal Investigator.
2003-2004 “Nitric Oxide as a Measure of
Sympathetic Nervous System Activity Upon Exposure to Mild Environmental
Stress,” EPSCoR Research Enhancement Activities Program (REAP), $11,443. Principal Investigator
2003 “Enhancement of Research
Capacity at UH
2003 “Equipment Enhancement for the
UH-Hilo SCORE Program,” National Institutes of Health, Minority Biomedical
Research Support Program.
$
271,348 Direct Costs. Principal Investigator.
2001-2005 “MBRS RISE Program at the
2001-2004
“Supplement to Biomedical
Research at the
2000-2004 “Biomedical Research at the
2000-2003 “Physiological Stress and Blood Pressure
Among Filipino Immigrants,” National Institutes of Health, Minority Biomedical
Research Support Program (SCORE).
$912,006 Direct Costs. Subproject in above
grant. Principal Investigator.
2001-2002
“Nitric oxide exhalation at high altitude and risk for altitude
sickness,” Leahi Fund to Treat and Prevent Pulmonary Disease. $22,200. Principal Investigator.
1996-2000 "Biomedical Research at the
1996-2000 "Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Stress
and Ethnicity in
1997-1999 "Menopause, Ethnicity and Health Risk
Factors in
1994-1997
"The Relation Between Adiposity and Health
Risk Factors in Native Hawaiians," National Institutes of Health, Minority
Biomedical Research Support Program. Principal Investigator.
$219,967 Direct Costs.
1993-1995 "Blood Pressure Response to Daily
Stress in Working Women of Different Ethnicity," American Heart
Association,
1993 Chancellor's Development Fund,
1988-1992 "The Development of Obesity in
Native Hawaiian Infants," National Institutes of Health, Minority
Biomedical Research Support Program. Subproject Investigator. $345,984
Direct Costs.
1988-1989 Research and Training Revolving Fund
Award,
1984‑1988 "The Development of Obesity in Native
Hawaiian Children," National Institutes of Health, Minority Biomedical
Research Support Program. Subproject Investigator. $334,000
Direct Costs.
1981‑1984 "Health and Acclimatization in
Commuters to Altitude," National Institutes of Health, Minority Biomedical
Research Support Program.
Subproject Investigator, $92,500 Direct Costs.
1981 Office of Research Administration
Revolving Fund,
1979 Office of Research Administration
Revolving Fund,
1978 President's Educational
Improvement Fund,
HONORS
2001 Awarded Chancellor’s Citation for
Excellence in Scholarly and Creative Activities,
2001 Elected President, Human Biology
Association, an international scientific society that
fosters research and training in human biology and sponsors the American Journal of Human Biology.
1991 Awarded Chancellor's Citation
for Excellence in Teaching,
1982 Recipient of Meritorious
Service Award,
MAJOR
PUBLICATIONS
Sievert, Lynnette L., Lynn A. Morrison, Daniel
E. Brown and Angela M. Reza (2007) "Hot flash experience among
Japanese-American and Caucasian women living in
Brown, Daniel E., Gary D. James and Phoebe S.
Mills (2006) “Occupational differences in job strain and physiological stress:
female nurses and school teachers in
Brown, Daniel E., Cynthia M. Beall, Kingman P.
Strohl and Phoebe S. Mills (2006) “Exhaled nitric oxide decreases upon acute
exposure to high altitude hypoxia where lower levels are associated with fewer
symptoms of acute mountain sickness,” American
Journal of Human Biology, 18:196-202.
Brown, Daniel E. (forthcoming) “Measuring
hormonal variation in the sympathetic nervous system (SAM): catecholamines,”
chapter in: Measuring Stress in Humans: A
Practical Guide for the Field, Edited by Gillian Ice and Gary D. James,
Cambridge University Press.
Brown, Daniel E., Gary D. James, Lea Nordloh and
Amy A. Jones (2003) “Job strain and physiological stress responses in nurses
and nurse’s aides: Predictors of daily blood pressure variability,” Blood Pressure Monitoring, 8:237-242.
Brown, Daniel E., Gary D. James, Sue L. Aki,
Phoebe Mills and Michaelyn B. Etrata (2003) “A comparison of day-night blood
pressure variation between normotensive Japanese-American and Caucasian school
teachers in Hawaii.” Journal of
Hypertension, 21:2045-2051.
Brown, Daniel E., Lynnette E. Leidy, Sue L. Aki,
Phoebe S. Mills, Michaelyn B. Etrata, Rena N.K. Paopao and Gary D. James 2001 “The effects of age, ethnicity and
menopause on ambulatory blood pressure: Japanese-American and Caucasian school
teachers in
Brown, Daniel E. and Gary D. James 2000 "Physiological
stress responses in Filipino-American immigrant nurses: the effects of
residence time, lifestyle and job strain," Psychosomatic Medicine, 62:394-400.
