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Email

austin.brown@bcm.edu

Positions

Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics
Hematology-Oncology
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine (Office)

One Baylor Plaza
Mail Stop: BCM 622
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-6634
austin.brown@bcm.edu

Education

BS from Auburn University

12/2009 - Auburn, Alabama, United States

Microbiology

MPH from University of Texas Health Science Center

12/2011 - Houston, Texas, United States

Epidemiology

PhD from University of Texas Health Science Center

05/2014 - Houston, Texas, United States

Epidemiology

Postdoctoral Fellowship at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine

06/2016 - Houston, Texas, United States

Molecular Epidemiology

Honors & Awards

Delta Omega, Honorary Society in Public Health

University of Texas Health Science Center (05/2014)

Young Investigator Award

Brian Tumor Epidemiology Consortium (BTEC) (06/2015)

Young Investigator Award

International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) (10/2016)

Professional Interests

• Cancer Survivorship
• Childhood Cancer
• Cancer Treatment Toxicity
• Molecular Epidemiology

Websites

Selected Publications

• Brown AL, Foster KL, Lupo PJ, Peckham EC, Murray JC, Okcu MF, Lau C, Rednam S, Belmont JW, Scheurer ME. " " Neuro Oncol. 2017 Apr 24;
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• Peckham-Gregory EC, Danysh HE, Brown AL, Eckstein O, Grimes A, Chakraborty R, Lubega J, McClain KL, Allen CE, Scheurer ME, Lupo PJ. " " Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 May ;
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• Banfield E, Brown AL, Peckham EC, Rednam SP, Murray J, Okcu MF, Mitchell LE, Chintagumpala MM, Lau CC, Scheurer ME, Lupo PJ. " " Cancer Epidemiol. 2016 Oct ;
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• Brown AL, Lupo PJ, Danysh HE, Okcu MF, Scheurer ME, Kamdar KY. " " J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2016 Aug ;
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• Lupo PJ, Brown AL, Hettmer S. " " Cancer. 2016 Aug ;
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• Brown AL, Lupo PJ, Okcu MF, Lau CC, Rednam S, Scheurer ME. " " Cancer Med. 2015 Nov ;
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• Raghubar KP, Orobio J, Ris MD, Heitzer AM, Roth A, Brown AL, Okcu MF, Chintagumpala M, Grosshans DR, Paulino AC, Mahajan A, Kahalley LS. " " Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 May 27;
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• Lupo PJ, Schraw JM, Desrosiers TA, et al.. " " JAMA Oncol. 2019 Jun 20;
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• Taylor OA, Brown AL, Brackett J, Dreyer ZE, Moore IK, Mitby P, Hooke MC, Hockenberry MH, Lupo PJ, Scheurer ME. " " Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Oct 15; 24(20) : 5012-5017.
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• Lupo PJ, Brown AL, Arroyo VM, Kamdar KY, Belmont JW, Scheurer ME, Leisenring WM, Gramatges MM, Okcu MF, Yasui Y, Oeffinger KC, Robison LL, Armstrong GT, Bhatia S. " " Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2019 Jan ; 58(1) : 52-59.
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• Brown AL, de Smith AJ, Gant VU, et al.. " " Blood. 2019 Jul 26;
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• Arroyo VM, Lupo PJ, Scheurer ME, Rednam SP, Murray J, Okcu MF, Chintagumpala MM, Brown AL. " " Cancer Epidemiol. 2019 Jan 28; 59 : 71-74.
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• Brown AL, Arroyo VM, Agrusa JE, Scheurer ME, Gramatges MM, Lupo PJ. " " Cancer. 2019 Jun 28;
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• Richard MA, Sok P, Canon S, Brown AL, Peckham-Gregory EC, Nembhard WN, Carmichael SL, Ehli EA, Kallsen NA, Peyton SA, Davies GE, Patel A, Zamilpa I, Wyatt RA, Hobbs CA, Scheurer ME, Lupo PJ. " " Birth Defects Res. 2019 May 18;
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• Foster KL, Kern KD, Chambers TM, Lupo PJ, Kamdar KY, Scheurer ME, Brown AL. " " PLoS One. 2019 May 31; 14(5):e0217932
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Memberships

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

Member (04/2014)

American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO)

Member (03/2015)

International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP)

Member (10/2016)

American College of Epidemiology (ACE)

Associate Member (01/2017)

Children's Oncology Group

Member (06/2017)

Funding

Pharmacometabolomic Biomarkers of Neuropsychological Outcomes following Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Therapy

$100,000.00   (07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018)

Grant funding from Leukemia Research Foundation

The major goal of this pilot study is to identify novel biomarkers of chemotherapy-induced neurocognitive impairment among pediatric ALL patients.

Genetic Determinants of Neuropsychological Performance Following Treatment for Pediatric Embryonal Brain Tumors

$50,000.00   (08/01/2017 - 07/31/2018)

Grant funding from Pablove Foundation

The major goal of this project is to identify genetic modifiers of therapy-related neurocognitive decline in a prospective cohort of pediatric brain tumor patients treated with cranial radiation therapy.

Integrative Molecular Epidemiology of Neurocognitive Outcomes in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
#K07CA218362

$756,746.00   (04/11/2017 - 03/31/2023)

Grant funding from National Cancer Institute

The research objectives of this career development award are to: 1) evaluate the association between patient reported symptoms during childhood leukemia treatment on post-treatment neurocognitive performance, and 2) evaluate potential biomarkers of neurocognitive complications.

Multi-omic Biomarker Discovery for Therapy-related Neurocognitive Impairment in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
#RP190132

$1,187,006.00   (03/01/2019 - 02/28/2023)

Grant funding from Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

The goal of this project is to assemble a overlapping prospective cohorts of childhood leukemia patients and survivors to explore trajectories in neurocognitive performance and evaluate potential drivers of disparities in cognitive outcomes.