Michael Bruce is a public health physician and medical epidemiologist trained in both Internal and Preventive Medicine. He is the Epidemiology Team Leader at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Arctic Investigations Program in Alaska, USA. He graduated cum laude from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology, then graduated with an MD/MPH from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.
For the past 8 years, his work has focused on improving health in Alaska Native communities, creation of a sentinel surveillance system in Alaska for detecting infection caused by Helicobacter pylori, and setting up an international circumpolar surveillance (ICS) system for invasive bacterial diseases to include Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. He is currently the Chairman of the International Circumpolar Surveillance (ICS) Invasive Bacterial Disease Working Group.
Prior to moving to Alaska, he worked for CDC in Atlanta where he helped design a national surveillance system to track meningococcal disease in college students. His current areas of interest include meningococcal disease in the north, ulcer disease and gastric cancer associated with Helicobacter pylori infection, invasive respiratory illness caused by Hemophilus influenzae & Streptococcus pneumoniae, avian influenza, human papilloma virus infection and cervical cancer, and international circumpolar surveillance.
Publications:
Bruce MG, Bruden D, et al. Clinical Significance of Elevated Alpha-Fetoprotein in Alaska Native Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C. Journal of Viral Hepatitis Feb 2008 Vol 15, No. 2:
Bruce MG, Deeks S, et al. The International Circumpolar Surveillance System for Population-based Surveillance of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease 1999-2005. EID, Jan 2008 Vol 14, No. 1: 25-33
Bruce MG, Deeks S, et al. Epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae serotype a in the North American Arctic, 2000-2005. EID, Jan 2008 Vol 14, No. 1: 48-55
Parkinson A, Bruce MG, et al. International Circumpolar Surveillance : A Network for the Surveillance of Infectious Diseases in the Arctic. EID, Jan 2008 Vol 14, No. 1: 18-24
Degani N, Navarro C, et al. Invasive Bacterial Respiratory Diseases in Northern Canada. EID, Jan 2008 Vol 14, No. 1: 34-40
Connelly M, Bruce M, et al. The Changing Epidemiology and Etiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma from 1969-2006 in Alaska Native People. Hepatology, Oct 2007 Vol 46, No. 4, Suppl. 1: 402
Bruce MG, Bruden D, et al. The Relationship between Antimicrobial Resistance and Treatment Outcome for Helicobacter pylori Infections in Native and non-Native Persons Residing in Alaska. Helicobacter, Aug 2007 Vol 12, No. 4: 450-451
Tulisov A, McMahon BJ, et al. Viral hepatitis in the Arctic. Summary from a Viral Hepatitis Workshop, ICCH, June 06, Novosibirsk, Russia. Int J Circumpolar Health. Alaska Medicine Sept 2007 Suppl. Vol 49, No 2: 193-203
Zulz T, Reasonover M, et al. International Circumpolar Surveillance interlaboratory quality control programme, 1999-2004. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 2007 Vol 13, Issue s1
Bruce MG, Deeks S, et al. Epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae serotype A from 2000-2005, an emerging pathogen in Northern Canada and Alaska. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 2007 Vol 13, Issue s1
Bruce MG, McMahon BJ, et al. Reinfection After Successful Eradication of Helicobacter pylori in Three Different Populations. Gastroenterology April 2007 Vol 132, No 4, A-111 Suppl. 2: #773
Lynn TV, Bruce MG, et al. Helicobacter pylori infection among non-Native Educators in Alaska. IJCH April 2007 Vol 66 (2)
Sacco F, Bruce MG, et al. A Prospective Evaluation of 200 Upper Endoscopies Performed in Alaska Native Persons. IJCH April 2007 Vol 66 (2)
Carothers JJ, Bruce MG, et al. The Relationship between Previous Fluoroquinolone Use and Levofloxacin Resistance in Helicobacter pylori Infection. CID January 2007 Vol 44 (2):e5-8. Epub 2006 Dec 7
Miernyk KM, Bruden DL, et al. The Dynamics of Helicobacter pylori-specific Immunoglobulin G for Two Years After Successful Eradication of Helicobacter pylori Infection in an American Indian and Alaska Native population. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology Jan 2007 Vol 14, No 1: 85-86
Bruce MG, Bruden DL, et al. Alaska Sentinel Surveillance for Antimicrobial Resistance in Helicobacter pylori isolates from Alaska Native Persons, 1999-2003. Helicobacter Dec 2006 Vol 11, No 6: 581-588
Bruce MG, Bruden DL, et al. Hepatitis C Infection in Alaska Natives with Persistently Normal, Persistently Elevated or Fluctuating ALT Levels. Liver International August 2006 Vol 26, No 6: 643-649
Livingston SE, Deubner H, et al. Steatosis and hepatitis C in an Alaska Native/American Indian population. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. International Journal of Circumpolar Health July 2006 Vol 65, No 3: 253-259
Miernyk K, Bruce MG, et al. Genotyping of the Cytotoxin Associated Gene Pathogenicity Island from Helicobacter pylori Isolates in Alaska. Gastroenterology April 2006 Vol 130, No 4, A520-A520 Suppl. 2: T1576
McMahon BJ, Bruce MG, et al. Reinfection after Successful Eradication of Helicobacter pylori: A 2-year Prospective Study in Alaska Natives. Alim Pharm Therap April 2006 Vol 23, 1215-1223
Bruce MG, Cottle T, et al. The International Circumpolar Surveillance System for Population-based Surveillance of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease 1999-2004. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 2006 Vol 12, Suppl 4:220.
