Research output per year
Research output per year
Research activity per year
Professor Alex Brown is an Aboriginal medical doctor and researcher. He grew up on the south coast of New South Wales (NSW) with family connections to Nowra, Wreck Bay and Wallaga Lake on the far south coast of NSW.
Over the last 20 years, Alex has established an extensive and unique research program focused on chronic disease in vulnerable communities, with a particular focus on outlining and overcoming health disparities. He leads projects encompassing epidemiology, psychosocial determinants of chronic disease, mixed methods health services research in Aboriginal primary care and hospital settings, and randomised controlled trials of pharmacological and non-pharmacological chronic disease.
In July 2012, Alex joined SAHMRI to lead Aboriginal health research.
In November 2012, Alex was awarded the prestigious Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowship to further his research into the impacts of psychosocial determinants on cardiovascular disease in Aboriginal communities. He holds an NHMRC Research Fellowship.
Alex left SAHMRI in 2022 and is now the Professor of Indigenous Genomics at the Telethon Kids Institute and The Australian National University, and Senior Principal Research Fellow at SAHMRI.
PhD, University of Queensland
… → Jun 2010
PhD, University of Queensland
… → Jun 2010
PhD, University of Queensland
… → Jun 2010
PhD, University of Queensland
… → Jun 2010
Masters, Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Sep 1998 → Sep 1999
Masters, Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Sep 1998 → Sep 1999
Masters, Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Sep 1998 → Sep 1999
Masters, Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Sep 1998 → Sep 1999
Bachelor's Degree, University of Newcastle
1990 → 1995
Bachelor's Degree, University of Newcastle
1990 → 1995
Bachelor's Degree, University of Newcastle
1990 → 1995
Bachelor's Degree, University of Newcastle
1990 → 1995
Scientific Director, Aboriginal Grand Challenge, Telethon Kids Institute
1 Jan 2020 → …
Scientific Director, Aboriginal Grand Challenge, Telethon Kids Institute
1 Jan 2020 → …
Scientific Director, Aboriginal Grand Challenge, Telethon Kids Institute
1 Jan 2020 → …
Scientific Director, Aboriginal Grand Challenge, Telethon Kids Institute
1 Jan 2020 → …
Professor of Aboriginal Health, University of Adelaide
4 Mar 2019 → …
Professor of Aboriginal Health, University of Adelaide
4 Mar 2019 → …
Professor of Aboriginal Health, University of Adelaide
4 Mar 2019 → …
Professor of Aboriginal Health, University of Adelaide
4 Mar 2019 → …
Honorary Senior Principal Research Fellow, Charles Perkins Centre
12 Nov 2018 → …
Honorary Senior Principal Research Fellow, Charles Perkins Centre
12 Nov 2018 → …
Honorary Senior Principal Research Fellow, Charles Perkins Centre
12 Nov 2018 → …
Honorary Senior Principal Research Fellow, Charles Perkins Centre
12 Nov 2018 → …
Honorary Professor, Department of Diabetes, Monash University
1 Jan 2018 → …
Honorary Professor, Department of Diabetes, Monash University
1 Jan 2018 → …
Honorary Professor, Department of Diabetes, Monash University
1 Jan 2018 → …
Honorary Professor, Department of Diabetes, Monash University
1 Jan 2018 → …
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Brown, Alex (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Honorary award
Brown, Alex (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Honorary award
Brown, Alex (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Honorary award
Alex Brown (Participant), Karla Canuto (Participant), Odette Pearson (Participant) & Kootsy Canuto (Participant)
Activity: Other › Consumer Engagement
Odette Pearson (Participant), Gillian Caughey (Participant), Clare Bradley (Participant), Maria Inacio (Participant), Alex Brown (Participant), Robert Jorissen (Participant) & Noeleen Tunny (Participant)
Activity: Other › Consumer Engagement
Alex Brown (Participant) & Natasha Howard (Participant)
Activity: Other › Consumer Engagement
Alex Brown (Participant) & Odette Pearson (Participant)
Activity: Other › Consumer Engagement
Peter Azzopardi (Participant), Seth Westhead (Participant), Odette Pearson (Participant), Rachel Reilly (Participant), Tina Brodie (Participant) & Alex Brown (Participant)
Activity: Other › Consumer Engagement