Immy Brown is a research assistant working on a range of healthcare quality improvement projects within general practice and maternity care.
Her role involves assisting with literature reviews, conducting qualitative interviews, analysing data and assisting the research team with their projects. Immy holds a MA in Social Anthropology and an MSc in Africa and International Development from the University of Edinburgh. Her undergraduate research focused on community responses to medical emergencies and car accidents in Lusaka, Zambia.
Prior to joining THIS Institute, Immy undertook a placement for the Scottish Government Global Health Co-ordination Unit and NHS Scotland Global Citizenship Programme. In this project, she evaluated the global health partnership between NHS Tayside and Uganda Heart Institute in relation to biomedical engineering capacity building, reciprocal exchange and sharing of best practices.