arleen brown, m.d., Ph.D.

Pilot Investigator

Pilot Studies
1. "The Effect of the Neighborhood Environment on Health Status for Adults with Chronic Conditions and The Food Resource Environment, Food Store Selection, and the Health of Families in L.A. Fans." (2002-2003)
2. "The Neighborhood Environment and the Health of Older Adults with Chronic Illness." (2003-2004)

Address
UCLA Dept. of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research
911 Broxton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90024

Phone
(310) 794-6047

Fax
(310) 794-0732

Email
abrown@mednet.ucla.edu

Biography
Dr. Brown is a general internist and health services researcher with expertise in quality of care for older adults and minorities with diabetes. Dr. Brown’s work has focused on health care system, social, and individual level determinants of health for persons with diabetes. For the past 4 years, she has headed a project, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, on quality of care for older persons with diabetes in fee-for-service and managed Medicare. In a project funded by the California Healthcare Foundation and the American Geriatrics Society, Dr. Brown has developed a geriatric diabetes guideline that addresses both diabetes specific and geriatric issues in care. The next phase of this project will use the guidelines to implement interventions to enhance care for older persons with diabetes in several different clinical settings. Dr. Brown is also a co-Principal investigator of a study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to examine the quality of diabetes care for persons with diabetes in managed care. For that project, she chairs the Working Group on Socioeconomic Position and Health and has evaluated racial, ethnic, and language barriers to care for persons with diabetes. She is also working on projects to improve self-management skills in older African Americans and Latinos with diabetes. Dr. Brown’s RCMAR project focuses on how neighborhoods may influence health for persons with chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and arthritis.