Laura Brown

Dr. Laura Brown

University College London
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Biography

I'm a mixed-methods population health scientist with expertise in anthropological and epidemiological approaches to understanding human health and behaviour. I have a BSc in Biological Anthropology, an MSc in Reproductive & Sexual Health Research and a PhD in Epidemiology & Population Health. I have strong statistical skills as well as interdisciplinary training in qualitative and creative research methodologies. I've conducted research on a wide range of public health issues and has experience designing, delivering and evaluating research to improve public health and inform public health policy. My PhD at LSHTM explored environmental links with breastfeeding in the UK and at LSE my research has focussed on women’s reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries. At Public Health England, I applied behavioural science to the key public health areas of diet and obesity and sexual health, focussing on public food environments and HIV. I co-founded the Environment x Women’s Health Project and organised a series of workshops to bring together academics and practitioners interested in the environment-gender-health nexus to facilitate knowledge exchange and networking across the UK, Peru and beyond. My fieldwork experience includes administering sex and relationships education surveys in London secondary schools, delivering PhotoVoice activities to teenagers as part of a UK-Japan adolescent sociality project and conducting online interviews with Peruvian NGOs.

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