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Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University

Dr Mark Brown is a citizen and social researcher. He is Senior Research Fellow at the Summer Foundation where he leads research projects that explore disability, the NDIS, and the issue of young people in aged care. His work aims to influence policy and inform stakeholders and the general public about the key facts and trends regarding disability and young people in aged care.

Mark has over 10 years’ experience as a statistician, data analyst and social researcher, with lived experience of disability. He has worked as a researcher, analyst and consultant for a variety of government, private and not-for-profit organisations in the disability sector. Mark is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the Living with Disability Research Centre at La Trobe University.

Experience

  • 2018–present
    Research fellow, La Trobe University
  • 2018–present
    Research fellow, Summer Foundation

Education

  • 2013 
    Deakin University, PhD