Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Gina Browne
B.Sc.N. (Catherine Spaulding College, Kentucky),
MS (Boston), MEd (Toronto- OISE), PhD (Toronto- OISE)
Professor, School of Nursing
Associate Member, Dept of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Founder and Director, System-Linked Research Unit
Faculty Member, Ontario Training Centre in Health Services and Policy Research
MOHLTC Theme Lead, Innovative and Integrated Systems of Prevention and Care
905.525.9140 x22293
905.528.5099
browneg@mcmaster.ca
Office location:
Health and Social Service Utilization Research Unit
McMaster Innovation Park
175 Longwood Road South, Suite 210A
Hamilton, ON L8P 0A1
Administrative Assistant: Fiona Myers
905.525.9140 x 22707
fiona.myers@mcmaster.ca
Academic Interests
Dr. Browne teaches and supervises students in both the HRM program and the graduate programs of the School of Nursing.
Since 1978, Gina has been in clinical practice as the family therapist for a Halton Health Service Organization. She has a long track record of conducting research in chronic illness and service utilization, in developing others in the conduct of research, linking and coordinating a variety of clinical and research initiatives. She is particularly interested in clientele shared by health and social sectors, the combination of problems that guides simultaneous use of services, factors which explain the variability of client outcomes and the cost of a “life without purpose” to society. It has been said that, “Gina often thinks the unthinkable, says the unsayable and does the undoable!”
Current Graduate Students
A. Wheat, PhD (Nursing)
T. Babineau, MSc (Nursing)
J. Burns, MSc (Nursing)
V. Grdisa, PhD (Nursing)
K. Cook, PhD (Nursing)
Recent Graduate Students
A. Stern, MSc (Nursing) 2003
D. Bryant-Lukosuis, PhD (Nursing) 2003
G. Peachy, PhD (Nursing) 2002
M. Markle-Reid, PhD (Nursing) 2003
S. Vandevelde-Coke PhD (Nursing) 2004
G. Butt (Nursing) 2009
Selected Publications
- Procter S, Watson B, Byrne C, Bremner J, van Zwanenberg T, Browne G , Roberts J, Gafni A. The development of an applied whole-systems research-methodology in health and social service research: A Canadian and United Kingdom collaboration. In Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods Reader: A Canadian Orientation Pearson Education Canada Inc., British Columbia, 2005.
- Browne G. Early childhood education and health: integration of children's services. In Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, Chapter 9, Canadian Scholar Press, July 2004
- Byrne C, Browne G, Roberts J, Gafni A, Bell B, Chalklin L, Kraemer J, Mills M, Wallik D. Adolescent emotional/behavioural problems and risk behaviour in Ontario primary care: comorbidities and costs. International Journal of NPACE, 2004; 8(3),135-144
- Browne G, Roberts J, Gafni A, Byrne C, Kertyzia J, Loney P. Conceptualizing and validating a measure of human integration. International Journal of Integrated Care, May 2004; 4:1-9.
- Browne G, Gafni A, Byrne C, Roberts J, Majumdar B. Effective/efficient mental health programs for school-age children: A synthesis of reviews. Social Science and Medicine, 2004; 58:1367-1384.
- Bell B, Browne G, Steiner M, Roberts J, Gafni A, Byrne C, Chalklin L, Wallik D, Kraemer J, Mills M, Webb M, Jamieson E, Dunn E. Burden of dysthymia and comorbid illness in adults in a Canadian primary care setting: High rates of psychiatric illness in the offspring. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2004; 78(1):73-80.
- Browne G, Byrne C, Roberts J, Gafni A, Whittaker S, When the Bough Breaks: Provider-initiated Comprehensive Care is More Effective and Less Expensive for Sole-support Parents on Social Assistance. Social Science & Medicine, 2001; 0:1-14
- Browne G, Roberts J, Byrne C, Gafni A, Weir R, Majumdar B. The Costs and Effects of Addressing the Needs of Vulnerable Populations: Results of 10 Years of Research. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 2001; 33(1):65-76.
- Browne G, Roulston J, Ewart B, Schuster M, Edwardh J, Boily L. Investments in Comprehensive Programming: Services for Children and Single-Parent Mothers on Welfare Pay for Themselves Within One Year. In Our Children’s Future: Child Care Policy in Canada, Chapter 21, University of Toronto Press Inc., 2000; 334.
- Browne G, Roberts J, Gafni A, Byrne C, Weir R, Majumdar B, Watt S. Economic evaluations of community -based care: Lessons from twelve studies in Ontario. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 1999; 5(3):191-209.