• Heidelberglaan 100, UMC Utrecht

      3584 CX Utrecht

      Netherlands

    20112025

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    Biography

    Joyce Browne is a medical doctor and epidemiologist. The continuing global inequities in reproductive, maternal and perinatal health are the driving force behind her research and professional interests.

    Her work focuses on global maternal health research, health equity and equitable partnerships in global health, research capacity building in low- and middle-income countries and education in global and planetary health. 


    She currently is an Associate Professor Global Health / Epidemiology at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht and Utrecht Center for Global Challenges at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance (REBO) of Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

    In addition, she holds the following positions:

    • Chair of the Dutch Knowledge Center on Global Health (www.kgch.nl)
    • Member of the scientific committee of Action on Preeclampsia Ghana (APECGH)
    • Member of Advisory Board EKANN, expert center for health of refugee children in the Netherlands
    • Member of the UMC Utrecht Internationalization Committee
    • Member of the UU Global Engagement committee
    • Board member of the Utrecht Life Sciences Strategic Theme community on Planetary Health
    • Member of the joint committee on impact of climate change on health of the Health Council & Scientific Council for Climate Policy
    • Member of the expert group of the Social Impact Analysis of the Dutch National Climate Adaptation Policy
    • Member of the advisory council (KennisRing) of the Council for Public Health and Society (Raad voor Volksgezondheid en Samenleving, RVS)

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