Joyce Browne

Associate Professor

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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 in the Netherlands.

In addition, she holds the following positions:

Chair of the Dutch Knowledge Center on Global Health (www.kgch.nl)
Supervisory board member and vice-Chair (RvT) of Simavi
Member of the scientific committee of Action on Preeclampsia Ghana (APECGH)
Deputy editor for the World Heart Federation's scientific journal Global Heart
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
Vice-chair of the organizing committee of the 2023 European Congres on Global Health (ECTMIH) that will take place in Utrecht in 2023 (www.ectmih2023.nl).

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Contact

jbrowne@umcutrecht.nl

Pure profile

Research groups

Global maternal health

Research aim

The global maternal health group contributes through research, education and healthcare to better health outcomes for mothers and their infants worldwide.

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Health equity

Research aim

This research group aims to contribute to health equity from an ethical and epidemiological perspective. We identify and explain health inequalities and ethically evaluate whether identified health inequalities also lead to health inequity.

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Recent publications

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Training refugee and asylum seeking healthcare professionals Aisha Awan, Joyce L. Browne, Abdelnasser Ibrahim, Ceri Butler, Aaron Drovandi
BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2025, vol. 388

Predicting complications in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy Klaartje M. Olde Loohuis, Kim Luijken, Hannah Brown Amoakoh, Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, Diederick E. Grobbee, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Emmanuel Srofenyoh, Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, Joyce L. Browne
AJOG Global Reports, 2025, vol. 5

Key tips to shift student perspectives through transformative learning in medical education Efraim J. Hart, Merel H. de Heer-Koster, Maria van der Harst, Joyce L. Browne, Fedde Scheele
BMC Medical Education, 2025, vol. 25

Co-creation of a toolkit to assist risk communication and clinical decision-making in severe preeclampsia Hannah Brown Amoakoh, Bregje C. De Kok, Linda Lucy Yevoo, Klaartje M. Olde Loohuis, Emmanuel K. Srofenyoh, Daniel K. Arhinful, Koiwah Koi-Larbi, Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, Joyce L. Browne
Global Health Action, 2024, vol. 17

Health needs of older people and age-inclusive health care in humanitarian emergencies in low-income and middle-income countries Elburg van Boetzelaer, Lekha Rathod, Patrick Keating, Umberto Pellecchia, Sunita Sharma, Jason Nickerson, Judith van de Kamp, Oscar H. Franco, James Smith, Favila Escobio, Joyce L. Browne
The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2024, vol. 6

Global inequities in adverse pregnancy outcomes James M. Roberts, Seye Abimbola, Tracy L. Bale, Aluisio Barros, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Joyce L. Browne, Ann C. Celi, Polite Dube, Cornelia R. Graves, Marieke J. Hollestelle, Scarlett Hopkins, Ali Khashan, Koiwah Koi-Larbi, Eve Lackritz, Leslie Myatt, Christopher W.G. Redman, Özge Tunçalp, Sten H. Vermund, Michael G. Gravett
AJOG Global Reports, 2024, vol. 4