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
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 7: Health consequences of family and community violence.
2021
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Gartland, D, Riggs, E, Giallo, R, Glover, K, Casey, S, Muyeen, S, Weetra, D, White, S, Koolmatrie, T, Brown, SJ.
Using Participatory Methods to Engage Diverse Families in Research about Resilience in Middle Childhood..
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
32(4)
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1844 -1871
2021
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Hegarty, K, Valpied, J, Taft, A, Brown, SJ, Gold, L, Gunn, J, O'Doherty, L.
Two-year follow up of a cluster randomised controlled trial for women experiencing intimate partner violence: effect of screening and family doctor-delivered counselling on quality of life, mental and physical health and abuse exposure.
BMJ Open
10(12)
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e034295
2020
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Brown, SJ, Conway, LJ, FitzPatrick, KM, Hegarty, K, Mensah, FK, Papadopoullos, S, Woolhouse, H, Giallo, R, Gartland, D.
Physical and mental health of women exposed to intimate partner violence in the 10 years after having their first child: an Australian prospective cohort study of first-time mothers.
BMJ Open
10(12)
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e040891
2020
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Hiscock, H, Connolly, A, Dunlop, K, Perera, P, O'Loughlin, R, Brown, SJ, Krieser, DM, West, A, Chapman, P, Lawford, R, et al.
Understanding parent‐reported factors that influence children and young people's anxiety and depression presentations to emergency departments: A multi‐site study.
Emergency Medicine Australasia
32(5)
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724 -730
2020
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