Karen Goshorn Brown, RN, PhD Assistant Professor Education:   BSN - Kent State University - 1982  MSN - Kent State University - 1985  PhD - Wayne State University - 1996  BS in Applied Science - Youngstown State 1976  Diploma - Presbyterian University Hospital School of Nursing 1965 Other Activities:  Ski Club  Church - Mutual Ministry Committee and Choir  Brain Injury Association  Alumni Association - Presbyterian - University Hospital, Youngstown State, Kent State, Wayne State

Research and areas of interest:  Grief in Family caregivers of Persons with Neurotrauma  Orem' s Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing Courses Taught:  Nursing of the Adult N30462  Introduction to Nursing Research N40872 Affiliations:  Sigma Theta Tau  International Orem Society  Association of Rehabilitation Nurses  Midwest Nursing Research Society  Phi kappa Phi  American Association of Neuroscience Nurses  American Nurses Association Honors and Presentations:  Recipient of Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Self-Care Nursing at Wayne State University for 1992-93 and !993-94.  Paper presented at Midwestern Nursing Research Society Conference in Detroit April '96 on dissertation research  Paper Presenter at 3rd International Self-care Deficit Theory Conference in St. Louis, Mo, October '93 on "Conceptualizing Grief as a Basic Conditioning Factor within Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory.  Poster presentations on "Grief as a Basic Conditioning Factor Affecting the Self-Care Agency and Self-Care of Family Caregivers of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury" at the ARN Educational Conference in Orlando, FL in Sept '94 at Wayne State University's Annual Research Day, Detroit, MI, April '94 at the Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, Milwaukee, WI April'94 at the Sigma Theta Tau Biennial Convention Scientific Sessions, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. '93 at the 3rd International Self-are Deficit Theory Conference in St. Louis, Mo, October '93  Paper Presenter - "Behavioral Factors Related to Genital Candidiasis in Women Seeking Ambulatory Care" at the 3rd International Congress on Women's Health Issues in Tampa, FL, Nov. '88  Elected to Sigma Theta Tau - International Nursing Honorary - 1982  Elected to Phi Kappa Phi Interdisciplinary Honorary - 1976  Summa cum laude - Kent State 1982  Summa cum laude - Youngstown State 1976