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Professor Heather Brown is a leading academic at Lancaster University within the Department of Health Research. Her work focuses on applied econometrics and health inequalities, examining structural and policy-driven disparities across generations and the life course.
- Research Areas: Health Inequalities, Policy Evaluation, Applied Econometrics, Intergenerational Disparities, Environmental Determinants, Life Course Inequalities
- External Roles: Member of the NIHR PRP Core Committee, Lead Convenor of the Teaching Health Economics Group (International Health Economics Association), Member of the Health Economics Study Group
Her recent publications address health policy evaluation (Universal Credit, Minimum Income Guarantee), food environment regulation (dark kitchens, fast food restrictions), and mental health disparities (maternal mental health, youth mental health). She frequently employs Difference-in-Differences and longitudinal analysis methodologies.
Current projects include:
- Healthy Food Access: Co-produced community-centered sustainable food initiatives
- Dark Kitchens: Monitoring impacts on food environments and data gaps
- Universal Credit: Evaluating mental health effects and policy outcomes
- Climate Change: Exploring local authority mitigation strategies for health inequalities
Professor Brown actively supervises students in health inequalities research and collaborates across disciplines to make quantitative data accessible to stakeholders.
