Victoria Brown, MA (Newcastle)

Durham University, Queen's Campus
Wolfson Research Institute
University Boulevard
Stockton-on-Tees
United Kingdom
TS17 6BH

Tel. +44 (0) 191-33-40367
Email v.a.brown@durham.ac.uk

Research

Current Research Project

• PhD Project: Public Health Challenges for General Practitioners in the Tees Valley during the 20th Century

Other Research Interests

• Victorian psychiatry, with particular focus on the medical profession within the asylum

Curriculum Vitae

I graduated with honours in Applied Biological Sciences from Manchester Metropolitan University in 1995. Following 11 years working within retail management I returned to academia completing my MA in the History of Medicine at Newcastle in 2006/7. My MA dissertation was entitled ‘A Career Not Without Distinction'? Dr. John Archibald Campbell MD F.R.S. Edin. Medical Superintendent of the Garlands Asylum, Carlisle, 1873-1898'. I am currently a PhD student at Durham University within the School for Medicine and Health.