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Janene Brown
Senior Coordinator, Research and Evaluation

Janene Brown, PhD, serves as the senior coordinator for research and evaluation at the HAVI. Janene is the Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow at the HAVI, where she is leading a research study assessing the impacts of a hospital-based violence intervention program to support evidence-based investments in violence prevention. Janene is an epidemiologist with a focus on health equity, dismantling systemic racism, and reducing morbidity and mortality from injuries. Her previous research has investigated whether earning income from various sources and income inequality are social determinants of injury risk. She has published and presented her work in Philadelphia and nationally. Janene holds a bachelor’s degree in health and societies from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Public Health from Drexel University. She received her doctoral degree in Epidemiology from Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health.