Dr. Sue Brennan

Biography

Sue Brennan is a Senior Research Fellow at Cochrane Australia and holds a position in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. She leads the Melbourne GRADE Centre and participates actively in translating research into policy. Her role involves facilitating systematic reviews that inform health policy decision-making. She has been the lead investigator on several systematic reviews for the NHMRC national guidelines and focuses on developing methods to enhance the uptake of research in practice. Brennan has contributed to the Cochrane handbook, authoring chapters on evidence synthesis methods. She was also a postdoctoral fellow funded by NHMRC at the Centre for Research Excellence Informing Policy for Health Evidence Research (CIPHER), where she developed measures to evaluate research use in policy. With a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health from Monash University, awarded in 2013, her doctoral research addressed quality improvement strategies in primary care. Brennan's work aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and she collaborates with various researchers to address critical health questions. She has been involved in multiple projects focused on dietary guidelines and improving health evidence reporting.

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