David Brown
Professor
MBBS (Hon)/PhD/FRACP/FRCPA
david.brown1@sydney.edu.au

Biography
Professor David Brown is a senior researcher with the Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research at the Westmead Institute. He is Senior Staff Specialist in Clinical Immunology at Westmead Hospital.
David’s clinical and research interests are in the field of inflammation. Clinically, David is interested in the consequences of inflammatory diseases on the CNS, vasculitides, and the treatment of connective tissue diseases. His research interests are in several areas including chronic inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. He is also actively researching the role of immunity in cancer and neuroinflammatory diseases.
Research interests
Inflammation, Neuroscience, Immunology, Pathology
Adjunct roles
Clinical Professor | Westmead Clinical School |
Deputy Head | Inflammation and Cytokine Biology Research Program |
Conjoint Professor of Medicine | St Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research |
Additional information
USYD link – https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/david-brown1.html
Current grants
Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/MRFF - PPHRI - 2021 Optimising the Clinical Use of Immunoglobulins | 2022 | antiCD20 treatment to rationalise the use of IV/SC-IG in CIDP |
DVC Research/Sydney Research Excellence Initiative 2020 (SREI) | 2018 | Neuroimmunology and neuroInflammation: from Biomarker and Pathogenesis to patient diagnosis and improvement of clinical outcome |
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants | 2018 | MIC-1/GDF15 in CNS disease |
Affiliations
St Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research, Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney
Professional Associations and Organisations
Awards and recognition
2013 NHMRC Career Development Fellowship Level 2 |
2011 Rick Hanson Difference Maker Award (Canada) |
2009 NHMRC Career Development Award |
2005 National MS Society (USA) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship |
2003 NHMRC Neil Hamilton Fairley Training Fellowship |
1997 NHMRC Postgraduate Research Scholarship |