Prof Stephanie Brown
Prof Stephanie Brown
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Group Leader / Snr Princ Research Fellow
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Population Health
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Intergenerational Health
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Professor Stephanie Brown is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow, and Head of the Intergenerational Health Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She established and co-leads the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence. She also holds appointments as Honorary Professor in the Departments of General Practice and Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. and as Honorary Senior Principal Research Fellow at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.
Stephanie is a social epidemiologist and health services researcher whose work focuses on generating and translating knowledge to break cycles of intergenerational trauma, family violence and social inequity. Her team are working with Aboriginal communities, refugee communities and women and children with lived and living experience of family violence to address gaps in evidence regarding effective intervention strategies to enable healing and recovery from the effects of trauma.
She established and leads the Mothers' and Young People's Study, an Australian prospective cohort study of 1507 first time mothers and their first born children. The study was designed to assess the contribution of social and obstetric risk factors to common maternal health problems after childbirth. Over time the focus of the study has expanded to include children and young people's wellbeing, and the extent to which mothers and children's health are inextricably linked. The study is also one of the few longitudinal cohort studies to examine the impact of exposure to family violence on the health and wellbeing of mothers and their children.
Stephanie also co-leads the Aboriginal Families Study: a prospective cohort of 344 Aboriginal children and their mothers and other primary caregivers. The study is being conducted by the Intergenerational Health Group at MCRI in partnership with the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. Major areas of focus include: maternal health and wellbeing; children's health, wellbeing and development; engagement with health services; and connections to family, community, culture and language.
Stephanie is a social epidemiologist and health services researcher whose work focuses on generating and translating knowledge to break cycles of intergenerational trauma, family violence and social inequity. Her team are working with Aboriginal communities, refugee communities and women and children with lived and living experience of family violence to address gaps in evidence regarding effective intervention strategies to enable healing and recovery from the effects of trauma.
She established and leads the Mothers' and Young People's Study, an Australian prospective cohort study of 1507 first time mothers and their first born children. The study was designed to assess the contribution of social and obstetric risk factors to common maternal health problems after childbirth. Over time the focus of the study has expanded to include children and young people's wellbeing, and the extent to which mothers and children's health are inextricably linked. The study is also one of the few longitudinal cohort studies to examine the impact of exposure to family violence on the health and wellbeing of mothers and their children.
Stephanie also co-leads the Aboriginal Families Study: a prospective cohort of 344 Aboriginal children and their mothers and other primary caregivers. The study is being conducted by the Intergenerational Health Group at MCRI in partnership with the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. Major areas of focus include: maternal health and wellbeing; children's health, wellbeing and development; engagement with health services; and connections to family, community, culture and language.
Professor Stephanie Brown is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow, and Head of the Intergenerational Health Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She established and co-leads the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence. She also holds...
Professor Stephanie Brown is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow, and Head of the Intergenerational Health Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She established and co-leads the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence. She also holds appointments as Honorary Professor in the Departments of General Practice and Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. and as Honorary Senior Principal Research Fellow at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.
Stephanie is a social epidemiologist and health services researcher whose work focuses on generating and translating knowledge to break cycles of intergenerational trauma, family violence and social inequity. Her team are working with Aboriginal communities, refugee communities and women and children with lived and living experience of family violence to address gaps in evidence regarding effective intervention strategies to enable healing and recovery from the effects of trauma.
She established and leads the Mothers' and Young People's Study, an Australian prospective cohort study of 1507 first time mothers and their first born children. The study was designed to assess the contribution of social and obstetric risk factors to common maternal health problems after childbirth. Over time the focus of the study has expanded to include children and young people's wellbeing, and the extent to which mothers and children's health are inextricably linked. The study is also one of the few longitudinal cohort studies to examine the impact of exposure to family violence on the health and wellbeing of mothers and their children.
Stephanie also co-leads the Aboriginal Families Study: a prospective cohort of 344 Aboriginal children and their mothers and other primary caregivers. The study is being conducted by the Intergenerational Health Group at MCRI in partnership with the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. Major areas of focus include: maternal health and wellbeing; children's health, wellbeing and development; engagement with health services; and connections to family, community, culture and language.
Stephanie is a social epidemiologist and health services researcher whose work focuses on generating and translating knowledge to break cycles of intergenerational trauma, family violence and social inequity. Her team are working with Aboriginal communities, refugee communities and women and children with lived and living experience of family violence to address gaps in evidence regarding effective intervention strategies to enable healing and recovery from the effects of trauma.
She established and leads the Mothers' and Young People's Study, an Australian prospective cohort study of 1507 first time mothers and their first born children. The study was designed to assess the contribution of social and obstetric risk factors to common maternal health problems after childbirth. Over time the focus of the study has expanded to include children and young people's wellbeing, and the extent to which mothers and children's health are inextricably linked. The study is also one of the few longitudinal cohort studies to examine the impact of exposure to family violence on the health and wellbeing of mothers and their children.
Stephanie also co-leads the Aboriginal Families Study: a prospective cohort of 344 Aboriginal children and their mothers and other primary caregivers. The study is being conducted by the Intergenerational Health Group at MCRI in partnership with the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. Major areas of focus include: maternal health and wellbeing; children's health, wellbeing and development; engagement with health services; and connections to family, community, culture and language.
Top Publications
- Spry, EA, Aarsman, SR, Dashti, SG, McAnally, H, Greenwood, CJ, Guiney, H, Catalao, R, Belsky, J, Macdonald, JA, Letcher, P, et al. Childhood sexual abuse and maternal social and financial resources, mental health, and parenting outcomes in pregnancy and early parenthood: a multicohort observational study. The Lancet Obstetrics Gynaecology & Women's Health 2(4) : e324 -e334 2026 view publication
- Hannon, S, Gartland, D, Higgins, A, Brown, SJ, Daly, D. Health care across the first year postpartum and experiences of women with anxiety/depressive symptoms: A longitudinal cohort of first-time mothers in Ireland (MAMMI).. Arch Womens Ment Health 29(1) : 34 2026 view publication
- Wilson, CA, Husin, HM, Dashti, SG, Catalao, R, Borschmann, R, Brown, S, Howard, LM, Kerr, JA, Monk-Cunliffe, J, Moran, P, et al. Preconception parental personality disorder and psychosocial outcomes during the perinatal period: a prospective population-based study.. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 61(2) : 391 -401 2026 view publication
- Darcy, MA, Brown, S, Bruinsma, F. Results from early versus late responders in a population based survey of recent mothers. Australasian Epidemiologist 10(2) : 38 -41 2026 view publication
- Brown, S, Gartland, D. Re: Frequency, severity and risk factors for urinary and fecal incontinence. REPLY. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 123(11) : 1874 -1874 2026 view publication
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