William Bruno

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Title(s)	Associate Physician, Emergency Medical Services
School	Vc-health Sciences-schools
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Biography

education and training

University of California, Santa Barbara, CA	BS	2011	Biopsychology
University of California, San Diego, CA	MD	2017
Columbia University, NY	MPH	2023	Epidemiology

Overview

overview

Dr. William Bruno grew up in Philadelphia before moving to California where he completed his undergraduate degree in Biopsychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and attended medical school at the University of California, San Diego. He then completed Emergency Medicine residency at LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Bruno rounded out his clinical training with a Fellowship in Global Emergency Medicine at Columbia University, completing a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in Epidemiology and a certificate in Public Health and Humanitarian Action at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Bruno’s research is focused on improving public health and human rights in humanitarian contexts. Over the past decade he has worked all over the world both as a researcher and clinical physician in places such as the Gaza Strip, Thai-Burmese Border, Bangladesh, and Moldova with organizations such as Community Partner’s International (CPI), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Medical Teams International (MTI) and Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Outside of work, Dr. Bruno enjoys reading, playing music, surfing, and hiking with his wife and dog.

Bibliographic

selected publications

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The Somali Distress and Resilience Scale: Development of a novel measure for Somali adults. Transcult Psychiatry. 2024 Dec; 61(6):915-927. Terrana A, Bruno W, Ibrahim N, Kaiser BN, Wei J, Al-Delaimy W. PMID: 39215519; PMCID: PMC11664883.

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Psy Psychiatry
Translation:Humans
The impact of family income and parental factors on children's resilience and mental well-being. J Community Psychol. 2023 07; 51(5):2052-2064. Bruno W, Dehnel R, Al-Delaimy W. PMID: 36623257.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 5 Fields:
Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Birth cohort-specific trends of sun-related behaviors among individuals from an international consortium of melanoma-prone families. BMC Public Health. 2021 04 23; 21(1):692. Lacson JCA, Zamani SA, Froes LAR, Mitra N, Qian L, Doyle SH, Azizi E, Balestrini C, Bishop DT, Bruno W, Carlos-Ortega B, Cuellar F, Cust AE, Elder DE, Gerdes AM, Ghiorzo P, Grazziotin TC, Gruis NA, Hansson J, Hocevar M, Höiom V, Holland EA, Ingvar C, Landman G, Larre-Borges A, Mann GJ, Molgo M, Moredo LF, Olsson H, Out-Luiting JJ, Peric B, Pjanova D, Puig S, Salas-Alanis J, Schmid H, Wadt KAW, Newton-Bishop JA, Kanetsky PA, GenoMEL Study Group. PMID: 33888076; PMCID: PMC8063451.

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Pub Public Health
Translation:Humans
Mental health and access to care among refugee mothers relocated to San Diego: a comparative study of Iraqi and Somali refugee communities. Journal of International Humanitarian Action. 2020. Bruno, William Jude; Tringale, Kathryn Ries; Al-Delaimy, Wael K. View Publication.
US War with Iran: A Narrowly Avoided Public Health Crisis and a Continuing Risk. American Journal of Public Health. 2020. Bruno, William Jude; Parmar, Parveen. View Publication.
A systematic literature review of the ethics of conducting research in the humanitarian setting. Confl Health. 2020; 14:27. Bruno W, Haar RJ. PMID: 32489418; PMCID: PMC7245798.

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Insights into Genetic Susceptibility to Melanoma by Gene Panel Testing: Potential Pathogenic Variants in ACD, ATM, BAP1, and POT1. Cancers (Basel). 2020 04 19; 12(4). Pastorino L, Andreotti V, Dalmasso B, Vanni I, Ciccarese G, Mandalà M, Spadola G, Pizzichetta MA, Ponti G, Tibiletti MG, Sala E, Genuardi M, Chiurazzi P, Maccanti G, Manoukian S, Sestini S, Danesi R, Zampiga V, La Starza R, Stanganelli I, Ballestrero A, Mastracci L, Grillo F, Sciallero S, Cecchi F, Tanda ET, Spagnolo F, Queirolo P, Goldstein AM, Bruno W, Ghiorzo P. PMID: 32325837; PMCID: PMC7226507.

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Assessment of mental health and psycho-social support pilot program's effect on intended stigmatizing behavior at the Saftawi Health Center, Gaza: a cross-sectional study. J Ment Health. 2019 Aug; 28(4):436-442. Bruno W, Kitamura A, Najjar S, Seita A, Al-Delaimy WK. PMID: 31107119.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 5 Fields:
Psy Psychiatry Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Estimating CDKN2A mutation carrier probability among global familial melanoma cases using GenoMELPREDICT. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Aug; 81(2):386-394. Taylor NJ, Mitra N, Qian L, Avril MF, Bishop DT, Bressac-de Paillerets B, Bruno W, Calista D, Cuellar F, Cust AE, Demenais F, Elder DE, Gerdes AM, Ghiorzo P, Goldstein AM, Grazziotin TC, Gruis NA, Hansson J, Harland M, Hayward NK, Hocevar M, Höiom V, Holland EA, Ingvar C, Landi MT, Landman G, Larre-Borges A, Mann GJ, Nagore E, Olsson H, Palmer JM, Peric B, Pjanova D, Pritchard AL, Puig S, Schmid H, van der Stoep N, Tucker MA, Wadt KAW, Yang XR, Newton-Bishop JA, Kanetsky PA, GenoMEL Study Group. PMID: 30731170; PMCID: PMC6634996.

