Tracey Brown (scientist)

Tracey Brown is the director of Sense About Science and an adjunct associate professor in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Monash University[1]

Brown received an OBE in 2017 for her services to science.[2] When it was launched in 2002,[3] she became director of Sense about Science.[4] Under her leadership,[5] the organization has created a public awareness for sound science and evidence, prompting accountability.[6]  In 2015 she gave a TEDTalk on The Power of Asking for Evidence[7] and the following year was a judge for the John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science.[8] She is the Chair of Trustees at the Jurassica Project[9] which in 2017 merged with another endeavor to create The Journey.[10] Brown has written for The Guardian.[11]

References
  1. "Tracey Brown - Monash University". research.monash.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  2. "Tracey Brown OBE – Sense about Science". senseaboutscience.org. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  3. "Tracey Brown - Governing Scientific Accountability in China - University of Kent". www.kent.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  4. "2017 John Maddox Prize – Sense about Science". senseaboutscience.org. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  5. Brown, Tracey (2015-09-28). "Can you handle the truth? Some ugly facts in science and sensibility". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  6. Brown, Tracey (2015-10-02). "Science and sensibility: on the untrustworthy nature of truth - podcast". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  7. TEDx Talks (2015-01-05), The power of asking for evidence | Tracey Brown | TEDxRoyalHolloway, retrieved 2018-11-18
  8. "2016 John Maddox Prize – Sense about Science". senseaboutscience.org. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  9. www.webmandesign.eu, WebMan -. "Wessex Entrepreneurs". www.wessexentrepreneurs.com. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  10. "Dinosaur quarry museum plan scrapped". BBC News. 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  11. Brown, Tracey (2013-07-09). "The precautionary principle is a blunt instrument". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
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