CURRICULUM VITAE OF KIMBERLY P. BROWN, PH.D.

OFFICE ADDRESS

The Psychiatric Hospital at VanderbiltUniversity

1601 23rd Avenue South, 3rd Floor

Nashville, TN37212-3182

Office: (615) 327-7130 Fax: (615) 343-4595

E-mail:

EDUCATION

  • DukeUniversity, Durham, North Carolina, B.A. in Psychology (with Honors) and German, Summa Cum Laude, 1992-1995
  • University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a Concentration in Law, 1995-2000

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

  • Internship in Clinical/Forensic Psychology at NapaStateHospital, Napa, California, 1999-2000
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Forensic Psychology at University of Washington/Western State Hospital, 2000-2001

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE: FORENSIC

  • Clinical Psychology Trainee - Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1997-1998
  • Rater for Competency to Stand Trial Research - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1999-2000
  • Alcohol and Drug Group Psychotherapist - VanderbiltUniversity / WoodlandHillsYouthDevelopmentCenter, Nashville, TN, 2002
  • Director - Vanderbilt University Forensic Evaluation Team, Nashville, TN, 2002- present

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2002-present
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University School of Arts and Sciences, 2003-present

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Chair – TN Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Risk Assessment Committee, Nashville, TN – 2002-2003
  • American Psychology-Law Society Biennial Conference Program Submissions Reviewer-2003 & 2004
  • Co-Chair TN Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Forensic Case Conference 2006-2007

LICENSE

  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Tennessee - # 2450

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • American Psychological Association, 1995-present
  • American Psychology Law Society (APA Division 41), 1995-present

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • University of Alabama Graduate Council Fellowship, 1995-96
  • University of Alabama Graduate Research and Travel Award, 1998
  • American Psychology Law Society (Division 41) Grant-in-Aid, 1998
  • University of Alabama Clinical Service Award, 1999
  • American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41) 3rd Place Dissertation Award (2001)
  • VanderbiltUniversity Resident Psychiatry Outstanding Educational Support Award, 2002-2003
  • VanderbiltUniversity Division of Community Psychiatry Distinguished Service Award, 2005
  • NAMI Ambassador of Hope Award for Outstanding Advocate in Criminal Justice (2007)
RESEARCH
  • Masters Thesis: “The Impact of Mental Disorder, Locus of Crime Causation, and Individual Differences on Sentencing Decisions and Attitudes Toward Murder,” University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL, 1995-1997
  • Research Team Member, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1998-2000
  • Dissertation: “Racial Bias in Criminal Sentencing and Verdict: The Role of Different Evaluation Standards,” University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1997-2000
  • Research Project on the Generalizability of Psychopathy in Women and Minorities, WesternStateHospital, Tacoma, WA, 2000-2001

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL Principles of Psychotherapy Lab (co-led graduate course), 1998
  • Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL - Introduction to Psychology (undergraduate course), 1998-1999
  • Department of Psychiatry, VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville, TN - Lectures to Psychiatry Residents in the Forensic Psychiatry and the Psychological Assessment Seminar Series, 2002- present

PRESENTATIONS AT STATE AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41) Poster Presentation (Co-author), Redondo Beach, CA, March 1998
  • American Psychological Association (APA) Poster Presentation (Co-author), San Francisco, CA, August 1998
  • American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41) Poster Presentation (Dissertation Award Winner), Austin, TX, March 2002
  • “Court-Ordered Forensic Evaluations Presentation (co-presenter),” Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Nashville, TN, December 2002
  • “Risk Assessment Training for Regional Mental Health Institutes (co-presenter),” Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Nashville, TN, June 2003

“Risk Assessment in an Forensic Inpatient Setting: Results from Tennessee,” NASMHPD Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, September 2003

  • “Is this Person Faking?: Malingering Assessment (co-presenter),” Tennessee Psychological Association, Nashville, TN, November 2003
  • “Mental Illness and Self-Harm (co-presenter),” Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Nashville, TN, March 2004
  • “Malingering,” Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Nashville, TN, November 2006

LECTURES/OTHER PRESENTATIONS

  • Forensic Psychiatry Lectures for Fourth Year Psychiatric Residents, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, “Introduction to the Criminal Justice System,” “Competency to Stand Trial” and “Insanity Defense,” 2002 – present and “The Psychiatrist as Expert Witness,” 2004-present.
  • General Psychiatry Lectures for Psychiatric Residents, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, “Forensic Assessment,” and “Malingering,” 2002 – 2005.
  • Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Department of Psychiatry,“Risk assessment in civil inpatient settings: Who will be violent after release?” 2002
  • Psychiatry Residents’ Journal Club, VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville, Tennessee, “Inpatient Violent Risk Assessment,” 2003
  • Presentation to Forensic Interest Group, VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville, Tennessee, “Juvenile Risk Assessment,” 2003
  • Forensic Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Department of Psychiatry, “Assessing Risk in Sexual Offenders: The Static-99 and Static-2002,” 2003
  • Child Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Department of Psychiatry, “Risk Assessment of Juvenile Delinquents: Who will be violent in the future?” 2003
  • Presentation to VanderbiltLawSchool class, Nashville, Tennessee, “Eyewitness Identification,” 2004
  • Case Conference for Psychiatry Residents, VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville, TN“Competency to Consent to Medical Decisions.” 2004
  • Clinical Transaction Project for Second Medical Students, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, “Personality Disorders,” 2004 – 2005
  • Child Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Department of Psychiatry, “Juvenile Competencies in the Juvenile Justice System,” 2005
  • Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Department of Psychiatry, “Anecdote or Evidence: Misconceptions in Mental Health.” 2005
  • Introduction to “The Woodsman,” Belcourt Theater, Nashville, TN, 2005
  • Presentation to VanderbiltLawSchool, Nashville, Tennessee, “Insanity Defense,” 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Presentation to Medical Students during “Intersession,” VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville, Tennessee, “Personality Disorder,” 2006-present

OTHER TRAINING

  • Certified Forensic Examiner Training Workshop (20 hours), 1998, Presented by psychology staff at Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility, sponsored by Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) Training [Assessing Psychopathy: Clinical and Forensic Applications of the PCL-R] (19 hours), 2000, Presented by Robert D. Hare, Ph.D. and Adelle Forth, Ph.D., San Diego, CA
  • Certified Outpatient Forensic Examiner Training Workshop (8 hours), 2002, Presented by Forensic Specialists of Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Tennessee Sex Offender Treatment and Supervision Training (18 hours) 2002 & (8 hours) 2003, Sponsored by the Tennessee Sex Offender Treatment Board, Embassy Suites, Brentwood, Tennessee

Kimberly Brown, Ph.D.

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