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Der Dermatology
Translation:Humans
Comprehensive Study of the Clinical Phenotype of Germline BAP1 Variant-Carrying Families Worldwide. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2018 12 01; 110(12):1328-1341. Walpole S, Pritchard AL, Cebulla CM, Pilarski R, Stautberg M, Davidorf FH, de la Fouchardière A, Cabaret O, Golmard L, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Garfield E, Njauw CN, Cheung M, Turunen JA, Repo P, Järvinen RS, van Doorn R, Jager MJ, Luyten GPM, Marinkovic M, Chau C, Potrony M, Höiom V, Helgadottir H, Pastorino L, Bruno W, Andreotti V, Dalmasso B, Ciccarese G, Queirolo P, Mastracci L, Wadt K, Kiilgaard JF, Speicher MR, van Poppelen N, Kilic E, Al-Jamal RT, Dianzani I, Betti M, Bergmann C, Santagata S, Dahiya S, Taibjee S, Burke J, Poplawski N, O'Shea SJ, Newton-Bishop J, Adlard J, Adams DJ, Lane AM, Kim I, Klebe S, Racher H, Harbour JW, Nickerson ML, Murali R, Palmer JM, Howlie M, Symmons J, Hamilton H, Warrier S, Glasson W, Johansson P, Robles-Espinoza CD, Ossio R, de Klein A, Puig S, Ghiorzo P, Nielsen M, Kivelä TT, Tsao H, Testa JR, Gerami P, Stern MH, Paillerets BB, Abdel-Rahman MH, Hayward NK. PMID: 30517737; PMCID: PMC6292796.

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Neo Neoplasms
Translation:Humans
Germline Variation at CDKN2A and Associations with Nevus Phenotypes among Members of Melanoma Families. J Invest Dermatol. 2017 12; 137(12):2606-2612. Taylor NJ, Mitra N, Goldstein AM, Tucker MA, Avril MF, Azizi E, Bergman W, Bishop DT, Bressac-de Paillerets B, Bruno W, Calista D, Cannon-Albright LA, Cuellar F, Cust AE, Demenais F, Elder DE, Gerdes AM, Ghiorzo P, Grazziotin TC, Hansson J, Harland M, Hayward NK, Hocevar M, Höiom V, Ingvar C, Landi MT, Landman G, Larre-Borges A, Leachman SA, Mann GJ, Nagore E, Olsson H, Palmer JM, Peric B, Pjanova D, Pritchard A, Puig S, van der Stoep N, Wadt KAW, Whitaker L, Yang XR, Newton Bishop JA, Gruis NA, Kanetsky PA, GenoMEL Study Group. PMID: 28830827; PMCID: PMC5701856.

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Der Dermatology
Translation:Humans
Rare missense variants in POT1 predispose to familial cutaneous malignant melanoma. Nat Genet. 2014 May; 46(5):482-6. Shi J, Yang XR, Ballew B, Rotunno M, Calista D, Fargnoli MC, Ghiorzo P, Bressac-de Paillerets B, Nagore E, Avril MF, Caporaso NE, McMaster ML, Cullen M, Wang Z, Zhang X, NCI DCEG Cancer Sequencing Working Group, NCI DCEG Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory, French Familial Melanoma Study Group, Bruno W, Pastorino L, Queirolo P, Banuls-Roca J, Garcia-Casado Z, Vaysse A, Mohamdi H, Riazalhosseini Y, Foglio M, Jouenne F, Hua X, Hyland PL, Yin J, Vallabhaneni H, Chai W, Minghetti P, Pellegrini C, Ravichandran S, Eggermont A, Lathrop M, Peris K, Scarra GB, Landi G, Savage SA, Sampson JN, He J, Yeager M, Goldin LR, Demenais F, Chanock SJ, Tucker MA, Goldstein AM, Liu Y, Landi MT. PMID: 24686846; PMCID: PMC4056593.

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Gen Genetics
Translation:Humans Cells
Skin examination behavior: the role of melanoma history, skin type, psychosocial factors, and region of residence in determining clinical and self-conducted skin examination. Arch Dermatol. 2012 Oct; 148(10):1142-51. Kasparian NA, Bränström R, Chang YM, Affleck P, Aspinwall LG, Tibben A, Azizi E, Baron-Epel O, Battistuzzi L, Bruno W, Chan M, Cuellar F, Debniak T, Pjanova D, Ertmanski S, Figl A, Gonzalez M, Hayward NK, Hocevar M, Kanetsky PA, Leachman S, Bergman W, Heisele O, Palmer J, Peric B, Puig S, Schadendorf D, Gruis NA, Newton-Bishop J, Brandberg Y, Melanoma Genetics Consortium (GenoMEL). PMID: 22801744; PMCID: PMC4965805.

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Der Dermatology
Translation:Humans