Bio
Janine Bruce is the Associate Director for the Office of Child Health Equity and Senior Social Science Research Scholar in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine. She has a Doctorate of Public Health from UC Berkeley and Masters of Public Health from UNC at Chapel Hill. Janine has many years of experience providing leadership and administrative oversight for multiple education programs, teaching and mentoring graduate-level learners, and engaging in collaborative research aimed at eliminating child health inequities in underserved populations through thoughtful community engagement. She leads two community coalitions aimed at increasing communication and collaboration among community and internal partners.
Janine is co-director of the Scholarly Concentration in Community-engagement and Advocacy (Dept. of Pediatrics) and co-director of the Scholarly Concentration in Community Health (Medical School). In her teaching and mentoring roles, she values the opportunity to support students and trainees as they work closely with community partners to address community-identified needs, bringing the support and partnership from our academic institution. She also teaches courses on the social determinants of health and qualitative research methods.
Her research and advocacy interests include food insecurity, early education, and the needs of marginalized communities. With her background in public health, Janine’s role has been to bridge public health and medicine to better promote the health of underserved child populations through strong community partnerships and innovative community-based initiatives.
Current Role at Stanford
Associate Director, Office of Child Health Equity, Department of Pediatrics
Co-Director for the Scholarly Concentration in Community Engagement and Advocacy, Pediatric Residency Program
Co-director for the Scholarly Concentration in Community Health for Medical Students
Instructor for graduate level qualitative methods, social determinants and community engagement courses
