Joan B Bragar, EdD
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Dr. Bragar has over twenty-five years experience designing and developing leadership programs that support organizations to produce results in the public and private sectors around the world. She served at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya as Academic Director for the Leading High Performing Healthcare Organizations Program and has taught leadership courses in health ministries and at business, medical and nursing schools in Egypt, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, and China. She designed and developed the “Leadership Development Program” (LDP) for managers at all levels of health systems, which has been implemented in more than 45 countries. This program, designed with Management Sciences for Health, has empowered managers to lead teams to face challenges and achieve measurable health service results, including reductions in maternal mortality. Dr. Bragar is currently an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Boston University School of Public Health where she teaches leadership to masters and doctoral-level students. She is the lead author of an award-winning book, Managers who Lead- A Handbook for Improving Health Services. In 2015 she published Leading for Results.
Education
- Harvard University, EdD Field of Study: Education
- Harvard University, MAEd Field of Study: Education
- Harvard University, BA Field of Study: History of Science
Classes Taught
- SPHPH872
Publications
- Published on 1/1/2015
Bragar, J. Leading for Results, Five Practices to Use in your Personal and Professional Life. Bloomington. I-Universe . 2015.
- Published on 1/1/2014
Bragar J. Applying Organizational Learning to Health Challenges in the Developing World. Reflections: The SoL Journal on Knowledge, Learning, and Change. 2014; 13(3).
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- Published on 8/29/2012
Seims LR, Alegre JC, Murei L, Bragar J, Thatte N, Kibunga P, Cheburet S. Strengthening management and leadership practices to increase health-service delivery in Kenya: an evidence-based approach. Hum Resour Health. 2012; 10(1):25. PMID: 22931468.
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- Published on 1/1/2012
Seims, Bragar. Strengthening management and leadership practices to increase health-service delivery in Kenya: an evidence-based approach. Human Resources for Health. 2012; 10(25).
- Published on 1/1/2010
Bragar Mansour. Scaling up proven public health interventions through a locally owned and sustained leadership development programme in rural Upper Egypt. Human Resources for Health. 2010; 8(1).
- Published on 1/1/2005
Bragar, Mansour. Managers who Lead, A Handbook for Improving Health Services, Management Sciences for Health. Cambridge, MA. 2005.
- Published on 1/1/2000
Bragar J. Developing Managers Who Lead. The Manager, Management Sciences for Heath. 2000.
- Published on 1/1/1997
Johnson K, Bragar J. Instructional Development Paradigms (Dills CR, Romiszowski AJ, Eds.). Principles of Adult Learning: A Multi-Paradigmatic Model. Educational Technology Publications. 1997.
- Published on 1/1/1996
Bragar J. Prism. Accelerating Shared Learning for Business Results. Arthur D. Little Publications. Cambridge, MA. 1996.
- Published on 1/1/1993
Bragar J. Quality Progress Journal. The Customer-Focused Quality Leader. 1993.
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