Robert G Brown, PhD

Robert Brown, PhD
  • Community Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
    • Primary Address
    • Business
    • Western Michigan University School of Medicine
    • Department of Biomedical Informatics
    • 1000 Oakland Drive
    • Kalamazoo, MI, United States 49008

Biography

Biography

Dr Brown obtained his MA and PhD degrees in experimental psychology from Western Michigan University. Dr Brown came to work at the precursor organization of the WMed Clinics (Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies) in 2005 to lead the effort to convert from paper charts to electronic medical records. Dr Brown has worked for over 25 years in the health care and human services sector as a clinician, researcher, consultant, and administrator. He was co-chair of the business operations committee of the Michigan Health Information Network implementation project and serves on the Board of Advisors of the Business Information Systems Department of the Hayworth College of Business at Western Michigan University and the WMU Center for Health Information Technology Advancement.

Education

  • PhD 1992, Experimental Psychology, Western Michigan University
  • PhD 1992, Experimental Psychology, Western Michigan University
  • MA 1982, Experimental Psychology, Western Michigan University
  • MA 1982, Experimental Psychology, Western Michigan University
  • BA 1971, English and American Literature, Brown University
  • BA 1971, English and American Literature, Brown University

Languages

  • French, functional.