BSc (Hons), MPhil International Health, MA Health Economics, Policy and Management; DrPH student
Tanya Wells Brown is a gender‑based violence and maternal mental health researcher at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where she is completing her Doctor of Public Health. She is affiliated with both the Centre for Global Mental Health and the Centre for Gender Violence and Health, grounding her work in interdisciplinary scholarship and practice. Tanya brings extensive practitioner experience across Timor‑Leste, Mozambique, Lesotho, South Africa, and Armenia, supporting governments, health facilities, and community partners to introduce and scale survivor‑centred, trauma‑informed approaches. Her work spans protocol and gender integration, health workforce development, and systems strengthening, navigating the tension between policy ambition and operational constraints.
Alongside her research, Tanya lectures in global health and global health research methods. Across academic, policy, and practitioner spaces, Tanya’s work is driven by a commitment to dignity, autonomy, and accountability. Her doctoral research focuses on how GBV and maternal mental health protocols are adapted, integrated, and sustained within health systems, with particular attention to acceptability, workforce readiness, multi‑sectoral collaboration, and the lived realities of frontline providers.
