Wendy E. Braund, MD, MPH, MSEd, FACPM

Wendy E. Braund, MD, MPH, MSEd, FACPM is the Director of the Center for Public Heath Practice, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice, and Professor, Health Policy and Management.  Previously, she served as Wyoming State Health Officer and Public Health Division Administrator within the Wyoming Department of Health. Prior to moving west, Dr. Braund was employed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, serving in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and subsequently in the Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions.

Dr. Braund is a 2007 graduate of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Preventive Medicine Residency Program and is board certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health. She is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. Her degrees include a BA from Duke University, MSEd from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, MD from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, and MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health.

2006 | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD | Master of Public Health

2001 | Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA | Doctor of Medicine

1991 | University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA | Master of Science in Education

1987 | Duke University, Durham, NC | Bachelor of Arts

• Instructor, WWAMI Medical Education Program, University of Wyoming

• Associate, Department of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

• Instructor, Duke Reader Project, Duke University Writing in the Disciplines Program

• Community Adolescent Sexuality Education Instructor, Dunbar MS, Baltimore City SD, Baltimore, MD

• Clinical Instructor, “Physical Diagnosis” course, Penn State University College of Medicine
  
  

• Morley CP, Rosas SR, Mishori R, Jordan W, Jarris YS, Family Medicine/Public Health Competencies Workgroup & Prunuske J. Essential Public Health Competencies for Medical Students: Establishing a Consensus in Family Medicine. Teach Learn Med. 2017: Jul-Sep;29(3):255-267

• Strong, B, Ballard S, Braund W. The American College of Preventive Medicine Policy Recommendations on Reducing and Preventing Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths. Am J Prev Med. 2016:51(6): 1084-1089.

• Anderson K, Siems L, Holloway S, Sultana N, Braund W, Harris L. Group counseling improves
  quality for patients with limited health literacy. Quality in Primary Care. 2012; 20:5-13.

• Council on Graduate Medical Education. Twentieth Report: Advancing Primary Care. December
  2010.

• Braund W, Alexander M. Agricultural Injuries: Improving Occupational Safety. Medscape Public
  Health and Prevention: Perspectives in Prevention from the American College of Preventive Medicine (online). Posted January 23, 2007.

• Braund W. Book Review: Iserson’s Getting into a Residency: Guide for Medical Students. J Am Med Women’s Assoc. 2004:59(3): 167.