Annie Browne
Senior Research Officer
DPhil, MPH, BSc (hons)
annie.browne@thekids.org.au
Annie’s background is in biology and public health, with a focus on infectious disease epidemiology. She received her BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Reading in 2011 and her Master of Public Health from the University of Nottingham in 2014.
Annie worked first in laboratory diagnostics before moving to Public Health England to work as an infectious disease & surveillance analyst. In 2015 Annie joined the University of Oxford as a research assistant, contributing to various projects using spatial modelling to estimate disease burden.
Annie progressed to undertake her DPhil at the University of Oxford. This focussed on using spatial-temporal modelling to estimate the burden of antimicrobial resistance in typhoidal Salmonella infections. She worked in collaboration with numerous researchers around the world on a wider project estimating the global burden of antimicrobial resistance.
Annie joined The Kids Research Institute Australia in 2022 as a research officer on the Malaria Atlas Project.
Published research
Mapping the incidence rate of typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa
With more than 1.2 million illnesses and 29,000 deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, typhoid fever continues to be a major public health problem. Effective control of the disease would benefit from an understanding of the subnational geospatial distribution of the disease incidence.
Evaluating COVID-19-Related Disruptions to Effective Malaria Case Management in 2020–2021 and Its Potential Effects on Malaria Burden in Sub-Saharan Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to far-reaching disruptions to health systems, including preventative and curative services for malaria. The aim of this study was to estimate the magnitude of disruptions in malaria case management in sub-Saharan Africa and their impact on malaria burden during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used survey data collected by the World Health Organization, in which individual country stakeholders reported on the extent of disruptions to malaria diagnosis and treatment.
Education and Qualifications
- DPhil in Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford 2021
- Master of Public Health (MPH), University of Nottingham 2014
- BSc (Hons) Biological Science, University of Reading 2011