Amy Brown
- amy.brown1@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4520-2485- JCU Associate Professor
- Medicine
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Publications
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Biography
Amy Brown (PhD), is a clinician-researcher based at Townsville University Hospital, and adjunct Research Fellow at JCU. In her role at Townsville Cancer Centre, she supports clinician-researchers in investigator-led projects. These projects are predominately in health services research, across Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Haematology and Palliative Care.
She is a radiation therapist by clinical background, and maintains a strong interest and involvement in research opportunities surrounding the clinical and technical aspects of radiation oncology, with an expanded interest to other areas of oncology through her role. Her PhD was on motion monitoring during prostate radiation therapy treatment including a clinical trial component, and investigating patient preferences and perspectives.
Amy's current research interests are in the broad areas of health preferences, shared decision making and value based healthcare. She is passionate about consumer engagement within oncology research and quality improvement. Her current research is in health preferences in radiation therapy treatment, developing and testing a decision-aide tool by incorporating individual preferences.
Research
Research Interests
Oncology
Cancer Care
Health Services Research
Teaching
Current JCU Research Students
Implementing a survivorship care plan for women with early breast cancer in a regional health service - Feasibility and impact on outcomes
Doctor of Philosophy (Medical and Molecular Sciences)
Output
Bannai, Masaki; Brown, Amy; Rumley, Christopher; Squire, Timothy; Tan, Alex (2025) 'Optimal Planning Target Volume Margins to Account for Intra-Fractional Prostate Motion Relative to Treatment Duration: A Study Using Real-Time Transperineal Ultrasound Guidance'. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, . [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Kang Wen Zhi, Sebastian; Allen, Sally; Brown, Amy; Ariyarathna, Dinuka; Sabesan, Sabe; Ryan, Corinne; Varma, Suresh; Otty, Zulfiquer; Joshi, Abhishek; Pathmanathan, Shivanshan (2025) 'Providing early access to geriatric oncology services in a regional cancer centre – A two-year experience in the establishment of a Geriatric Oncology Nurse Navigator Model'. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 16 (1). [DOI]
Fitzpatrick, Lachlan; Ho, Hui Jan; Sabesan, Sabe; Ariyarathna, Dinuka; Ryan, Corinne; Otty, Zulfiquer; Bain, Nathan; Tan, Joanne; Brown, Amy; Joshi, Abhishek; Pathmanathan, Shivanshan (2025) 'Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer: a retrospective pathway assessment in a regional cancer centre'. Internal Medicine Journal, 55 (2):216-222. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Otty, Zulfiquer; Larkins, Sarah; Evans, Rebecca; Brown, Amy; Sabesan, Sabe (2025) 'Improving the timeliness of care for regional lung cancer patients through the implementation of a web-based lung cancer referral pathway'. Internal Medicine Journal, 55 (9):1474-1482. [DOI]
Pain, Tilley; Brown, Amy; Kingston, Gail; Perks, Stephen; Patterson, Corey; Firth, Nerida; Lester, Jessica; Sherwood, Luke; Brennan, Sonja; Street, Deborah (2025) 'Using Best–Worst Scaling Survey to Investigate the Relative Importance of Attributes Associated with Public Hospital Outpatient Appointments'. The Patient, 18 (3):237-247. [DOI]
Pain, Tilley; Kingston, Gail; Perks, Stephen; Brown, Amy; Thompson, Lisa (2025) 'Development and evaluation of a tool (named Evidence Brief) to communicate allied health research translation'. BMC Health Services Research, 25 (1). [DOI]
Pain, Tilley; Saurman, Emily; Brown, Amy; Robertson, Kelvin; Perks, Stephen; Thompson, Lisa; Kingston, Gail (2025) 'Measuring growth in research capacity and capability of allied health professionals at a regional Australian public health service: 2011–2023'. BMC Health Services Research, 25 (1). [DOI]
Otty, Zulfiquer; Evans, Rebecca; Larkins, Sarah; Brown, Amy; Sabesan, Sabe (2024) 'Clinicians' Experiences and Perspectives about a New Lung Cancer Referral Pathway in a Regional Health Service'. International Journal of Integrated Care, 24 (2). [DOI]
