Associate ProfessorJennifer Browne

Associate Professor

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

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
  • +61 3 924 68151 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Dr Jennifer Browne is an Associate Professor within the Deakin Centre for Global Preventive Health and Nutrition (Globe) and the Institute for Health Transformation (IHT). Within IHT, Dr Browne co-leads the Murnong Health Research Mob, a collaborative team of First Nations and non-Indigenous researchers leading a national program of work on the commercial determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. The Murnong Mob works in partnership with a number of Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, exemplifying Dr Browne’s commitment to research that is ethical, community-governed and directly relevant to First Nations peoples’ priorities. 

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Professor
    Deakin University, School of Health and Social Development

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Deakin University, Australia4 Feb 2019 - present

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    La Trobe University

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Nutrition and dietetics
  • Public health
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing
  • Social determinants of health
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social determinants of health
  • Health equity
  • Health policy

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Health and Social Development

SPECIALIST RESEARCH GROUP

  • Institute for Health Transformation