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Julia Brown, PhD

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences
SchoolSchool of Medicine
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-8724-693X Additional info
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    Australian National University, CanberraPhD2018Anthropology
    Australian National University, CanberraBSc/BA (Hons1)2012Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology
    University of California San Francisco, San FranciscoPostdoc2024Bioethics

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    Dr. Julia Brown is an anthropologist and bioethicist who examines lived experiences, caregiving and social value-making around controversial biotechnologies. She is currently exploring the ethics of prenatal genetic technologies, including the emergence of in utero gene editing. She is author of The Clozapine Clinic: Health Agency in High-Risk conditions (Routledge 2022). Dr Brown is an affiliate of the UC Berkeley Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public, where she works on community and public engagement strategies regarding prenatal genetics.

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    The Emergence of Prenatal Gene Therapy: An "Embedded Ethics" Ethnography investigating Clinical, Scientific and Societal Values
    NIH R00HG012379Jul 8, 2022 - Jun 30, 2027
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Machine Learning for interpreting rare variation in comprehensive newborn screening and pharmacogenetics
    Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Intercampus Research Award May 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2022
    Role: Postdoc

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    1. In utero precision medicine for severe, early-onset neurogenetic disease: scientific, clinical and ethical considerations. Pediatr Res. 2025 Nov 26. Borges B, Brown JEH, Gano D. PMID: 41298837.
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    2. The Expanding Role of Gene Sequencing in Shaping Fetal Therapies: Clinical and Ethical Considerations. Prenat Diagn. 2025 Sep 19. Shear MA, Borges B, Lianoglou BR, Lum T, Canepa E, Cohen JL, Brown JEH, Herzeg A. PMID: 40973987.
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    3. Integrating N-of-1 Trials Into Learning Health Care Systems. JAMA Neurol. 2025 May 01; 82(5):431-432. Brown JEH, Chiong W, Hutchinson N. PMID: 39869344; PMCID: PMC12068953.
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    4. Experts' Views on Children's Access to Community-Based Therapeutic and Education Services After Genomic Sequencing Results. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2024 Sep-Oct 01; 45(5):e456-e462. Outram SM, Brown JEH, Norstad M, Zamora AN, Ackerman SL. PMID: 38990145; PMCID: PMC11483206.
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    5. Using visual storytelling to share aggregate findings with families participating in clinical genomics research. Genet Med Open. 2024; 2:101844. Zamora AN, Brown JEH, Outram S, Ackerman SL. PMID: 39764519; PMCID: PMC11702317.
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    6. Using visual storytelling to share aggregate findings with families participating in clinical genomics research. Genetics in Medicine Open. 2024; 2(101844). Zamora, A.N., Brown, J.E.H., Outram, S. Ackerman, S.L. View Publication.
    7. Trust in prenatal exome sequencing for expectant families facing unexplained fetal anomalies. Prenat Diagn. 2024 03; 44(3):263-269. Rothschild HT, Lianoglou BR, Sahin Hodoglugil NN, Tick K, Brown JEH, Sparks TN. PMID: 38158591; PMCID: PMC10947859.
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    8. The Next Frontier in Neurology Is In Utero. JAMA Neurol. 2023 10 01; 80(10):1015-1016. Russ JB, Brown JEH, Gano D. PMID: 37669027; PMCID: PMC12013477.
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    9. On the Social Existence of Mental Health Categories: The Case of Sex Addiction. Social Problems. 2023. Brossard, B, Roy, M, Brown, J, Hemmings, B, Larocque, E. View Publication.
    10. Experimental Engagements with Ethnography, Moral Agency and Care. Medicine Anthropology Theory. 2023; 1(10):1-17. Brown, JEH, D’Arcy, M, Myers, NL, & Ziv, T. View Publication.
    11. "I Have Fought for so Many Things": Disadvantaged families' Efforts to Obtain Community-Based Services for Their Child after Genomic Sequencing. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2023; 14(4):208-217. Ackerman SL, Brown JEH, Zamora A, Outram S. PMID: 37162201; PMCID: PMC10615790.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. The Stories We Tell or Omit​: How Ethnographic (In)Attention can Obscure Structural Racism in the Anthropology of Mental Healthcare. Medicine Anthropology Theory. 2023; 1(10):1-15. Brown, JEH. View Publication.
    13. Privacy, bias and the clinical use of facial recognition technology: A survey of genetics professionals. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2023 09; 193(3):e32035. Aboujaoude E, Light J, Brown JEH, Boscardin WJ, Hallgrímsson B, Klein OD. PMID: 36751120; PMCID: PMC10578447.
