Brian Castrucci, DrPH, MA

Dr. Brian Castrucci is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the de Beaumont Foundation.  Dr. Castrucci is a disruptor, instigator, and fierce advocate for public health. During his nine-year tenure, Castrucci has helped build the Foundation into a leading voice in health philanthropy and public health practice. Castrucci’s research interests include maternal and child health, the public health workforce, and systems to support policy implementation and practice improvement. Under his leadership, the de Beaumont Foundation is driving change to improve population health, foster collaboration between public health and primary care, and strengthen the nation’s public health infrastructure. Among the projects he has created are CityHealth, the BUILD Health Challenge, and the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey.

Research

Publications

Locke R, Gambetese M, Sellers K, Corcoran E, Castrucci BC. Building a sustainable governmental public healthworkforce: A look at the Millennial Generation. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2020;Epub ahead of print.

Heffernan M, Meit M, Powers M, Castrucci BC, Sellers K. Business leaders’ attitudes about the value of employeeand community health. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2020;26(5):493-496.

Leider JP, Sellers K, Bogaert K, Liss-Levinson R, Castrucci BC. Voluntary separations and workforce planning: Howintent to leave public health agencies manifests in actual departure in the United State. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2020;Epub ahead of print.

Leider JP, Sellers K, Bogaert K, Castrucci BC, Erwin PC. Master’s-level education in the governmental public healthworkforce. Public Health Reports. 2020;135(5):650-657.

Sellers K, Leider JP, Lamprecht L, Liss-Levinson R, Castrucci BC. Using public health workforce surveillance data toprioritize and retention efforts for younger staff. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2020;Epub ahead of print.

Halverson PK, Yeager VA, Menachemi N, Chapple-McGruder T, Moffatt S, Baker EL, Boedigheimer SF, Tilson H,Castrucci BC, Gould E, Jacinto CM, Mays G. State health official career advancement and sustainability evaluation: Description of the methods used in the SHO-CASE study. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2020; 26(1):5-8.

Chapple-McGruder T, Mendoza ZV, Miles G, Hilson R, Wiltshire J, Wilder J, Heidari L, Castrucci BC, Gould E.Leadership disparities in state governmental public health workforce: Examining the influence of gender. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2020; 2020;26(1):46-51.

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Books and Book Chapters

Michener JL, Castrucci BC, Bradley DW, Hunter EL, Thomas EW, Patterson C, Corcoran E. The Practical Playbook:Public Health II. Building multisector partnerships that work. 1st ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Print.

Castrucci BC, Corcoran E, Hearne SL, Keith K, Voyles E, Patterson C. CityHealth: Policies for today’s urban healthchallenges. In: Galea S, Ettman CK, Vlahov D eds. Urban Health. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Print.

Castrucci BC, Hunter EL, Michener JL, Chapple T, Bradley D. The role of data in precision population health. In:Bialek R, Beitsch LM, Moran JW, eds. Solving Population Health Problems through Collaboration. New York: Routledge, 2017. 360-376. Print.

Tootoo JL, Castrucci BC, Maxson P, Casper M, Miranda ML. Using geographic health information systems (GHIS)for population health. In: JL Michener, D Koo, BC Castrucci, JB Sprague, eds. The Practical Playbook: Public Health. Primary Care. Together. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 287-296. Print.

Castrucci BC, Tilson H, Ross D. From Clinic to Community: The promise and power of using data together. In: JLMichener, D Koo, BC Castrucci, JB Sprague, eds. The Practical Playbook: Public Health. Primary Care. Together. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 235-242. Print.

Silberberg M, Castrucci BC. Addressing social determinants of health. In: JL Michener, D Koo, BC Castrucci, JBSprague, eds. The Practical Playbook: Public Health. Primary Care. Together. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 151-161. Print.

Castrucci BC, Tilson H, Koo D, Leider JP. The practice of public health and how it is changing. In: JL Michener, DKoo, BC Castrucci, JB Sprague, eds. The Practical Playbook: Public Health. Primary Care. Together. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 129-142. Print.

Michener JL, Castrucci BC. Stages of partnership between public health and primary care. In: JL Michener, D Koo,BC Castrucci, JB Sprague, eds. The Practical Playbook: Public Health. Primary Care. Together. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 43-64. Print.

Michener JL, Castrucci BC, Koo D. Principles of partnership between public health and primary care. In: JLMichener, D Koo, BC Castrucci, JB Sprague, eds. The Practical Playbook: Public Health. Primary Care. Together. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 33-42. Print.

Castrucci BC, Michener JL, Koo D, Sprague JB. The value of public health and primary care. In: JL Michener, D Koo,BC Castrucci, JB Sprague, eds. The Practical Playbook: Public Health. Primary Care. Together. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 13-25. Print.

Michener JL, Koo D, Castrucci BC, Sprague JB. The Practical Playbook: Public Health. Primary Care. Together. 1st ed.New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. Print.

Silberberg M, Castrucci BC, Pearce KA, Matheny SC, Koo D, Michener JL. Public health and primary care. In: ErwinPC and Brownson RC, eds. Scutchfield and Keck’s Principles of Public Health Practice. 4th edition. Clinton Park, New York: Delmar Cengage Learning, 2016. 424-442. Print.

Awards

• Inductee, Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society, 2019
• Partnership Award, Association of State & Territorial Health Officials, 2018
• Participant, Grantmakers in Health Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy, 2014
• Young Leadership in MCH Award, Health Resources & Services Administration, 2010
• Young Professional Achievement Award in MCH Epidemiology, Coalition for Excellence in MCH Epidemiology, 2010
• Inductee, Phi Beta Kappa, 1997

Degrees

• DrPH, Public Health Leadership, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• MA, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University
• BA, Political Science, NC State University