Garruto, Ralph M., Michael A. Little, Gary D.
James and Daniel E. Brown 1999 "Natural experimental models: The global
search for biomedical paradigms among traditional, modernizing, and modern
populations," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96:10536-10543.
Brown, Daniel E., Gary
D. James and Lea Nordloh 1998 "Comparison of factors affecting daily
variation of blood pressure in Filipino-American and Caucasian nurses in
Kormondy, Edward J. and
Daniel E. Brown 1998 Fundamentals of
Human Ecology.
James, Gary D. and Daniel E. Brown 1997
"The biological stress response and lifestyle: Catecholamines and blood
pressure," Annual Review of
Anthropology, 26:313-335.
Brown, Daniel E., Tupou V. Koenig, Alexis M.
Demorales, Ka'ohulani McGuire and Charlene T. Mersai 1996 "Menarche age,
fatness, and fat distribution in Hawaiian adolescents," American Journal of Physical Anthropology,
99:239-247.
Brown, Daniel E.
1996 "The use of isolates and migrant populations in human biology
research designs," Reviews in
Anthropology, 24:229-237.
Brown, Daniel E. 1994
"The effect of high altitude hypoxia and noise on peripheral responses to
cold," Collegium Anthropologicum,
Brown, Daniel E., Tupou V. Koenig, Alexis M.
Demorales, Konrad K. Mossman, Charlene M. Akina and Ehukai K. Sako 1993
"Relation of subcutaneous fat distribution to degree of admixture in
native Hawaiian children," American Journal of Human Biology,
5:9-15.
Pearson, Jay D., Gary D. James and Daniel E.
Brown 1993 "Stress and changing lifestyles in the Pacific: Physiological
stress responses of Samoans in rural and urban settings," American Journal of Human Biology,
Brown, Daniel E., Craig J. Severance, Ehukai K.
Sako, Deborah Y. Chun, Laura L. Young and Jerry L. Johnson 1992
"Growth and development of native Hawaiian school children: II.
Body mass index and skinfold measurements" American Journal of Human Biology, 4:433-445.
Brown, Daniel E.
1992 Book
Review of: The Domestication of the Human Species, by Peter J. Wilson. Ethnicity and Disease, 2:97-98.
Brown, Daniel E. Jerry L. Johnson and Craig J. Severance 1991 "Growth
and development of native Hawaiian school children: I. Research design, stature and weight
measurements" American Journal of
Human Biology, 3:677-688.
Brown, Daniel E.
1989 "Acute
mountain sickness and physiological stress during intermittent exposure to high
altitude" Annals of Human Biology,
Brown, Daniel E.
1988 Book review of: The Sickled
Cell: From Myths to Molecules by Stuart
J. Edelstein, and Sickle Cell Disease by G.R. Serjeant, Human Biology, 60(3):509-510.
Brown, Daniel E., Ronette M. Lau, Stephanie A.
Terlep and Elaine G. Robinson
1987 "Acclimatization in shift workers at high altitude:
Cardio-pulmonary measurements" Human
Biology, 59: 399-409.
Hanna, Joel M. and Daniel E. Brown 1983
"Human heat tolerance: An anthropological perspective" Annual Review of Anthropology, 12:259‑284.
Brown, Daniel E.
1983 Book review of: Man in the
Heat, High Altitude and Society by Jean Hiernaux, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 61(3):392‑393.
Brown, Daniel E.
1982 "Physiological
stress and culture change in a group of Filipino‑Americans: A preliminary investigation" Annals of Human Biology, 9:553‑563.
Brown, Daniel E.
1981 "General
stress in anthropological fieldwork" American
Anthropologist, 83(1):74‑92.
Hanna, Joel M. and Daniel E. Brown 1979
"Human heat tolerance: Biological and cultural adaptations" Yearbook of Physical Anthropology,
22:163‑186.
Brown, Daniel E.
