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Author: Marni Brownell
Marni Brownell is the Associate Director, Research and a Senior Research Scientist at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. She is also Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences in the Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. She trained as a developmental psychologist, and is the recipient of the MCHP Endowed Population-Based Child Health Research Fund, which, along with several national grants, supports her research program.
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