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, Seymour, M, Fogarty, A, Feinberg, M, Christensen, D, Gartland, D, Wood, C, Brown, SJ, Cooklin, A.
Trajectories of interparental conflict and children’s emotional–behavioural functioning at 10–11 years: an Australian population-based study.
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
31(4)
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625 -635
2022
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Signorelli, M, Taft, A, Gartland, D, Hooker, L, McKee, C, MacMillan, H, Brown, S, Hegarty, K.
How Valid is the Question of Fear of a Partner in Identifying Intimate Partner Abuse? A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Four Studies.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
37(5-6)
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2535 -2556
2022
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FitzPatrick, KM, Brown, S, Hegarty, K, Mensah, F, Gartland, D.
Physical and Emotional Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Health in the First Year After Childbirth: An Australian Pregnancy Cohort Study.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
37(3-4)
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np2147 -np2176
2022
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Treyvaud, K, Brown, SJ.
Mental health of children and parents after very preterm birth.
World Psychiatry
21(1)
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148 -149
2022
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Brown, A, Mensah, F, Gee, G, Paradies, Y, French, S, Waters, L, Arabena, K, Armstrong, G, Nicholson, J, Brown, SJ, et al.
Evaluation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strengths based coaching program: a study protocol.
BMC Public Health
21(1)
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1451
2021
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