{"id":2,"date":"2020-01-16T21:24:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T21:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwdpt-research.rehab.washington.edu\/brown-cardiopulmonary\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-10-18T17:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T17:58:42","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwdpt-research.rehab.washington.edu\/brown-cardiopulmonary\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The research focus of the Brown Lab for Optimization of Exercise as Therapy in Cardiopulmonary Disease is all about improving how exercise is used as medicine! &nbsp;Exercise is an underutilized therapy, in part because insufficient data is available to assist practitioners in its appropriate prescription for specific patient groups. Much of Dr. Brown\u2019s research to date has been to address this gap specifically for patients with lung disease, including pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary embolism, cystic fibrosis, and lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). Her clinical and animal studies aim to define the physiological and biochemical consequences and functional outcomes following acute and chronic exercise in lung disease, to permit much needed optimization of exercise prescription for patients. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Brown&#8217;s research funding is from the National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute of the NIH, The American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant, The Pulmonary Hypertension Association, The American Thoracic Society, and The Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Association. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"557\" 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