Wesley Browning is a research track assistant professor in the Center for Nursing Research at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston. His current work utilizes novel research methodology to focus on the interactions among family dynamics such as relationships between caregivers and care recipients, along with other family members, and how family dynamics impact family caregivers’ risk and resilience to stress, anxiety, depression, and engagement in elder abuse and neglect towards their care recipients. He recently began work on a project, funded by the Speros Martel Endowment for the Aging, that aims to recruit sibling pairs of family caregivers, to better describe the family dynamics of these larger family caregiving units.
Education
University of Alabama at Birmingham
PhD - Lifespan Developmental Psychology
2021
University of Alabama at Birmingham
MA - Developmental Psychology
2019
University of Alabama at Birmingham
BS Psychology
2015
Clinical/Research Focus
Aging across the lifespan, dementia family caregiving, social support, adverse social experiences, family dynamics, family resilience
Publications
- Mechanisms Underlying the Use of Abusive and Neglectful Behaviors in Dementia Caregiving: The Role of Caregiver Mental Health
- Elder Mistreatment Within Stroke Family Caregiving
- Patterns of Family Conflict and Accusations of Abuse in Dementia Family Caregivers: A Latent Class Analysis
- Emotion Regulation, Coping Strategies, and Hazardous Drinking Among Family Caregivers of People With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
- Vicarious experiences of major discrimination, anxiety symptoms, and mental health care utilization among Black Adults