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Dr. Marie Bragg | Food Policy | Excellence in Research

Dr. Marie A. Bragg is an Assistant Professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, affiliated with NYU School of Global Public Health and NYU Stern School of Business. Her research focuses on food marketing’s impact on obesity and health disparities, funded by prestigious grants like NIH Early Independence Award. Dr. Bragg directs the SeedProgram for Obesity & Health Disparities Research and leads the Food Policy Research Platform. She holds leadership roles in diversity initiatives at NYU and has received numerous awards for mentorship and research excellence. Dr. Bragg is committed to educating on health equity and structural racism in public health and medicine.

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šŸŽ“Education

B.S./B.A. Psychology/English University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 05/2008. M.S. Clinical Psychology Yale University, New Haven, CT, 05/2011. M.Phil. Clinical Psychology Yale University, New Haven, CT, 05/2011. Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Yale University, New Haven, CT, 05/2014

šŸ„šŸ‘Øā€šŸ«Previous Appointments and Leadership Positions

Clinical Supervisor Yale Center for Anxiety and Mood Disorders, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 08/2011-08/2012. Psychology Intern
Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, 08/2013-08/2014. Teaching Fellow & Coordinator Yale University Teaching Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 08/2010-08/2011

šŸ†Awards, Honors, and Memberships

Mentor of the Year Award Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 05/2020. Outstanding Postdoctoral Mentor Award Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 10/2020. Best in Medical Education Collaboration Award
Office of Medical Education, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 10/2020

šŸ§ŖResearch Activity

Director, SocioEconomic Evaluation of Dietary Decisions Program (SeedProgram). Primary research themes: food marketing, racially targeted food advertising, obesity prevention policies, nutrition labeling.

šŸ’”Grant History

Current Grants include NIH R01 projects on sugary beverage taxes, smoke-free housing policies, and Facebook food advertisements. Pending Grant focuses on social media intervention for preventing e-cigarette use among Latinx adolescents.

Ā šŸ“šEducation Activity

  • Designed courses emphasizing health equity and public health issues, recognized with the Best Medical Education Collaboration Award.

Ā šŸ“Teaching Activities

Teaching Assistant Roles at Yale University and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, teaching various psychology and public health courses.. Guest Lectures across medical, doctoral, undergraduate, and MPH courses on topics like food policy, obesity, and food marketing.

Publications Top Notes šŸ“

 

  • Cancer misinformation on social media
    • Journal: CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians
    • Year: 2024 (Article in Press)
    • Access: Open access
    • Citations: 0

 

  • Menu Labeling and Calories Purchased in Restaurants in a US National Fast Food Chain
    • Journal: JAMA Network Open
    • Year: 2023
    • Volume: 6
    • Issue: 12
    • Pages: E2346851
    • Access: Open access
    • Citations: 3

 

  • Food industry donations to patient advocacy organisations focused on non-communicable diseases
    • Journal: Public Health Nutrition
    • Year: 2023
    • Volume: 26
    • Issue: 3
    • Pages: 510ā€“518
    • Access: Open access
    • Citations: 0

 

  • COVID-19ā€“Related Changes to Drug-Selling Networks and Their Effects on People Who Use Illicit Opioids
    • Journal: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
    • Year: 2023
    • Volume: 84
    • Issue: 2
    • Pages: 222ā€“229
    • Access: Open access
    • Citations: 3

 

  • Contemporary Approaches for Monitoring Food Marketing to Children to Progress Policy Actions
    • Journal: Current Nutrition Reports
    • Year: 2023
    • Volume: 12
    • Issue: 1
    • Pages: 14ā€“25
    • Access: Open access
    • Citations: 11

 

  • The impact of racially-targeted food marketing and attentional biases on consumption in Black adolescent females with and without obesity: Pilot data from the Black Adolescent & Entertainment (BAE) study
    • Journal: PLoS ONE
    • Year: 2023
    • Volume: 18
    • Issue: 1 January
    • Pages: e0279871
    • Access: Open access
    • Citations: 1

 

  • Food and Beverage Product Appearances in Educational, Child-Targeted YouTube Videos
    • Journal: Childhood Obesity
    • Year: 2022
    • Volume: 18
    • Issue: 8
    • Pages: 515ā€“522
    • Access: Open access
    • Citations: 1

 

  • COVID-Washing in US Food and Beverage Marketing on Twitter: Content Analysis
    • Journal: JMIR Formative Research
    • Year: 2022
    • Volume: 6
    • Issue: 10
    • Pages: e37642
    • Access: Open access
    • Citations: 5

 

  • Beverage Availability and Price: Variations by Neighborhood Poverty Level in New York City
    • Journal: Health Equity
    • Year: 2022
    • Volume: 6
    • Issue: 1
    • Pages: 322ā€“329
    • Access: Open access
    • Citations: 1

 

  • Informal Coping Strategies Among People Who Use Opioids During COVID-19: Thematic Analysis of Reddit Forums
    • Journal: JMIR Formative Research
    • Year: 2022
    • Volume: 6
    • Issue: 3
    • Pages: e32871
    • Access: Open access
    • Citations: 6
Marie Bragg | Food Policy | Excellence in Research

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