Oar, Bronwyn; Brown, Amy; Newman, Glen; Boles, Alan; Rumley, Christopher N.; Doyle, Rachel; Baines, John; Tan, Alex (2024) 'Improvement in male pelvis magnetic resonance image contouring following radiologist-delivered training'. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 71 (1):114-122. [DOI]
Kang, Sebastian; Fletcher, James; Htut, Saw; Brown, Amy; Lyle, Megan; Sabesan, Sabe; Joshi, Abhishek (2023) 'Administration of immune checkpoint inhibitors at rural towns using the Teleoncology model of care — A North Queensland perspective'. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31 (3):540-545. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Brown, Amy; Yim, Jackie; Jones, Scott; Tan, Alex; Callander, Emily; Watt, Kerrianne; De Abreu Lourenco, Richard; Pain, Tilley (2023) 'Men’s perceptions and preferences regarding prostate cancer radiation therapy: A systematic scoping review'. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, 38 :28-42. [DOI]
Brown, Amy; Tan, Alex; Anable, Lux; Callander, Emily; De Abreu Lourenco, Richard; Pain, Tilley (2022) 'Perceptions and recall of treatment for prostate cancer: A survey of two populations'. Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 24 :78-85. [DOI]
Robards, Shannon; Brown, Amy; Pain, Tilley; Patel, Deepti; Tan, Alex; Carter, Hannah (2022) 'A value-based approach to prostate cancer image-guidance in a regional radiation therapy centre: a cost-minimisation analysis'. Technical Innovations and Patient Support in Radiation Oncology, 24 :131-136. [DOI]
Men's preferences for image-guidance in prostate radiation therapy: A discrete choice experiment
2022
Brown, Amy; Pain, Tilley; Tan, Alex; Anable, Lux; Callander, Emily; Watt, Kerrianne; Street, Deborah; De Abreu Lourenco, Richard (2022) 'Men's preferences for image-guidance in prostate radiation therapy: A discrete choice experiment'. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 167 :49-56. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Brown, Amy; Edelman, Alexandra; Pain, Tilley; Larkins, Sarah; Harvey, Gillian (2022) 'We're not providing the best care if we are not on the cutting edge of research: a research impact evaluation at a regional Australian hospital and health service'. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11 (12):3000-3011. [DOI]
Joshi, Abhishek; Larkins, Sarah; Evans, Rebecca; Moodley, Nishila; Brown, Amy; Sabesan, Sabe (2021) 'Use and impact of breast cancer survivorship care plans: a systematic review'. Breast Cancer, 28 :1293-1317. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Otty, Zulfiquer; Brown, Amy; Sabesan, Sabe; Evans, Rebecca; Larkins, Sarah (2020) 'Optimal care pathways for people with lung cancer - a scoping review of the literature'. International Journal of Integrated Care, 20 (3). [DOI]
Shanker, Mihir D.; Kim, Anna N.H.; Brown, Amy; Tan, Alex H.M. (2020) 'Anatomical and dosimetric assessment of the prostate apex: a pilot comparison of image-guided transperineal ultrasound to conventional computed tomography simulation'. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 64 (6):839-844. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Edelman, Alexandra; Brown, Amy; Pain, Tilley; Larkins, Sarah; Harvey, Gillian (2020) 'Evaluating research investment and impact at a regional Australian Hospital and Health Service: a programme theory and conceptual framework'. Health Research Policy and Systems, 18 (30). [DOI]
Brown, Amy; Pain, Tilley; Preston, Robyn (2020) 'Patient perceptions and preferences about prostate fiducial markers and ultrasound motion monitoring procedures in radiation therapy treatment'. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 68 (1):37-43. [DOI]
Hamilton, Elizabeth; Van Veldhuizen, Ellie; Brown, Amy; Brennan, Sean; Sabesan, Sabe (2019) 'Telehealth in radiation oncology at the Townsville Cancer Centre: service evaluation and patient satisfaction'. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, 15 :20-25. [DOI]
Sabesan, Sabe; Senko, Clare; Schmidt, Andrew; Joshi, Abhishek; Pandey, Ritwik; Ryan, Corrine A.; Lyle, Megan; Rainey, Natalie; Varma, Suresh; Otty, Zulfiquer; Ansari, Zia; Vaughan, Kerrie; Vangaveti, Venkat; Black, Jason; Brown, Amy (2018) 'Enhancing chemotherapy capabilities in rural hospitals: implementation of a telechemotherapy model (QReCS) in North Queensland, Australia'. Journal of Oncology Practice, 14 (7):e429-e437. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Brown, Amy; Tan, Alex; Cooper, Scott; Fielding, Andrew (2018) 'Obesity does not influence prostate intrafractional motion'. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 65 (1):31-38. [DOI]