Overview
Background
Dr Aimee Brownbill is an ARC Early Career Industry Fellow with the Centre for Digital Cultures and Societies and the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.
Aimee has a PhD in Medicine (Public Health) and has contributed to collaborative applied research informing public health policy for several years. A key focus of her work to-date has been on the commercial determinants of health, particularly the influence of marketing practices on health and wellbeing.
Aimee is currently leading a program of work on digital marketing by harmful industries such as alcohol, gambling and highly processed unhealthy foods, exploring potential avenues for regulation in this space. She has been awarded an ARC Early Career Industry Fellowship to further explore this topic. The project will offer researchers, civil society and government with new methods to examine and monitor digital marketing practices and inform the development of consumer protection measures in the digital era.
Availability
- Dr Aimee Brownbill is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Bachelor (Honours) of Population Health, University of Adelaide
- Doctor of Philosophy of Public Health, University of Adelaide
Research impacts
Aimee integrates her knowledge and experience in research, policy and advocacy to achieve translational outcomes in public health policy and practice.
Aimee regularly consults on health implications of public policy in Australia. Her research and translational activities have informed improvements to food labelling, including the Health Star Rating system and sugar information labelling. More recently, her work in the space of digital marketing has informed developments in the policy spaces of privacy, online safety and regulation of social media platforms.
Works
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2018
Journal Article
Presenting a strong and united front to tobacco industry interference: A content analysis of Australian newspaper coverage of tobacco plain packaging 2008–2014
Miller, Caroline Louise, Brownbill, Aimee Lee, Dono, Joanne and Ettridge, Kerry (2018). Presenting a strong and united front to tobacco industry interference: A content analysis of Australian newspaper coverage of tobacco plain packaging 2008–2014. BMJ Open, 8 (9) e023485, e023485-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023485
2017
Journal Article
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, correlates and interventions among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: A scoping review protocol
Avery, Jodie C., Bowden, Jacqueline A, Dono, Joanne, Gibson, Odette R, Brownbill, Aimee, Keech, Wendy, Roder, David and Miller, Caroline L (2017). Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, correlates and interventions among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 7 (7) 016431, e016431. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016431
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Aimee Brownbill is:
- Available for supervision
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Media
Enquiries
Contact Dr Aimee Brownbill directly for media enquiries about:
- Advertising
- Advertising regulation
- Alcohol
- Alcohol advertising
- Digital advertising
- Digital platforms
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