Michael B. Bracken, Ph.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.E
Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology,
Professor, Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Professor Bracken is one of the world’s leading chronic disease epidemiologists. He has published over 300 articles and chapters, providing major contributions in the fields of perinatal epidemiolology, clinical trials and evidence-based medicine. His 1984 textbook, Perinatal Epidemiology, defined the field of perinatal epidemiology, predicting the role of fetal and early childhood illness on later chronic disease. Bracken was involved in the discoveries of CFH polymorphism for age-related macular degeneration, the first study to successfully use genome-wide association methodologies and HapMap to identify a disease polymorphism.
Professor Bracken is a founder of the evidence-based medicine paradigm. He co-edited one of the first evidence-based texts, Effective Care of the Newborn Infant, forming the basis for the Cochrane Neonatal Review Group. In 2007, the British Medical Journal named the book one of the influential texts in evidence-based medicine.
The first randomized trials for evaluating therapies for acute spinal cord injury were designed and directed by Professor Bracken. These resulted in recent major trials in head and acute spinal cord injury and increased enthusiasm for evidence-based practice in neurosurgery.
Awards and Honors
Wakeman Award for Research in Neuroscience
The Freeman Award
National Rehabilitation Research Award
Research Fellow, Green College, Oxford University
Professional Services
Past President, American College of Epidemiology
Past President, Society for Epidemiologic Research
Chair, first North American Congress of Epidemiology, 2001
Co-chair, first International Colloquium on Genome-Wide Association Studies: Design and Analysis
Current Research Projects
Recent investigations concern identification of genetic polymorphisms that increase disease susceptibility and their interaction with lifestyle risk factors.
Yale Affiliations
Co-Director, Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology
Selected Publications
Beckett, W., Gent, J., Naeher, L., Belanger, K., Triche, E., Bracken, M.B., and Leaderer, B. Peak Expiratory Flow Rate Variability is not Affected by Home Combustion Sources in a Group of Non-smoking Women. Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health, in press, 2007.
Warnick, E.M., Bracken, M.B., and Kasl, S.V. Efficiency of the Child Behavior Checklist and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A Systematic Review. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, in press, 2007.
De Wan, A., Bracken, M.B., and Hoh, J. Two Distinct Genetic Pathways for Age-related Macular Degeneration. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, in press, 2007.
Pettigrew, M.M., Gent, J.F., Zhu, Y., Triche, E.W., Belanger, K., Holford, T.R., Bracken, M.B., and Leaderer, B.P. Respiratory Symptoms among Infants at Risk for Asthma: Association with Surfactant Protein A Haplotypes. BMC Medical Genetics 8: 15, 2007.
Illuzzi, J.L. and Bracken, M.B. Duration of Intrapartum Prophylaxis for Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease: A Systematic Review. Obstetrics and Gynecology 108(5):1254-1265, 2006.
Kwon, H., Triche, E., Belanger, K., and Bracken, M.B. The Epidemiology of Asthma during Pregnancy: Prevalence, Diagnosis and Symptoms. In: Asthma and Rhinitis during Pregnancy, Schatz, M., (Ed.). Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America 26(1): 29-62, 2006.
Pettigrew, M.M., Gent, J.F., Zhu, Y., Triche, E.W., Belanger, K.D., Holford, T.R., Bracken, M.B., and Leaderer, B.P. Association of Surfactant Protein A Polymorphisms with Otitis Media in Infants at Risk for Asthma. BMC Medical Genetics 7: 68, 2006.
Bracken, M.B. Cotinine and Spontaneous Abortion: Might Variations in Metabolism Play a Role? Epidemiology 17: 492-494, 2006.
For a further list of Dr. Bracken’s publications, please see PubMed.
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