Karen N. Brown, MSHA

Karen Brown is a versatile freelance writer specializing in content for the health professions. She graduated from The University of Alabama at Birmingham with a BA in Philosophy, and a Master of Science in Health Administration. For more than 20 years, she has worked at an academic medical center, most notably as a division administrator for a large, international HIV/AIDS program. She has considerable knowledge in federal health research regulation, health privacy laws, and expatriate issues. Karen provides online content for patients of specialty programs at academic institutions, and web content to colleges with online blogs aimed at prospective and current students. Additionally, she writes patient consent forms, institutional applications, and other regulatory documentation for medical research studies. Outside of the medical field, she has written nearly 100 informational articles for an Internet-based knowledge exchange on everything from how to distinguish flying ants from termites, to shelf life of high-efficiency laundry detergent. Karen lives in Alabama's Birmingham metropolitan area. Her Twitter account, found below, links to some of her work that appears online.