Dr
Tamara BrowneProfile page
Senior Lecturer, Health Ethics, Law And Professional Development
Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
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- Senior Lecturer, Health Ethics, Law And Professional DevelopmentFaculty of Health/School of Medicine/Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
- +61 3 524 79719 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
BIO
Her papers have appeared in such journals as the Journal of Medical Ethics,
Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, Health, Risk and Society and Medicine,
Health Care and Philosophy. Her work has also appeared in the media, including
The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Psychology Today, The Globe and Mail, The
Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Conversation, Wired, ABC radio and The
Project. She has received professional recognition for her teaching, becoming
a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. While a Lecturer in Bioethics at the
Australian National University, her skills were also recognised with three
teaching awards - the Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student
Learning - with a Colleges of Science Award, a Vice-Chancellor's Award and a
National Award.
Tamara is a bioethicist and philosopher of medicine. She is a Senior Lecturer
in Health Ethics and Professionalism in the School of Medicine at Deakin
University and University and an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Practical and
Public Ethics Research Group at Charles Sturt University. She has degrees in
Biotechnology, History and Philosophy of Science, and Sociology. She completed
her PhD at the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge. Her book, Depression and the Self: Meaning, Control
and Authenticity, published with Cambridge University Press, focuses on issues
of control, responsibility and the self in depression and uses qualitative
interviews with women to explore this topic.
Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, Health, Risk and Society and Medicine,
Health Care and Philosophy. Her work has also appeared in the media, including
The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Psychology Today, The Globe and Mail, The
Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Conversation, Wired, ABC radio and The
Project. She has received professional recognition for her teaching, becoming
a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. While a Lecturer in Bioethics at the
Australian National University, her skills were also recognised with three
teaching awards - the Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student
Learning - with a Colleges of Science Award, a Vice-Chancellor's Award and a
National Award.
Tamara is a bioethicist and philosopher of medicine. She is a Senior Lecturer
in Health Ethics and Professionalism in the School of Medicine at Deakin
University and University and an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Practical and
Public Ethics Research Group at Charles Sturt University. She has degrees in
Biotechnology, History and Philosophy of Science, and Sociology. She completed
her PhD at the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge. Her book, Depression and the Self: Meaning, Control
and Authenticity, published with Cambridge University Press, focuses on issues
of control, responsibility and the self in depression and uses qualitative
interviews with women to explore this topic.
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Senior Lecturer, Health Ethics, Law And Professional DevelopmentDeakin University, School of Medicine
DEGREES
- Doctor of PhilosophyUniversity of Cambridge
- Master of PhilosophyUniversity of Cambridge
- Bachelor of Science (Honours)University of Sydney, Australia
- Bachelor of BiotechnologyAustralian National University
CERTIFICATIONS
- FellowHigher Education Academy
FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)
- Applied ethics
- Philosophy
- Clinical and health psychology
- Public health
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Health
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE
- School of Medicine
STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE
- Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation