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Dr. Brown studied the bacterium that causes Tuberculosis (TB), called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (or Mtb). She investigated how Mtb uses host-produced cholesterol as a source of nutrients during infection. She demonstrated the importance of cholesterol for the survival of Mtb within the lung and identified novel targets for TB drug development.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD) - graduated in 2020