Professor Stephanie Brown is a social epidemiologist, health services researcher and Head of the Intergenerational Health Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is Director of the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence, Co-Convenor of the Aboriginal Health Program at MCRI and Honorary Professor in the Department of General Practice and Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne.
Stephanie has two decades of experience working at the interface of policy, health services and community to co-design and implement policy relevant epidemiological and intervention research focusing on the beginning of life, when change is most likely to lead to reduction of health inequalities across the life course. A major focus of her work is improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and families, women and children of refugee background and women and children experiencing family violence.
Professor Stephanie Brown is a social epidemiologist, health services researcher and Head of the Intergenerational Health Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is Director of the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence,...
Professor Stephanie Brown is a social epidemiologist, health services researcher and Head of the Intergenerational Health Group at Murdoch Children's Research Institute. She is Director of the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence, Co-Convenor of the Aboriginal Health Program at MCRI and Honorary Professor in the Department of General Practice and Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne.
Stephanie has two decades of experience working at the interface of policy, health services and community to co-design and implement policy relevant epidemiological and intervention research focusing on the beginning of life, when change is most likely to lead to reduction of health inequalities across the life course. A major focus of her work is improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and families, women and children of refugee background and women and children experiencing family violence.
Top Publications
Fogarty, A, Brown, S, McMahon, G, FitzPatrick, KM, Gartland, D, Seymour, M, Giallo, R.
Pre-pandemic adversity and maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating role of pandemic stress and family relationships.
Journal of Affective Disorders
346:
102 -109
2024
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Navodani, T, Gartland, D, Brown, SJ, Riggs, E, Yelland, J.
Common maternal health problems among Australian-born and migrant women: A prospective cohort study.
PLOS ONE
14(2)
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e0211685
2024
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Chamberlain, C, Gee, G, Harfield, S, Campbell, S, Brennan, S, Clark, Y, Mensah, F, Arabena, K, Herrman, H, Brown, S.
Parenting after a history of childhood maltreatment: A scoping review and map of evidence in the perinatal period.
PLOS ONE
14(3)
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e0213460
2024
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Kingston, D, Kehler, H, Austin, M-P, Mughal, MK, Wajid, A, Vermeyden, L, Benzies, K, Brown, S, Stuart, S, Giallo, R.
Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy and the first 12 months postpartum and child externalizing and internalizing behavior at three years.
PLOS ONE
13(4)
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e0195365
2024
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Small, R, Watson, L, Gunn, J, Mitchell, C, Brown, S.
Improving Population-Level Maternal Health: A Hard Nut to Crack? Long Term Findings and Reflections on a 16-Community Randomised Trial in Australia to Improve Maternal Emotional and Physical Health after Birth [ISRCTN03464021].
PLOS ONE
9(2)
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e88457
2024
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