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Role Group Leader / Snr Princ Research Fellow
Research area Population Health

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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

  • Weetra, D, Glover, K, Miller, R, Wilson, R, Leane, C, Stuart-Butler, D, Mitchell, A, Gartland, D, Brown, S. Community engagement in the Aboriginal Families Study: Strategies to promote participation. Women and Birth 32(1) : 72 -79 2019
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  • Spry, E, Giallo, R, Moreno-Betancur, M, Macdonald, J, Becker, D, Borschmann, R, Brown, S, Patton, GC, Olsson, CA. Preconception prediction of expectant fathers' mental health: 20-year cohort study from adolescence. BJPsych Open 4(2) : 58 -60 2018
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  • Giallo, R, Pilkington, P, Borschmann, R, Seymour, M, Dunning, M, Brown, S. The prevalence and correlates of self-harm ideation trajectories in Australian women from pregnancy to 4-years postpartum. Journal of Affective Disorders 229: 152 -158 2018
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  • Westrupp, EM, Brown, S, Woolhouse, H, Gartland, D, Nicholson, JM. Repeated early-life exposure to inter-parental conflict increases risk of preadolescent mental health problems. European Journal of Pediatrics 177(3) : 419 -427 2018
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  • Giallo, R, Gartland, D, Woolhouse, H, Mensah, F, Westrupp, E, Nicholson, J, Brown, S. Emotional–behavioral resilience among children of first-time mothers with and without depression across the early childhood period. International Journal of Behavioral Development 42(2) : 214 -224 2018
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