Rate My Professor Deirdre Brown

University of Otago

Psychology Health Science Clinical Psychology Abnormal Psychology Developmental Psychology Forensic Psychology

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5.04/23/2026

Inspires curiosity and a love for knowledge.

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About Deirdre

Associate Professor Deirdre Brown is a clinical psychologist and researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago. She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies in psychology and clinical psychology at the University of Otago, earning a BA, DipGrad, PgDipArts, PgDipClPs, and PhD under the supervision of Professor Margaret-Ellen Pipe in 2003. Following her doctorate, she held a Foundation for Research, Science and Technology postdoctoral fellowship at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in the USA, collaborating with Professor Michael Lamb. She subsequently worked at the Department of Psychology, University of Lancaster, UK, with Professor Charlie Lewis. Upon returning to New Zealand, she served as a clinical psychologist in Paediatric Outpatients at Southern District Health Board in Dunedin. In 2009, she joined Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington as a lecturer, advancing to Senior Lecturer and then Associate Professor in 2019. Prior to her current role, she was Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine.