Laurie Brown is a tenured Nursing professor at Clark College.  She began her tenure at Clark in September of 2002. She has held adjunct faculty staff positions in the Department of Nursing dating back to 1990. A graduate of Washington State University Vancouver (WSUV), Laurie earned a Masters of Nursing Science and specialized in community nursing and nursing education. She also holds a dual masters degree in Public Administration and Health Administration from Portland State University. Laurie maintains an advanced Critical Care Certification in Nursing (CCRN). She still actively practices bedside nursing when not teaching.

Beyond critical care, Laurie specializes in cardiac care, pediatrics and oncology. The Conference for Clinical Excellence, a national nursing symposium held in 2002, honored Laurie by inviting her to present a poster board of her research on breast cancer (BRCA) genetics. She also created and facilitated a community teaching project on breast cancer and the BRCA gene mutation. Her efforts in community nursing won her WSU’s outstanding graduate student of the year award in 2002. 

Additionally from 2001-2004 she received service recognition awards from Hambleton Project, an agency serving women with cancer. In 2001 Laurie was recognized with the Washington State University, Julie Ebreck Nursing Award and from 2001 thru 2003 she served on Washington State University’s Diversity Task Force. Currently Laurie is the advisor for the Student Nurses Association of Clark College (SNACC).