1978 General
Stress in a Group of Filipino‑Americans on
PAPERS AND
PRESENTATIONS
Morrison LA, DE Brown, LL Sievert, AM Reza 2006
Age-related differences in health-related complaints: the Hilo Women's Health
Study. 31st Annual Meeting
of the Human Biology Association,
Rahberg N, DE Brown, LL Sievert, A Reza and L Morrison 2005 Differences in Health Related
Complaints Between Native Hawaiian and Non-Hawaiian Women: The Hilo Women’s Health Study. Annual
Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students,
Sievert LL, LA Morrison, AM Reza and DE Brown
2005 Hot flash experience among Japanese and Caucasian women living in
Tefft, HAT, A Ioane, DE Brown, LA Morrison and
GD James 2005 Ambulatory blood pressure and mood reports among smokers in a
multiethnic population of hotel workers in Hawaii. 30th Annual Meeting of the Human
Biology Association,
Kalua,
Brown, D.E. 2004 Stress
and blood pressure in working women in
Brown, D.E. 2004 Stress
and blood pressure in Filipino-American nurses residing in
Brown, DE, GD James, NM Nicolaisen, EAK Kalua
and HAT Tefft 2004 Ethnic differences in plasma lipid profiles among female
school teachers in
Brown, DE, GD James, MB Etrata, PS Mills, V
Contos and NM Nicolaisen 2003 Blood pressure and reported moods: Ethnic
differences among Hawaiian female school teachers. 28th Annual
Meeting of the Human Biology Association,
Brown, DE, SL Aki and GD James 2002 Relations among
catecholamine excretion rates and ambulatory blood pressure in two ethnic
groups: school teachers in
Beall, CM, DE Brown, PS Mills, H Porter, V
Contos and KP Strohl 2002
Brown, DE 2002 Coping with the stress of stress
measurements: making sense of catecholamine levels in free-ranging humans. 27th Annual Meeting of the
Human Biology Association,
Brown, DE, PS Mills, KP Strohl and CM Beall 2002 Nitric oxide
exhalation is elevated upon acute exposure to high altitude hypoxia and is
related to individual distress. 71st Annual Meeting of the American Association of
Physical Anthropologists,
Brown, DE, MB Etrata, SL Aki, KL Cardines and GD
James 2001 Anxiety state vs. trait as predictors of ambulatory blood pressure
at work: A test case among school teachers in
Morgan, DM, DE Brown, PA Broege and GD James
2001 Occupation and stress: the effects of place of employment on the blood
pressure and heart rate of nurses in
James, GD and DE Brown 2001 Daily variation in
urinary epinephrine excretion is greater in women from
Brown, DE, PS Mills, MB Etrata, K Smart, KL
Cardines, SL Aki and GD James 2000 Catecholamine excretion rate at work
predicts daily blood pressure variability among nurses in Hawaii. Twenty-fifth
Annual Meeting, Human Biology Association, April,
Brown, DE, SL Aki, PS Mills, MB Etrata, R
Kohagura, K Smart and GD James 2000 Elevated sleep blood pressure in working
women from high risk ethnic groups: Japanese-American school teachers in
Hawaii. Sixty-ninth Annual Meeting, American Assoc. Phys. Anthropol., April,
Brown, DE, SL Aki, R Kohagura, P Mills, M Etrata
and GD James 1999 Differing effects of reported anxiety on ambulatory blood
pressure between Japanese-American and Caucasian school teachers in Hawaii. Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting, Human Biology Association, April,
Brown, DE, SL Aki, MB Etrata, AA Jones and GD
James 1999 Ethnic difference in the relationship between ambulatory blood
pressure and age in school teachers in Hawaii: Japanese-Americans and
Caucasians. Sixty-eighth Annual Meeting, American Assoc. of
Physical Anthropologists, April,
Brown, DE, SL
Brown, DE 1998
Biological adaptations of Homo sapiens to urban environments. Seminars in Ecology and Systematics, November 4,
Brown, DE 1998
Modernization, stress and blood pressure in Filipino-American
nurses.Anthropology Graduate Student Organization Brown Bag Lecture Series,
November 17, Binghamton University SUNY,
Brown, DE 1998 “Catecholamine excretion rates in
Filipino-American and Caucasian nurses in
Brown, DE 1998 “Stress and migration: Biosocial
responses among Filipino-American immigrants in
Brown, DE, L Dickie, A Jones, G Napiha'a, M
Etrata and R Kohagura 1997 Catecholamine excretion rate in
Filipino-American and Caucasian nurses. Second Annual
Meeting,
Brown, DE, GM Napiha'a, MB Etrata, RN Kohagura
and GD James 1997
"Catecholamine excretion rate and time of residence in the
Brown, DE, K Mc Guire, LH Martin and JE
Inaba 1997 Body composition and blood pressure in native
Hawaiians residing in Hilo, Hawaii: Preliminary results." Sixty-sixth Annual Meeting, American Assoc. of Physical
Anthropologists, April,
Brown, DE 1997
Stress and ambulatory blood pressure in working women. Invited address. Annual Meeting of the
Brown, DE, LH Martin, CT Mersai, K Mc Guire and
GD James 1996 Catecholamine excretion, ambulatory blood
pressure and mood reports of nurses and nurse's aides in Hawaii. Twenty-first
Annual Meeting, Human Biology Association, April,
Brown, DE, LA Dickie, AA Jones and GD James 1996 The relationship between ambulatory blood
pressure and degree of 'Americanization' of immigrant Filipino-American nurses
in
Brown, DE, AA Jones, GD James and L Nordloh 1995
The effect of anxiety, work and ethnicity on blood pressure among
Filipino-American and Caucasian nurses in Hawaii. Twentieth Annual Meeting,
Human Biology Council, March,