BHDC Directors
Clinton D. Brown, MD, FASN
Dr. Clinton D. Brown is Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Parkside (Ambulatory) Hemodialysis, Director of the Center for Health Disparities, and also Director of the Hyperlipidemia Clinic at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Brown’s clinical and research interests are in the areas of lipid disorders, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, kidney disease, and hemorheology. He has served as the PI of many clinical trials that involve treatment of high blood cholesterol, hypertension and the anemia of kidney disease. He has published several research manuscripts and abstracts in peer review-journals. Over the past twenty years, Dr. Brown’s laboratory has been very active in providing research opportunities for high school and college students from the neighboring community, who plan to pursue a career in either medicine or science.
Ruth C. Browne, ScD, MPH
Dr. Ruth Browne is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and Preventive Medicine and co-Director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Browne is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health. She is a nationally recognized visionary and innovator in the field of urban health and education. Prior to her position at the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, she held diverse program, research and health policy positions. Dr. Browne has served as staff for major policy commissions for the Office of New York City Mayor Ed Koch and New York State Governor Mario Cuomo, and the foundation affinity group Funders Concerned about AIDS. She has extensive experience in the development and analysis of health policy, and the monitoring of health policy implementation through sponsored programs.
Yvonne Graham, RN, MPH
