Marie Bragg

Marie Bragg

2023 Food Leaders Fellow, Food Leaders Fellowship

Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Marie Bragg earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Yale University and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at the NYU School of Medicine. She holds affiliate appointments in the Marketing Department at NYU Stern School of Business and the NYU School of Global Public Health. Her interdisciplinary research examines the influence of social media and unhealthy food marketing on Black and Latinx adolescents’ health behaviors. Marie’s research team aims to provide policymakers with empirically supported information that can create a more equitable food environment. She has testified on food policy proposals before the New York City Council, the New York State Assembly, and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She also serves as the Director of Diversity Initiatives in the Office of Science and Research at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.