Dr Bianca Albanese
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Appointments
Senior Research Fellow, NeuRAKey Research Areas
Prof Julie Brown’s (BSc PhD) background in policy development and her research strength is providing translatable injury prevention outcomes. She uses laboratory and field-based studies, as well as data analysis, to investigate injury mechanisms, and the factors important to injury outcome. Since joining NeuRA in 2005, her research focus has been on reducing injury among child occupants, and more recently elderly occupants and other users of the rear seat in motor vehicles.
2025 Oct
Impacts of the 2008 NSW older driver licensing reform on licensing status and crash rates
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2025.102097
2025, 03 Jul
Child restraint legislation and injury rate NSW 2001–2019: analysing hospital administration data
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2025-045722
2025 Jul
Assessing seatbelt use among pregnant drivers in Australia: Correct seatbelt positioning, discomfort, knowledge and information sources
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2025.02.015
2025 Jun
User-driven instructions reduce errors in child restraint use: a randomised controlled trial in Sydney, Australia
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2023-045213
2025, 03 Apr
Road injuries to pedestrians and cyclists in the Chinese mainland a scoping review of national policies from 2003 to 2023
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2025.2496343
2025 Mar
Are child and teenage occupants appropriately restrained while travelling in rideshare vehicles?
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2025.101987
2025 Mar
Behind the wheel: Examining the long-term effects of a safe transport education program on driving patterns in older adults
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101978
2024, 24 Dec
Changes in child restraint practices in Shenzhen, China three years after the enactment of local legislation: two population-based cross-sectional surveys
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045469
2024 Dec
Global, regional, and national burden of injuries, and burden attributable to injuries risk factors, 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2019
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.06.011
2024 Dec
Purchasing choices of older drivers on advanced vehicle technologies: A discrete choice experiment
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2024.09.003
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