MSN, RN , Doctoral (Current)
Brandon Brown, MSN, RN, is a second-year Doctor of Nursing Practice student in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner track at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. His work focuses on advancing access to healthcare, dismantling systemic barriers to care, and ensuring that communities with limited access to care are represented in and benefit from emerging psychiatric innovations.
A graduate of Howard University with a bachelor’s in Communications and a minor in Psychology, Brown began his career in media and production, where he developed a passion for using storytelling to promote mental health awareness among diverse audiences. He earned his Master of Science in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University as a second-degree student, where he served on the board of the Black Student Nurses Association and founded Black Minds on Black Health, a student-led initiative addressing varying outcomes among different communities through education, research, and public speaking opportunities.
Clinically, Brown has developed expertise across psychiatric, medical-surgical, telemetry, and step-down settings, including multistate travel-nursing roles that deepened his understanding of gaps in healthcare access in both urban and rural communities. He also served as a Clinical Instructor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, mentoring students in evidence-based, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive care.
Brown’s research experience includes serving as a Clinical Research Nurse at Sheppard Pratt and with COMPASS Pathways, coordinating psychedelic-assisted therapy trials for treatment-resistant depression and Bipolar II disorder. His work emphasized participant safety, interprofessional collaboration, and advocacy for greater inclusivity among participants in psychedelic research. He later earned a Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research from the California Institute of Integral Studies, focusing on trauma-informed and culturally grounded approaches to integrative psychiatric care.
A member of Sigma Theta Tau International, the American Nurses Association, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, and the American Association for Men in Nursing, Brown’s scholarly interests include stigma reduction, inclusive access to mental health research, and integrative care models that unite psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and community wellness.