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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

  • Conway, LJ, Cook, F, Cahir, P, Mensah, F, Reilly, S, Brown, S, Gartland, D, Giallo, R. Intimate Partner Violence, Maternal Depression, and Pathways to Children’s Language Ability at 10 Years. Journal of Family Psychology 35(1) : 112 -122 2021
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  • Conway, LJ, Cook, F, Cahir, P, Brown, S, Reilly, S, Gartland, D, Mensah, F, Giallo, R. Children’s language abilities at age 10 and exposure to intimate partner violence in early childhood: Results of an Australian prospective pregnancy cohort study. Child Abuse & Neglect 111: 104794 2021
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  • Fogarty, A, Giallo, R, Gartland, D, Mensah, F, Brown, S. Mothers’ and Young People’s Study Policy Brief #3: Young people’s experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic.. 2021
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  • Fogarty, A, Giallo, R, Gartland, D, Mensah, F, Brown, S. Mothers’ and Young People’s Study Policy Brief #4: Young people’s mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021
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  • Brown, S, Glover, K, Leane, C, Gartland, D, Nikolof, A, Weetra, D, Mensah, F, Giallo, R, Reilly, S, Middleton, P, et al. Aboriginal Families Study Policy Brief No 6: Social health issues – time for action. 2021
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