Bruce Bragg, MPH

Outreach Specialist
517-432-9821
Bruce.Bragg@hc.msu.edu

Bruce Bragg is an Outreach Specialist in the Institute for Health Care Studies. Mr. Bragg has a BS in Economics from the University of Oregon and an MPH in Public Health Administration from the University of Michigan. 

For 30 years Mr. Bragg served as the Director of the Ingham County Health Department (ICHD) in Michigan. The ICHD operates a network of community health centers and has Federally Qualified Health Center status. The ICHD is responsible traditional public health functions including preparedness, environmental health, and disease control services. It serves as the administrative agent for a network of county health plans throughout Michigan that enroll more than 50,000 uninsured persons in a basic health benefit product. 

Beginning in the mid-1990s, with the financial support and guidance of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Community Voices project), the ICHD developed deep roots in the community by engaging many diverse populations in learning about the causes of disease and diminished health status. This process resulted in broad participation of these groups and individuals in community organizations and activities. Mr. Bragg was a long serving member of the National Association for County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), serving on many of its advisory committees and representing NACCHO on the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality. He is currently a member of the Ingham Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees.