Brian C. Castrucci, DrPH, is an epidemiologist, public health practitioner, and president and chief executive officer of the de Beaumont Foundation. With the help of a strong team, Brian has built the Foundation into a leading voice in health philanthropy and public health practice. Under his leadership, the Foundation is driving change to improve population health, foster collaboration between public health and other sectors, prioritize the importance of communications, and strengthen the nation’s public health infrastructure. CityHealth, the BUILD Health Challenge, the Public Health Communications Collaborative, Health Action Alliance, and the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey are among the projects he has helped to create while at the Foundation.
Prior to joining de Beaumont, Brian worked for a decade as an applied epidemiologist and held leadership positions at the Georgia Department of Health, Texas Department of State Health Services, and Philadelphia Department of Health.
Brian is a sought-after resource on public health contributing his expertise through interviews and editorials published in the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Associated Press, and Politico among others. He also has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Fox News, and several local television affiliates. He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed publications cited more than 3,500 times and has co-edited six books on topics that include primary care and public health partnerships, public policy and public health, and health communications.
Brian holds a doctorate in public health leadership from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Arts degree in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from North Carolina State University.