Dr. Michael Pratt

Biography

Michael Pratt is a Professor at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego. He has extensive experience in global health, focusing on physical activity and public health interventions. He previously served as a Medical Officer at the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the CDC, where he was a Senior Advisor for Global Health and the Chief of the Physical Activity Health Branch. He has been instrumental in advancing research on physical activity and chronic disease prevention and is recognized for establishing the CDC and WHO Collaborating Center for Physical Activity and Health. His academic roles include Adjunct Professor at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia, and Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil. Michael Pratt completed a Master's degree in Exercise Physiology and a Medical degree at the University of Washington, followed by residency training at the Mayo Clinic. He holds a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Minnesota and completed the EIS epidemiology fellowship and preventive medicine residency at the CDC. Certified in General Preventive Medicine, he is a Fellow of both the American College of Preventive Medicine and the American College of Sports Medicine. His research interests encompass building global capacity for physical activity research and developing evidence-based public health strategies for chronic disease prevention.

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