Roles
Professor of Professional Practice
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Biography
Eric C. Brown, PhD, is a professor of professional practice in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he is a member of the Division of Prevention Science and Community Health. He directs the implementation science track for the department’s doctoral program in prevention science.
Dr. Brown’s work focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of community- and school-based preventive interventions in the United States and Latin America. He is the principal investigator of a National Institute on Drug Abuse–funded study examining risk factors for adolescent drug use in the United States, Colombia, Chile, and Brazil. He also previously served as an investigator on the Community Youth Development Study, a community-randomized controlled trial of the Communities That Care prevention system.
Dr. Brown is a former co–principal investigator on the adaptation and implementation of the Communities That Care prevention system in Chile, known as Comunidades Que Se Cuidan, and has consulted on its adaptation and implementation in Colombia. Before joining the University of Miami, he was a faculty member with the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington School of Social Work.
At the Social Development Research Group, Dr. Brown served as principal investigator of a school-randomized controlled trial of Steps to Respect: A Bullying Prevention Program and as a co-investigator on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation–funded Supporting Early Adult Transition Study, a developmental evaluation of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative. His additional research projects include the Multisite Evaluation of Second Step: Student Success through Prevention of Bullying and Sexual Harassment; the International Youth Development Study; Preventing Adolescent Cannabis Use in the Netherlands and the United States: A Binational Investigation of the Communities That Care Prevention System; the Raising Healthy Children Project; and the National Adolescent Treatment Study.
Dr. Brown’s research interests center on the application of advanced research methods to evaluate the effectiveness of prevention programs and implementation systems. He currently teaches implementation science, disease prevention and health promotion, and advanced quantitative research methods in prevention science. He is a member of the Society for Prevention Research International Committee and was the recipient of the Society for Prevention Research’s 2013 International Collaboration Award. -
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Education
Licensures and Certifications
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Research Interests
Dr. Brown’s research interests center around the application of advanced research methods to evaluate the effectiveness of prevention programs and implementation systems. He currently teaches Implementation Science, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and Advanced Quantitative Research Methods in Prevention Science. He is a member of the Society for Prevention Research International Committee and was the recipient of the 2013 International Collaboration Award from the Society for Prevention Research. -
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