NHS Professor Heads Certification Organization

Carlton G. Brown, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies, was named president of the board of directors of the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC). He began June 1.

ONCC is a non-profit organization that develops, administers, and evaluates programs for certification in oncology nursing. Incorporated in 1984, ONCC is governed by the board of directors. Members represent various levels of certification in oncology nursing and the public at large.

Brown--an oncology nurse specialist who joined the Georgetown faculty in May--has held previous appointments at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Those include research associate, clinical nurse educator, and clinical head nurse/oncology clinical nurse specialist.

In addition, Brown has authored articles in journals such as Nursing Research and Seminars in Oncology Nursing. His research focuses on cancer patients who suffer with oral mucositis while receiving chemotherapy.

Brown has also received the Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse of the Year Award and an American Cancer Society Doctoral Scholarship.