Marino A. Bruce, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Department of Family and Community Medicine

615-327-5853
1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard
3rd Floor Old Hospital
Room 3023
Nashville, TN  37208

mabruce@mmc.edu

CV or Bio (PDF)

1989 B.A. Davidson College. Davidson, North Carolina. Economics.
1994 M.S. North Carolina State University. Raleigh, North Carolina. Sociology. Master's Thesis: "Evidence of Things Not Seen: A Theoretical Explication of African-American Male Violence."
1997 Ph.D. North Carolina State University. Raleigh, North Carolina. Sociology. Dissertation: “Boys to Men: Inequality Dynamics, Spatial Context, and Behavioral Strategies Among Adolescent Males.”

Dr. Bruce is social epidemiologist who examines the relationship between social environmental factors (i., e., community resources, racism/discrimination, family dynamics), psychosocial factors (i. e., stress, depression, anxiety), individual behavior, and health outcomes.

Race relations, high-risk behavior (e. g., alcohol use, violence), cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome.

Sims, Mario, Tammy Sims, and Marino A. Bruce. 2006. “Community Income, Smoking and Birth Weight Disparities in Wisconsin.” Forthcoming in Wisconsin Medical Journal.

Bruce, Marino A. 2004. “Contextual Complexity and Violence Among Adolescent Males” Journal of Black Studies 35: 65-98.

Bruce, Marino A. and Michael C. Thornton. 2004. “It’s My World?: Exploring Black and White Perceptions of Personal Control and Mastery.” Sociological Quarterly 45: 597-612.

Bruce, Marino A. 2004. “Inequality and Adolescent Violence: An Exploration of Structural, Family, and Individual Considerations.” Journal of the National Medical Association 96:486-495.

Bruce, Marino A. and Vincent J. Roscigno. 2003. “‘Race Effects’ and Conceptual Ambiguity in Violence Research: Bringing Inequality Back In." Pp. 238-253 in Violent Crimes: Assessing Race and Ethnic Differences, edited by Darnell F. Hawkins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.