BIRCWH - Scholar, Sue A. Brown, MD  

BIRCWH Scholar 2002-2003

 
SUE A. BROWN, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine 
Department of Endocrinology
CB #7172, UNC-Chapel Hill 
647 Burnett Womack
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7172
Phone:  (919) 966-0134
Fax:  (919) 966-8146
E-Mail:   Sue_Brown@med.unc.edu
Web Page:   www.med.unc.edu/bircwh/brown.htm


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RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  My research interests center on the prevention of osteoporosis. I am interested in the attainment and maintenance of peak bone mass with a particular focus on premenopausal women and adolescents. I am most interested in nutritional interventions that impact bone accrual and am currently studying calcium and vitamin D interventions in children with Cystic Fibrosis. Bone turnover also occurs during pregnancy and lactation and may represent an opportunity in a woman's life where maternal nutrition significantly influences bone accrual. I plan to examine whether adolescents who become pregnant are at risk for lower bone accrual rates requiring focused nutritional interventions. In addition, I plan to explore whether individuals with certain genotypes may be more amenable to nutritional interventions aimed at increasing bone mass. In order to study these questions most effectively, an interdisciplinary research team is required drawing on knowledge from epidemiologists, endocrinologists, obstetricians as well as basic bone biologists.

 
BIRCWH MENTOR:

  David Savitz, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Epidemiology
University of North Carolina School of Public Health CB#7435
Chapel Hill, NC
(919) 966-7430

 
EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts: University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
 
1984-1988
Doctor of Medicine: University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
 
1991-1995
Doctor of Medicine: University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
 
1991-1995
Chief Residency: University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
 
1991-1995
Fellowship: University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Endocrinology and Metabolism
1999-2002
Board Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine 



 
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
  • American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Endocrine Society
  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
  • American Medical Association
  • American College of Physicians-ASIM

 
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS:


Last Updated: 10/10/02

Articles

Aris RM, Ontjes DA, Buell HE, Blackwood AD, Lark RK, Caminiti M, Brown SA, Chalerskulrat W, Renner JB, Lester GE. "Abnormal bone turnover in cystic fibrosis adults." Osteoporos Int 13:151-57 (2002)

Brown SA, Ontjes DA, Lester GE, Hensler MB, Lark RK, Blackwood AD, Caminiti MJ, Backlund DC, Aris RM. "Short-term calcitrol administration improves calcium homeostasis in adults with Cystic Fibrosis. Submitted.

Abstracts

Brown SA, Ontjes DA, Lester GE, Hensler MB, Lark RK, Blackwood AD, Caminiti MJ, Backlund DC, Aris RM. "Oral Calcitriol improves calcium balance in CF adults while IM Ergocalciferol does not. Abstract presented at North American CF Conference, Orlando, October 2001. Published in Pediatric Pulmonology, S:334 (2201).

Brown SA, Ontjes DA, Lester GE, Hensler MB, Lark RK, Blackwood AD, Caminiti MJ, Aris RM. "Short-term Calcitrol administration improved calcium homeostatis in adults with Cystic Fibrosis, Plenary Abstract presented at American Society of Bone and Mineral Research, Phoenix, October 2001. Published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 16(S1):13, (2001).

Caminiti MJ, Lester GE, Backlund D, Bell T, Blackwood AD, Ontjes DA, Brown SA, Lark RK, Aris RM. "Undercarboxylated osteoclacin: potential role in CF osteoporosis. Abstract presented at North American CF Conference, Orlando, October 2001. Published in Pediatric Pulmonology, S:330, (2001).