Faculty Directory Back to Faculty Directory Jeffrey Brown Associate Professor Jeffrey Brown, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Medicine (DPM) at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. Within DPM, Dr. Brown serves as a member of the Therapeutics Research and Infectious Disease Epidemiology program Executive Committee. His primary research activities involve new approaches to facilitate large-scale multi-institutional research through the use of distributed health data networks to support a learning health system. This research formed the basis for several established research networks, including the FDA’s Sentinel System and PCORnet. He has leadership roles in FDA Sentinel, PCORnet, the Biologics and Biosimilars Collective Intelligence Consortium (BBCIC), and the Innovation in Medical Evidence and Development Surveillance (IMEDS) program. Beyond these distributed data networks, he has led several post-marketing safety studies for various sponsors. Dr. Brown is the inventor of PopMedNet, an open-source software platform that facilitates creation and operation of distributed health data networks. Dr. Brown holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Tufts University and a PhD in Social Policy from Brandeis University. He is an 8-time US national champion and 3-time world champion in Ultimate Frisbee and coached the Tufts Men’s Ultimate team for 20 years. Publications Utilization patterns and characteristics of users of biologic anti-inflammatory agents in a large, US commercially insured population. (Pubmed Abstract) Authors Mendelsohn AB, Nam YH, Marshall J, McDermott CL, Kochar B, Kappelman MD, Brown JS, Lockhart CM Abbreviation Pharmacol Res Perspect Volume 9 Issue 1 Publication Date 2020-12-31 Use of Electronic Health Records to Support a Public Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: A Perspective from Fifteen Academic Medical Centers (View Abstract) Authors Madhavan S, Bastarache L, Brown JS, Butte A, Butte A, Dorr D, Embi PJ, Friedman CP, Johnson KB, Moore JH, Kohane IS, Payne PRO, Tenebaum JD, Weiner MW, Wilcox A, Ohno-Machado Abbreviation JAMIA Publication Date 2020-11-03 Leveraging the Capabilities of the FDA's Sentinel System To Improve Kidney Care. (Pubmed Abstract) Authors Adimadhyam S, Barreto EF, Cocoros NM, Toh S, Brown JS, Maro JC, Corrigan-Curay J, Dal Pan GJ, Ball R, Martin D, Nguyen M, Platt R, Li X Abbreviation J Am Soc Nephrol Publication Date 2020-10-19 See all publications
Utilization patterns and characteristics of users of biologic anti-inflammatory agents in a large, US commercially insured population. (Pubmed Abstract) Authors Mendelsohn AB, Nam YH, Marshall J, McDermott CL, Kochar B, Kappelman MD, Brown JS, Lockhart CM Abbreviation Pharmacol Res Perspect Volume 9 Issue 1 Publication Date 2020-12-31
Use of Electronic Health Records to Support a Public Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: A Perspective from Fifteen Academic Medical Centers (View Abstract) Authors Madhavan S, Bastarache L, Brown JS, Butte A, Butte A, Dorr D, Embi PJ, Friedman CP, Johnson KB, Moore JH, Kohane IS, Payne PRO, Tenebaum JD, Weiner MW, Wilcox A, Ohno-Machado Abbreviation JAMIA Publication Date 2020-11-03
Leveraging the Capabilities of the FDA's Sentinel System To Improve Kidney Care. (Pubmed Abstract) Authors Adimadhyam S, Barreto EF, Cocoros NM, Toh S, Brown JS, Maro JC, Corrigan-Curay J, Dal Pan GJ, Ball R, Martin D, Nguyen M, Platt R, Li X Abbreviation J Am Soc Nephrol Publication Date 2020-10-19