Dr Jennie Brown
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About
Overview
Jennie has two main areas of research:
1) Developing and testing interventions to improve mental wellbeing and health in people with and without long-term conditions
2) Investigating the experiences of healthcare professional students
She also has experience/expertise in:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Stress and burnout
- Positive wellbeing (e.g. resilience and gratitude)
- Biological markers of health (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate variability and cortisol)
Methods:
-The Delphi method
-Evidence Based Co-design
-Randomised controlled trials
-Acceptability and feasibility testing
-Quantitative analysis using SPSS (advanced level) and R (still learning!)
-Qualitative: interviews and focus groups, thematic analysis, NVivo
Qualifications
- PhD Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, United Kingdom
- MSc Cognitive Neuropsychology, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
- BSc Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
Publications
Publications by category
Journal articles (8)
- Pinto, C., Norton, S., Cubi-Molla, P., Hurt, C., Chowdhury, S., Dooley, N.... Bogosian, A. (2025). Evaluating a digital mental health intervention for people with Parkinson’s (PACT): acceptability and feasibility randomised controlled trial. Aging & Mental Health, 29(9), pp. 1694-1702. doi:10.1080/13607863.2025.2478508
- Pinto, C., Brown, J., Hurt, C., Cubi-Molla, P., Chowdhury, S., McCracken, L.... Bogosian, A. (2025). Acceptability and feasibility randomised controlled trial of a digital mental health intervention for people with Parkinson’s (PACT): trial protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11(1). doi:10.1186/s40814-025-01594-9
- Bellamy, E.L., Hadjiefthyvoulou, F., Walsh, J., Brown, J. and Turner, J. (2024). Understanding the experiences of ketogenic metabolic therapy for people living with varying levels of depressive symptoms: a thematic analysis. Frontiers in Nutrition, 11. doi:10.3389/fnut.2024.1397546
- Brown, J., Cox, L., Mulligan, K., Wilson, S., Heys, M., Livermore, P.... Bogosian, A. (2024). Gaining consensus on emotional wellbeing themes and preferences for digital intervention type and content to support the mental health of young people with long‐term health conditions: A Delphi study. Health Expectations, 27(2). doi:10.1111/hex.14025
- Lucas, G., Daniel, D., Thomas, T., Brook, J., Brown, J. and Salmon, D. (2021). Healthcare professionals' perspectives on enrolled nurses, practical nurses and other second-level nursing roles: A systematic review and thematic synthesis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 115, pp. 103844-103844. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103844
- Jackowska, M., Brown, J., Ronaldson, A. and Steptoe, A. (2016). The impact of a brief gratitude intervention on subjective well-being, biology and sleep. Journal of Health Psychology, 21(10), pp. 2207-2217. doi:10.1177/1359105315572455
- Jackowska, M., Ronaldson, A., Brown, J. and Steptoe, A. (2016). Biological and psychological correlates of self-reported and objective sleep measures. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 84, pp. 52-55. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.017
- Brown, J., Brignell, C.M., Dhiman, S.K., Curran, H.V. and Kamboj, S.K. (2010). Acute effects of alcohol on memory: Impact of emotional context and serial position. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 93(3), pp. 428-434. doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2009.12.010