Associate Professor Daniel Brown is a Hearing and Balance researcher with a particular focus on Meniere’s Disease. He completed his PhD at The University of Western Australia, followed by postdoctoral positions at Washington University in St Louis and the University of Sydney, before returning to Perth. He now serves as the Discipline Lead of Biomedical Sciences and Course Coordinator of the Bachelor of Human Biology at Curtin University.

He has been awarded more than $5 million in competitive research grants and has helped raise a further $5 million in donations to support Meniere’s Disease research in Australia. His ongoing work is driven by a passion to make a meaningful scientific impact and to enhance the quality of life for those living with these challenging conditions.
Dr Brown is recognised through awards including the Sydney Medical School Foundation Early Career Researcher Award, the ASOHNS Grace Kathleen Fanton Bequest, multiple Best Research Presentation awards and the Curtinnovation Award.

He is a member of the Association for Research into Otolaryngology, Prosper Meniere’s Society and Meniere’s Australia, and has contributed to the field through convening and hosting research forums and ongoing engagement with Meniere’s Australia.

He leads teaching in Human Biology and Human Biomedicine, and supervises HDR students.

His research focuses on peripheral hearing and balance physiology, with an emphasis on objective electrophysiological assessment and treatment monitoring in Meniere’s disease, using both experimental and clinical approaches.

Fields of Research: Neurosciences, Otorhinolaryngology, Sensory Systems.