Professor Sally Brinkman’s research aims to improve the healthy development and early learning of young children, with a focus on those living in highly disadvantaged communities. Her research is conducted across Australia, as well as countries in Asia, the Pacific, Latin America and the Emirates. Sally works in close partnership with international governments and donor organisations, such as the World Bank, UNICEF, and UNESCO.
Brinkman’s expertise includes population monitoring to determine the prevalence, distribution and magnitude of inequality in child outcomes and pragmatic randomised control trials to evaluate the impact and cost effectiveness of interventions. Brinkman’s research has had significant global and... Read more
About me
Professor Sally Brinkman’s research aims to improve the healthy development and early learning of young children, with a focus on those living in highly disadvantaged communities. Her research is conducted across Australia, as well as countries in Asia, the Pacific, Latin America and the Emirates. Sally works in close partnership with international governments and donor organisations, such as the World Bank, UNICEF, and UNESCO.
Brinkman’s expertise includes population monitoring to determine the prevalence, distribution and magnitude of inequality in child outcomes and pragmatic randomised control trials to evaluate the impact and cost effectiveness of interventions. Brinkman’s research has had significant global and local impact and is highly relevant for the disciplines of early education, community development, population health and development economics.
Brinkman regularly advises government and sits on numerous Expert Advisory Groups informing policy and practice. With over 200 publications, including high impact journals such as The Lancet, and her track record in achieving highly translatable research, Sally is well recognised nationally and internationally in both academic and policy environments.
About me
Member, International Society for Global Health
Member, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group.
Member, Human Development Intervention Network
Member, Lower and Middle Income Country Intervention Network
Member, International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI)
Member, Australian Research Association of Children and Youth (ARACY).
Member, Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA).
About me
Doctor of Philosphy University of Western Australia
Masters of Public Health University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Arts Flinders University
2006-2022, Program Head, International Child Development, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia
2007-2008, Scientific Officer, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2001-2006, Coordinator, Epidemiology and Research, North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS), Population Health Unit. Western Australia.
2001 Principal Researcher, Elder Market Research. Western Australia.
2000-2001, Senior Research Manager, Right Marketing Australia, Western Australia.
1999-2000, Research Associate, Curtin University of Technology, National Drug Research Institute, Western Australia.
1992-1999, Scientific Officer/Epidemiologist, South Australian Health Commission.
1994-1996, Project Manager, University of Adelaide, Department of Community Medicine, South Australia.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Self Regulated Learning RCT, Department for Education, 19/06/2023 - 30/06/2024
Genetic Education Research Data Infrastructure (GERDI): Proof of Concept, Department for Education, 20/06/2023 - 30/06/2024
Self Regulation Measurement, Department for Education, 07/06/2023 - 06/06/2024
AEDC Analyses - Settlement Services, SETTLEMENT SERVICES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, 03/04/2023 - 30/11/2023
Playgroups and Child Development: Update, Playgroup Australia, 07/07/2023 - 31/10/2023
Rapid-Response Evidence Reviews – Metacognition Part 2, Department for Education, 01/06/2023 - 15/08/2023
Rapid-Response Evidence Reviews – Metacognition Part 1, Department for Education, 01/06/2023 - 07/07/2023
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
|
| 2023 |
Open access
|
| 2023 |
Open access
|
| 2023 |
1
2
|
| 2022 |
Open access
3
1
73
|
| 2022 |
|
| 2022 |
8
6
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
4
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
7
5
|
| 2022 |
Open access
2
1
|
| 2021 |
Open access
5
4
12
|
| 2021 |
Open access
4
3
6
|
| 2021 |
Open access
11
9
2
|
| 2021 |
Open access
3
3
9
|
| 2020 |
Open access
5
6
17
|
| 2020 |
Open access
4
4
10
|
| 2020 |
Open access
10
8
1
|
| 2020 |
