Professor Michael B. Bracken

A former student of St Paul’s College, a predecessor of University of Gloucestershire, Michael received his Certificate of Education (specialising in Science and Geology) from St Paul’s College in Cheltenham in 1965.

Today he is a renowned global leader in evidence-based medicine, and the Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Reproductive Science and Neurology at Yale University in the USA. He has studied and worked at Yale for more than 50 years.

Michael also consults for many international corporations and agencies including the World Health Organisation, and has served as the elected President of the American College of Epidemiology and the Society for Epidemiologic Research.

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by University of Gloucestershire in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of medicine in 2015.