Casey Brown

Casey Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on the role of interpersonal emotional processes in mental and physical health, particularly in aging populations and neurodegenerative/neuropsychiatric disorders. She directs the Clinical Aging and Relational Emotion Science (CARES) Lab, which investigates socioemotional functioning in caregiving relationships, stress, and neuroimaging techniques. Brown holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from UC Berkeley and completed her clinical internship at UCSF. Her work bridges clinical, social, and health psychology, employing methods like neuroimaging, physiological measures, and behavioral coding. She has received an R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute on Aging.

Education: PhD in Clinical Psychology (UC Berkeley), BA in Psychology and Cognitive Science (University of Virginia). Research emphasizes emotion recognition deficits in neurodegenerative diseases, caregiver mental health, and interventions targeting socioemotional processes. Major contributions include studies on empathic accuracy in close relationships, physiological linkage in emotional experiences, and linguistic patterns (pronoun use) in dementia caregiving interactions.

Key projects include evaluating in-home assistive technology for dementia caregivers and investigating positivity resonance in long-term marriages. Her approach integrates translational research to improve health outcomes through understanding socioemotional dynamics.