Bruce MG, Bruden D, et al. Clinical Significance of Elevated Alpha-Fetoprotein in Alaska Native Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C. Hepatology, Oct 2005 Vol 42, No. 4, Suppl. 1: 550A
Gessner BD, Bruce MG, et al. A randomized trial of triple therapy for pediatric Helicobacter pylori infection and risk factors for treatment failure in a population with a high prevalence of infection. CID, November 2005 Vol 41, No. 9: 1261-1268
Bruce MG, Sanders EJ, et al. Leptospirosis among patients presenting with dengue-like illness in Puerto Rico. Acta Tropica, October 2005 Vol 96, No. 1: 36-46
Morris JM, Reasonover AL, et al. Evaluation of a rapid, fluorescent in-situ hybridization test, (seaFAST®), for detection of H. pylori and resistance to clarithromycin in paraffin embedded biopsy sections. J Clin Micro, July 2005 Vol 43, No. 7: 3494-3496
Bruce M, Parkinson A, et al. Does Delayed Testing of Urea Breath Test Samples Effect Results? Digestion, July 2005 Vol 71, No. 4: 261.
Bruce MG, McMahon BJ, et al. The Relationship between Antimicrobial Resistance and Treatment Outcome for H. pylori Infections in Alaska Native and Non-Native Persons Residing in Alaska. Gastroenterology April 2005 Vol 128, Suppl. 2: T944
Cottle T, Bruce M, et al. Surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases in Greenland, Northern Canada, and the US Arctic: 2000-2003. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, May 2004 Vol 10, Suppl 3:202.
McMahon BJ, Hennessy T, et al. Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Hepatitis C in Alaska Natives. Hepatology, Feb 2004 Vol 39, No 2:325-332.
Bruce MG, Steingart K, et al. Lake-associated outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Clark County, Washington, August, 1999. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, October 2003 Vol 157, No 10:1016-1021.
McMahon BJ, Hennessy T, et al. The Relationship among Previous Antimicrobial Use, Antimicrobial Resistance and Treatment Outcomes for Helicobacter pylori Infections. Ann Intern Med, September 16, 2003 Vol 139, No. 6.
Morgan J, Bornstein S, et al. Outbreak of Leptospirosis among Triathlon Participants and Community Residents in Springfield, Illinois, 1998. CID June 2002 Vol 34:1593-1599.
Kaiser R, Garman R, et al. Clinical Significance and Epidemiology of NO-1, an Unusual Bacterium Associated with Dog and Cat Bites. EID, Feb 2002 Vol 8, No. 2.
Bruce MG. Meningococcal Disease in College Students. In Reply. JAMA, December 5, 2001 Vol 286, No 21.
Bruce MG, Rosenstein NE, et al. Risk Factors for Meningococcal Disease in College Students. JAMA, August 8, 2001
Vol 286, No. 6.
CDC. Meningococcal Disease – New England, 1993-1998. MMWR 1999;48(no. 29):629-633.
CDC. Outbreak of Acute Febrile Illness Among Athletes Participating in Triathlons – Wisconsin and Illinois, 1998. MMWR 1998;47(no. 28):585-588.
CDC. Update: Leptospirosis and Unexplained Acute Febrile Illness Among Athletes Participating in Triathlons – Illinois and Wisconsin, 1998. MMWR 1998;47(no. 32):673-676.
Deodar AA, Bruce MG, et al. A Case of Secondary Sjogren's Syndrome with a Swollen Thigh. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 56 (3):162-4, 1997. |
