DrVicki Brown

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation

  • Senior Research Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
  • +61 3 924 46432 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Health economics
Economic evaluation
Prevention
Qualitative and quantitative research methods

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Thinking outside the lunchbox: societal value of school meals in Australia
    18 Feb 2026 - 17 Feb 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    • Golley R,
    • Johnson B,
    • Bogomolova S,
    • Brown V,
    • Cleland V
    ARC Linkage - Projects - LP240200796 - $161,660.33
  • GRANT
    Continued work on the feasibility study on options to limit unhealthy food marketing to children
    10 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Continued work on the feasibility study on options to limit unhealthy food marketing to children - Health/E24-582028 - $52,816.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Health impact modelling of Y facilities
    25 Mar 2025 - 30 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Victoria Brown
    Young Men's Christian Association of Victoria Inc - $7,622.69
  • GRANT
    Health Economics Services for Preventive Health SA
    19 Feb 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Preventive Health SA - $399,564.00
  • GRANT
    Transforming Obesity Prevention for CHILDren: A decision aid for public health policy makers (TOPCHILD-Policy)
    18 Oct 2024 - 6 Mar 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Golley R,
    • Brown V
    Ian Potter Foundation Grant - Research - 31111250 - $86,700.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Service Agreement between Deakin and Barwon Health: Development of a Barwon Health Strategic Plan Monitoring Framework Index
    16 Sep 2024 - 16 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Barwon Health - $15,000.00
  • GRANT
    A nutrition and movement behaviour intervention for toddlers: efficacy, cost effectiveness and scale-up pathways
    1 Mar 2024 - 29 Feb 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    MRFF Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles - MRF2031053 - $1,855,634.60
  • GRANT
    A mHealth intervention to promote healthy lifestyle behaviours from the start of life: The Health4Li
    5 Feb 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE) - $17,951.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Unhealthy food marketing to children.
    15 Aug 2023 - 30 Sep 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Health & Aged Care (Dept of Finance) Commonwealth - $202,888.80
  • GRANT
    Systems Thinking with Active Implementation Research (STAIR) to prevent childhood obesity: an effectiveness-implementation trial
    1 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Partnership Project - 2023737 - $1,406,917.90
  • GRANT
    Systems Thinking with Active Implementation Research (STAIR) to prevent childhood obesity: an effectiveness-implementation trial
    1 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth - NHMRC Partnership Project Grants - $100,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    It takes s village: a neighbourhood approach to improve health and wellbeing.
    17 Jul 2023 - 29 Aug 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth Grant - Research - OPP-27627 - $228,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Economic evaluation of the implementation of a policy to restrict unhealthy food and drink advertising on Western Australia (WA) State - owned assets.
    5 Oct 2022 - 3 Apr 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Cancer Council of Western Australia (Inc) - $55,000.90
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Literature Review: Investigating the co-benefits of prevention initiatives.
    2 May 2022 - 31 May 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    The Sax Institute - Project ID:SP2.2 - $58,495.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Scoping the nature, potential value and limitations of developing an economics of prevention 'benefits bank'
    2 May 2022 - 31 Aug 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    The Sax Institute - Project ID: SP2.1 - $25,901.00
  • GRANT
    Centre of Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood-Translate: (EPOCH-Translate)
    1 Nov 2021 - 31 Oct 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Centres of Research Excellence - GNT2006999 - $604,575.00
  • GRANT
    PRECIS: PRecision Evidence for Childhood obesity prevention InterventionS
    1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Ideas Grant - APP2002234 - $1,280,254.10
  • GRANT
    Management of acute low back pain in hospital emergency departments: adherence to evidence-based guidelines
    30 Mar 2020 - 29 Mar 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Buntine P,
    • Belavy D,
    • Taylor N,
    • Miller C,
    • Owen P
    Eastern Health - $13,000.00
  • GRANT
    Evaluating real-world implementation of an evidence-based program addressing lifestyle behaviours from the start of life
    1 Dec 2019 - 30 Nov 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Partnership Project - APP1161223 - $894,197.55
  • GRANT
    Evaluating real-world implementation of an evidence-based program addressing lifestyle behaviours from the start of life
    17 Apr 2019 - 30 Nov 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth - NHMRC Partnership Project Grants - $150,000.00
  • GRANT
    Maximising health potential through enhancement of movement behaviours from early life
    1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC Project Grant - APP1162980 - $1,743,960.63
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluation of the amended Victorian Achievement Program for schools - Pilot study of outcomes for teachers
    1 Apr 2018 - 1 Jun 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Teachers Health Foundation - CONTR2018/01083 - $204,000.00