Tracey Brown (scientist)
Tracey Brown is the director of Sense About Science and an adjunct associate professor in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Monash University
Brown received an OBE in 2017 for her services to science. When it was launched in 2002, she became director of Sense about Science. Under her leadership, the organization has created a public awareness for sound science and evidence, prompting accountability. In 2015 she gave a TEDTalk on The Power of Asking for Evidence and the following year was a judge for the John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. She is the Chair of Trustees at the Jurassica Project which in 2017 merged with another endeavor to create The Journey. Brown has written for The Guardian.
