Joy V. Browne, PhD, RN
(303) 861-6546
Browne.Joy@tchden.orgDr. Browne's work focuses on neurobehavioral organization of infants, particularly those at high risk for health problems and developmental delay. Her studies investigate behavioral and physiological organization, and intervention strategies to promote organization in preterm and high risk infants. Investigation of typical newborn intensive care unit practices which impact the physiological and behavioral organization of infants, regulatory processes between infants and their primary caregivers, as well as between multiple birth siblings is ongoing. Specific studies include the developmental aspects of infant feeding, the impact of handling practices and painful interventions on infant behavioral and physiologic organization, and the impact of cobedding practices on the behavioral organization and outcomes of multiple birth siblings.
Dr. Browne has also developed and is currently studying an intervention program for infants and their families as they transition from the newborn intensive care to their home and community. Infants born preterm or who are at high risk for developmental delay are identified in the intensive care unit, and followed by community professionals who have been trained in the Family Infant Relationship Support Training program. Studies of the effectiveness of the training, as well as the outcomes of the infants and parents who are followed are the target of ongoing studies.
Recent Publications:1. Browne, J. (2000). Considerations for Touch and Massage in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Neonatal Network. 19 (1), 61-64.2. Browne, J. V. VandenBerg, K., Ross, E. and Elmore, A.M. The Newborn Developmental Specialist: Definition, qualifications and preparation for an emerging role in the neonatal intensive care unit. Infants and Young Children. 11(4), 53-64.
3. Neu, M., & Browne, J. The impact of two transfer techniques on the physiologic and behavioral responses of preterm infants. Nursing Research. 49 (4) 1-9.
4. Browne, J., Gerhardt, G. & Laudenslager, M. (1998). Relationship between plasma and salivary catecholamine metabolites in very low birth weight infants (Abst.) Developmental Psychobiology, 33 (4) p. 368.
5. Neu, M. & Browne, J. (1997). Infant physiologic and behavioral organization during swaddled versus unswaddled weighing. Journal of Perinatology, 17(3), 193-198.
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGYDepartment of Psychiatry
University of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO 80262For additional Information E-mail:
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