Marni Brownell, PhD, MA, BA (Hons)

Research interests

• administrative data
• child health
• child welfare system
• health equity
• social determinants
• structural determinants

Research affiliations

• Associate director research, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
• Senior Research Scientist, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
• Research scientist, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)

Research summary

Dr. Marni Brownell uses whole-population administrative health and social services databases from multiple sectors to examine child health and well-being, with a particular focus on social and structural influences on health.

She currently holds funding from CIHR, SSHRC and CHRIM and is leading research projects focusing on:

• First Nations and Metis child health and development
• health and well-being of children in the child welfare and justice systems
• evaluations of programs designed to improve child development, family functioning and health equity
• building partnerships across multiple academic disciplines, several government sectors, and a variety of community organizations to conduct social policy research