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Milton L. Brown, MD, PhD, FNAI |
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EDUCATION
1983-87 Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL, B.S. Biology
1985 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Harvard Health Professions Program (HPP)
1989-95 University of Alabama at Bi1mingham, Binningham, AL, Ph.D. in Organic Chemishy
1995-99 University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, M.D. Doctor of Medicine
AWARDS
- National Consortium for Educational Access Fellowship, Atlanta, GA.
- UAB Graduate Fellowship, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
- Patricia Robert-Harris Fellowship, Washington, D.C.
- Travel Fellowship for Minority Neuroscientists, Society for Neuroscience, 22nd Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, October 25-30.
- Alabama Academy of Science Student Competition, Best Student Paper Presented in Chemistry,Troy State University, Troy, AL, March 23-26.
- National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Inducted April 30th, member.
- Procter and Gamble, 9th Annual Research and Technical Careers in Industry Conference Selected Participant and Travel Award, Cincinnati, OH, June 12-15.
- UNCF/Merck Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
- National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
- Carilion Biomedical Institute Researcher of the Year Award.
- Merck Academic Development Program (ADP) Award
- American Chemical Society Medicinal Chemistry Long Range Planning Committee
- Chair's Fellow, Medicinal Chemistry Gordon Conference
- UNCF Merck Science Initiative Excellence in Achievement Award
- Dexter Squibb Award in Chemistry
- Selected by the U.S. Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius to serve on the National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors. August 2013-June 2017.
- Percy Julian Award, National Organization of Black Chemist and Chemical Engineers. September 24, 2015. For significant contributions in pure and/or applied research in science.
- Elected Fellow of the National Academy of inventors.
- Honored by the National Medical Association and the Harlem Fine Arts Show, Salute to African Americans in Medicine, June 14,
- NBC Channel 4, T44 Working for the Community Award, In recognition of outstanding achievement as a scientist, leader and role model in the STEM universe. February 21, 2019.
- Distinguished Tourtellot 2019 Lecture at Kalamazoo College
ABOUT
Milton L. Brown, MD, PhD, FNAI is an expert in translational medicine and experimental therapeutics. He is currently Vice Dean of Research at EVMS, Professor of Internal Medicine, and the Prudence and Louis Ryan Endowed Chair in Translational Research. His research and educational focus are in translational medicine and therapeutics discovery for radiation countermeasures (GI-ARS and lung fibrosis), emerging infectious diseases, oncological diseases and chronic kidney disorders.
Dr. Brown is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He has over 40 patents in his name and has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications. His licensed therapeutic inventions have led to the creation of five biotech companies and he has successfully designed and synthesized two drugs, both of which are in phase I/II clinical testing in humans.
In 2015, Dr. Brown received the Percy Julian Award from the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers for significant contributions in pure and/or applied research in science. He was appointed to a four-year term by the U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services to serve as a scientific counselor on the National Toxicology Program Board and has served as a scientific reviewer of grants and programs for the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Department of Defense and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.