Martin L. Brown
Martin L. Brown, PhD, has been the Chief of NCI's Health Services and Economics Branch
of the Applied Research Program since October 1999. Dr. Brown received his PhD in Natural
Resource Economics, from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1981. He joined the
NCI in 1988 as a Health Economist, after serving as Associate Professor in the Economics
Department at Howard University. Since coming to NCI his research has focused on the
economic burden of cancer to individuals and society and the acquisition and analysis of
economic data on cancer prevention and control. He has also evaluated and developed
methodology and analytical tools for modeling and estimating the cost-effectiveness of
specific cancer prevention and control interventions, programs, and policies. A third
research area is the relationship of socioeconomic status, community structure, and health
system organization to access to cancer control services in the context of the changing
system of healthcare delivery organization and financing. He has published more than 80
articles, reports and book chapters in these research areas. Dr. Brown is economics
editor of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, has served as a reviewer for many
journals, and has served on peer-review committees for the National Cancer Institute of
Canada and the California Cancer Research Program. Dr. Brown serves as NCI Program
Director for the Cancer Research Network, a national consortium of research organizations
affiliated with integrated healthcare delivery systems that conduct population-based
research on cancer epidemiology, prevention, and control. Dr. Brown received the NIH
Merit Award in 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004, and the NIH Director's Award in 2002.
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