DrAndrew Brown
(he/him)
Lecturer in Social Work
Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
Orcid identifier0000-0002-6385-3225 (opens in a new tab)
- Lecturer in Social WorkFaculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
- +61 3 522 73226 (Work)
- Geelong Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap Street Geelong, Victoria 3220
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research asks how systems thinking can support communities, practitioners and organisations to understand complex health and social problems and act on them. I am particularly interested in community-based system dynamics, group model building, simulation modelling, community engagement, community development and participatory approaches to research and practice. This includes methodological work on how systems thinking can be used in community-based research, as well as applied work across health promotion, social work, food systems and prevention.
GRANTS
- GRANTFEATUREDLeveraging implementation science and systems thinking for eating disorder risk reduction in primary schools1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2027People funded by this grant:
- Jarman H,
- Brown A,
- Koorts H,
- Klas A,
- Greenwood C
- GRANTFEATUREDThe commercial determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing: building the evidence and co-designing action1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2028People funded by this grant:
- Browne J,
- Paradies Y,
- Sherriff S,
- Backholer K,
- Walker T
- CONTRACT RESEARCHDeveloping a Systems-Informed Framework of GROW's Theory of Change25 Nov 2025 - 27 Feb 2026People funded by this grant:
- Andrew Brown
- GRANTDepartment of Health Translational Research PhD Fellowship1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2028People funded by this grant:
- Brown A,
- Allender S,
- Forrester-Bowling T
- CONTRACT RESEARCHDenmark Child Co-Op15 Dec 2022 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Allender S,
- Brown A,
- Hayward J,
- Felmingham T,
- Needham C
- GRANTCapacity building health promotion practitioners to implement healthy food retail initiatives1 Jul 2021 - 30 Mar 2022People funded by this grant:
- Boelsen-Robinson T,
- Blake M,
- Brown A,
- Peeters A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHVirtual community engagement for local obesity prevention strategiesEnliven PCP2 Mar 2020 - 30 Oct 2020People funded by this grant:
- Brown A,
- Felmingham T,
- Whelan J,
- Hayward J,
- Allender S
- GRANTFood and nutrition policies for Aboriginal Victorians: Evidence and Advocates for change24 Jun 2019 - 31 Dec 2022People funded by this grant:
- Browne J,
- Backholer K,
- Allender S,
- Brown A,
- Egan M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHAddressing Food Insecurity in Urban Aboriginal Communities.11 Dec 2018 - 12 Apr 2019People funded by this grant:
- Andrew Brown
- CONTRACT RESEARCHTranslate a community-based and 'systems informed' childhood obesity intervention.1 Jun 2018 - 30 Jun 2019People funded by this grant:
- Strugnell C,
- Allender S,
- Nichols M,
- Peeters A,
- Bell C
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCampbelltown Changing our Future: A whole of systems approach to childhood obesity in south western Sydney1 Apr 2018 - 31 Aug 2019People funded by this grant:
- Allender S,
- Brown A,
- Hayward J,
- Strugnell C,
- Crooks N
- CONTRACT RESEARCHLaTrobe Valley Food Security Workshop & Community Systems TrainingCentral West Gippsland Primary Care Partnership5 Feb 2018 - 30 Nov 2018People funded by this grant:
- Hayward J,
- Brown A,
- Allender S
- GRANTScaling-Up Innovation – Community Resilience for Climate Change (CR4CC)Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation5 Feb 2018 - 30 Nov 2018People funded by this grant:
- Brown J,
- Lowe J,
- Hayward J,
- Brown A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHSTICK-E MansfieldSC Municipal Public Health Plan1 Jan 2017 - 30 Apr 2017People funded by this grant:
- Allender S,
- Brown A,
- Hayward J
- CONTRACT RESEARCHSTICK-E TAPPC Prevention Tracker1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2017People funded by this grant:
- Allender S,
- Brown A,
- Hayward J
- GRANTSTICK-E ACT Health Promotion22 Nov 2016 - 29 Nov 2016People funded by this grant:
- Allender S,
- Brown A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHSTICK-E Research Workshop - EGPCP1 Oct 2016 - 30 Sep 2017People funded by this grant:
- Allender S,
- Brown A