Open access
3
3
11
|
| 2020 |
7
7
4
|
| 2020 |
Open access
7
8
5
|
| 2019 |
2
20
|
| 2019 |
Open access
15
13
11
|
| 2019 |
Open access
21
4
|
| 2019 |
Open access
13
6
2
|
| 2019 |
Open access
9
8
3
|
| 2019 |
Open access
5
5
1
|
| 2018 |
Open access
125
122
140
|
| 2018 |
Open access
43
5
|
| 2018 |
23
125
|
| 2018 |
Open access
22
14
|
| 2018 |
25
18
51
|
| 2017 |
Open access
18
16
19
|
| 2017 |
Open access
16
14
4
|
| 2017 |
Open access
16
3
|
| 2017 |
Open access
37
31
5
|
| 2017 |
Open access
10
9
18
|
| 2017 |
Open access
48
34
94
|
| 2017 |
29
24
|
| 2017 |
Open access
38
37
|
| 2017 |
3
2
6
|
| 2017 |
Open access
22
23
12
|
| 2017 |
Open access
7
5
14
|
| 2016 |
33
28
1490
|
| 2016 |
Open access
60
58
|
| 2016 |
26
25
|
| 2016 |
51
40
88
|
| 2016 |
15
13
56
|
| 2016 |
99
83
56
|
| 2016 |
Open access
13
13
1
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
|
| 2023 |
Open access
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| 2022 |
Open access
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| 2022 |
Open access
|
| 2022 |
Open access
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences | INDIA |
| Anglia Ruskin University | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Australian Catholic University | AUSTRALIA |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | AUSTRALIA |
| Centre for Healthy Start Initiative | NIGERIA |
| Charles Sturt University | AUSTRALIA |
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Department for Education (SA) | AUSTRALIA |
| Department for Education and Child Development | AUSTRALIA |
| East Metropolitan Health Service | AUSTRALIA |
| Edith Cowan University | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Gadjah Mada University | INDONESIA |
| Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
| Harvard University | UNITED STATES |
| Johns Hopkins University | UNITED STATES |
| Korea University | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH) |
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | UNITED KINGDOM |
| McMaster University | CANADA |
| Menzies School of Health Research | AUSTRALIA |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| Murdoch Childrens Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| National University of Colombia | COLOMBIA |
| Neuroscience Research Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| New South Wales Ministry of Health | AUSTRALIA |
| niversity of Notre Dame | UNITED STATES |
| Northampton General Hospital | UNITED KINGDOM |
| NSW Department of Education and Training | AUSTRALIA |
| NSW Department of Family & Community Services | AUSTRALIA |
| NSW Department of Family and Community Services Ag | AUSTRALIA |
| NSW Ministry of Health | AUSTRALIA |
| Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| Royal Australasian College of Physicians | AUSTRALIA |
| Royal Children’s Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Royal Children's Hospital | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria | AUSTRALIA |
| Schizophrenia Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| South Australian Education Department | AUSTRALIA |
| Stellenbosch University | SOUTH AFRICA |
| Telethon Kids Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| Telethon Kids Institute, Subiaco, WA | AUSTRALIA |
| The World Bank | ETHIOPIA |
| Tufts University | UNITED STATES |
| Tunku Abdul Rahman University College | MALAYSIA |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | BRAZIL |
| University at Buffalo, State University of New York | UNITED STATES |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS |
| University of Bristol | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of British Columbia | CANADA |
| University of California San Francisco | UNITED STATES |
| University of Canberra | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Canterbury | NEW ZEALAND |
| University of Groningen | NETHERLANDS |
| University of Jordan | JORDAN |
| University of Kelaniya | SRI LANKA |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Michigan | UNITED STATES |
| University of New England | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Oxford | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Sao Paulo | BRAZIL |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Southern Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of the Witwatersrand | SOUTH AFRICA |
| University of Waterloo | CANADA |
| University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Western Australian | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
| UNSW Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS |
| World Bank | UNITED STATES |
| World Bank Group | UNITED STATES |
