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
Giallo, R, Bahreinian, S, Brown, S, Cooklin, A, Kingston, D, Kozyrskyj, A.
Maternal Depressive Symptoms across Early Childhood and Asthma in School Children: Findings from a Longitudinal Australian Population Based Study.
PLOS ONE
10(3)
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e0121459
2024
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Chamberlain, C, Ralph, N, Hokke, S, Clark, Y, Gee, G, Stansfield, C, Sutcliffe, K, Brown, SJ, Brennan, S.
Healing The Past By Nurturing The Future: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis of pregnancy, birth and early postpartum experiences and views of parents with a history of childhood maltreatment.
PLOS ONE
14(12)
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e0225441
2024
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Moran, PS, Wuytack, F, Turner, M, Normand, C, Brown, S, Begley, C, Daly, D.
Economic burden of maternal morbidity – A systematic review of cost-of-illness studies.
PLOS ONE
15(1)
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e0227377
2024
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Yelland, J, Mensah, F, Riggs, E, McDonald, E, Szwarc, J, Dawson, W, Vanpraag, D, Casey, S, East, C, Biro, MA, et al.
Evaluation of systems reform in public hospitals, Victoria, Australia, to improve access to antenatal care for women of refugee background: An interrupted time series design.
PLOS Medicine
17(7)
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e1003089
2024
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Chamberlain, C, Gee, G, Gartland, D, Mensah, FK, Mares, S, Clark, Y, Ralph, N, Atkinson, C, Hirvonen, T, McLachlan, H, et al.
Community Perspectives of Complex Trauma Assessment for Aboriginal Parents: ‘Its Important, but How These Discussions Are Held Is Critical’.
Frontiers in Psychology
11:
2014
2024
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