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    14. Psychiatric genomics, mental health equity, and intersectionality: A framework for research and practice. Front Psychiatry. 2022; 13:1061705. Brown JEH, Young JL, Martinez-Martin N. PMID: 36620660; PMCID: PMC9812559.
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    15. Functional genomics of OCTN2 variants informs protein-specific variant effect predictor for Carnitine Transporter Deficiency. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Nov 16; 119(46):e2210247119. Koleske ML, McInnes G, Brown JEH, Thomas N, Hutchinson K, Chin MY, Koehl A, Arkin MR, Schlessinger A, Gallagher RC, Song YS, Altman RB, Giacomini KM. PMID: 36343260; PMCID: PMC9674959.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    16. The social value of genomic sequencing for disadvantaged families facing rare disease. Soc Sci Med. 2022 12; 314:115465. Outram SM, Brown J, Ackerman SL. PMID: 36279794.
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    17. Parental Hopes and Understandings of the Value of Prenatal Diagnostic Genomic Sequencing: A Qualitative Analysis. Front Genet. 2022; 13:883225. Outram SM, Brown JEH, Zamora AN, Sahin-Hodoglugil N, Ackerman SL. PMID: 35923691; PMCID: PMC9339950.
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    18. "Let's Just Wait Until She's Born": Temporal Factors That Shape Decision-Making for Prenatal Genomic Sequencing Amongst Families Underrepresented in Genomic Research. Front Genet. 2022; 13:882703. Brown JEH, Zamora AN, Outram S, Sparks TN, Lianoglou BR, Norstad M, Sahin Hodoglugil NN, Norton ME, Ackerman SL. PMID: 35669190; PMCID: PMC9164104.
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    19. The Clozapine Clinic: Health Agency in High-Risk Conditions. The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Book Series. 2022. Julia E. H. Brown. . View Publication.
    20. How Ought Decisions That Weigh on Life and Death Be Justly Informed and Governed to Benefit More than the Privileged Few with Access to a Trusted Clinician? Am J Bioeth. 2022 02; 22(2):1-3. Brown JEH, Koenig BA. PMID: 35089829.
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    21. Fetal therapies and trials for lysosomal storage diseases: a survey of attitudes of parents and patients. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022 01 29; 17(1):25. Schwab ME, Brown JEH, Lianoglou B, Jin C, Conroy PC, Gallagher RC, Harmatz P, MacKenzie TC. PMID: 35093147; PMCID: PMC8800365.
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    22. Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Fetal Gene Therapy. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2021 12 01; 64(4):933-940. Brown JEH, Koenig BA. PMID: 34668890.
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    23. The difficulties of broad data sharing in genomic medicine: Empirical evidence from diverse participants in prenatal and pediatric clinical genomics research. Genet Med. 2022 02; 24(2):410-418. Norstad M, Outram S, Brown JEH, Zamora AN, Koenig BA, Risch N, Norton ME, Slavotinek A, Ackerman SL. PMID: 34906477.
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    24. AI chatbots cannot replace human interactions in the pursuit of more inclusive mental healthcare. Social Science & Medicine - Mental Health. 2021; (1). Brown, JEH. & Halpern, J. View Publication.
    25. Opportunities and challenges for the computational interpretation of rare variation in clinically important genes. Am J Hum Genet. 2021 04 01; 108(4):535-548. McInnes G, Sharo AG, Koleske ML, Brown JEH, Norstad M, Adhikari AN, Wang S, Brenner SE, Halpern J, Koenig BA, Magnus DC, Gallagher RC, Giacomini KM, Altman RB. PMID: 33798442; PMCID: PMC8059338.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 41     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. The impact of public health palliative care interventions on health system outcomes: A systematic review. Palliat Med. 2021 03; 35(3):473-485. Collins A, Brown JEH, Mills J, Philip J. PMID: 33353507.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    27. Relegating Psychosis: Blood Work and "Routine Connection" in the Clozapine Clinic. Cult Med Psychiatry. 2020 Jun; 44(2):263-285. Brown JEH. PMID: 31598807.
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    28. Can e-cigarettes improve the well-being of people with mental health disorders? Int J Drug Policy. 2019 11; 73:170-171. Brown JEH, Gartner C, Carter A. PMID: 31350106.
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    29. Raising Health Expectations for Schizophrenia Patients. Anthropology News. 2018; 59(5):e81-e86. Brown, JEH. View Publication.
    30. 'Doing things little by little': Smoking and vaping while being pharmaceutically treated for schizophrenia. Anthropological Forum. 2018; 28(2):158-170. Brown, JEH. View Publication.
    31. Actively Negotiating the Mind-Body Divide: How Clozapine-Treated Schizophrenia Patients Make Health for Themselves. Cult Med Psychiatry. 2017 Sep; 41(3):368-381. Brown JEH, Dennis S. PMID: 28074346.
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    32. Well-being in clozapine-treated schizophrenia patients: The significance of positive symptoms. Compr Psychiatry. 2016 07; 68:140-6. Brown JE, Mezquida G, Fernandez-Egea E. PMID: 27234195.
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