Kathleen (Kate) S. Brown, PhD, was awarded a Presidential Citation for her leadership and long-standing commitment to the practice of psychology.
Brown is vice chair of the Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice, president-elect of APA’s Div. 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology) and chair of the Clinical and Consulting Committee in the APA Leadership Institute of Women in Psychology. Brown has been outstanding in her leadership roles in the Hawaii Psychological Association, having served in every position on their Executive Committee. Brown is formerly the director of Training of the Clinical Heath Psychology Postdoctoral Program and chief, Integrative Pain Management Center at Tripler Army Medical Center. Brown's areas of clinical and research interests include: pain management, mind-body and alternative medicine, interdisciplinary team development and adjustment/coping responses to medical illness. With her warm smile and welcoming laugh, everyone feels engaged by her. As one of her former co-workers notes, “Kate is a wise, compassionate and extremely competent leader and psychologist. She is dedicated to her passion of psychology and puts her heart and soul into every interaction.”