Janine Bruce

Janine Bruce is the Associate Director of the Office of Child Health Equity and Senior Social Science Research Scholar in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine. She holds a DrPH from UC Berkeley and an MPH from UNC Chapel Hill. Her roles include leading community coalitions to address child health inequities, co-directing scholarly concentrations in community engagement and advocacy, and teaching courses on social determinants of health and qualitative methods. She has extensive experience in bridging public health and medicine through community partnerships.

• Education: DrPH (UC Berkeley, 2013), MPH (UNC Chapel Hill, 2002)
• Affiliations: Stanford Medicine Food Insecurity Coalition, Mid Peninsula Coalition for Children and Families, Diapers at the Doctor initiative

Her research focuses on food insecurity, early education, and marginalized communities. She advocates for innovative community-based solutions, such as diaper distribution programs and school readiness interventions. Janine’s work emphasizes collaboration with community partners to address systemic barriers in child health equity.

Her articles highlight themes like food insecurity screening, adolescent opioid treatment barriers, and Latino parental educational values. She has contributed to programs addressing inpatient caregiver food insecurity and childcare gaps for hospitalized children’s siblings.

• Awards: None listed
• Grants/Advising: Collaborates with organizations like Second Harvest Food Bank and San Mateo County Head Start

She leads initiatives such as Lunch at the Library to combat summer food insecurity and co-founded the Mid Peninsula Pediatric Advocacy Coalition. Her efforts center on translating research into actionable community health strategies.