Emeritus Professor Wendy Brown
Emeritus Professor

Wendy Brown

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Background

Professor Brown's research interests focus on physical activity and the prevention and management of chronic illness at a population level. To date, much of her research has been in the areas of obesity and the health and well being of Australian women.

Professor Wendy Brown joined the UQ School of Human Movement Studies in 2000 as the first professor in physical activity and health. Her educational qualifications are in human biology and physiology, exercise physiology, and health and physical education. She has had a diverse career path, working in both secondary and tertiary education, as well as public and private health promotion. Prior to her move to Queensland, she was the Director of the Research Institute for Gender and Health at the University of Newcastle, where she was a founding investigator and manager of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health. This project has been tracking the health of over 40,000 women for ten years. She was also a Chief Investigator on the "10,000 Steps Rockhampton" project which aimed to increase the physical activity levels of a community of approximately 60,000 people. In addition to her teaching and research commitments, she devotes considerable time to professional and policy development through her work with government departments, the National Heart Foundation, and Sports Medicine Australia. In the last five years, she has contributed to research grants with a value of more than $26,000,000, published more than 120 articles in national and international journals, and written numerous research reports.

Availability

Emeritus Professor Wendy Brown is:
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Birmingham
  • Postgraduate Diploma, Loughborough University
  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, Loughborough University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle

Research interests

  • Physical activity

    Physical activity and its role in the prevention and management of chronic illness at a population level

  • Women's health

  • Obesity

Search Professor Wendy Brown’s works on UQ eSpace

804 works between 1973 and 2024
All (804) Journal Article (485) Book Chapter (13) Conference Publication (282) Book (7) Other Outputs (17)

801 - 804 of 804 works

1990

Conference Publication

Impedance cardiography for cardiac output measurement: An evaluation of accuracy and limitations

White, S.W., Quail, A.W., De Leeuw, P.W., Traugott, F.M., Brown, W.J., Porges, W.L. and Cottee, D.B. (1990). Impedance cardiography for cardiac output measurement: An evaluation of accuracy and limitations. Joint symposium of the working group of hypertension and the heart of the European society of cardiology and the European society of hypertension: Cardiac output measurement, Corsendonk Priory, Belgium, MAY 28-31, 1990. Oxford, England, U.K.: Oxford University Press.

Impedance cardiography for cardiac output measurement: An evaluation of accuracy and limitations

1977

Journal Article

The distribution of body fat in relation to habitual activity

Brown, W.J. and Jones, P.R.M. (1977). The distribution of body fat in relation to habitual activity. Annals of Human Biology, 4 (6), 537-550. doi: 10.1080/03014467700002531

The distribution of body fat in relation to habitual activity

1977

Conference Publication

Interpretations of human body density: The distribution of body fat in relation to activity

Brown, Wendy J. and Jones, P.R.M. (1977). Interpretations of human body density: The distribution of body fat in relation to activity. Proceedings of the Society for the Study of Human Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, U.K., 15 April 1977.

Interpretations of human body density: The distribution of body fat in relation to activity

1973

Journal Article

Contribution of articular receptors to cardiovascular reflexes elicited by passive limb movement

Barron, W.J. and Coote J.H. (1973). Contribution of articular receptors to cardiovascular reflexes elicited by passive limb movement. Journal of Physiology, 235 (2), 423-436. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1973.sp010394

Contribution of articular receptors to cardiovascular reflexes elicited by passive limb movement

Past funding

  • 2016 - 2017
    A pilot study to assess the efficacy of Tai Chi for Type 1 Diabetes
    Diabetes Australia Research Program
    Open grant

Availability

Emeritus Professor Wendy Brown is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding differences in accumulation of device-measured physical activity in mid-aged adults: Does one size fit all?

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Gregore Iven Mielke

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Emeritus Professor Wendy Brown directly for media enquiries about:

  • Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
  • Energy balance and weigh gain prevention
  • Physical activity
  • Sedentary behaviour and health
  • Weight management
  • Women's health
  • Workplace health promotion

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