Ashley Bragg Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, California, US

• Lead and manage a diverse portfolio of health education programs encompassing tobacco cessation, palliative care, wellness offerings for oncology and neuroscience populations, and family caregiver support, delivering.
• Develop and implement innovative approaches to program delivery, improving efficiency and optimizing budgets and resource allocation, while also pioneering new methods to evaluate program effectiveness and their impact.
• Oversee a multidisciplinary team, collaborating with cross-functional departments to ensure alignment with Stanford Health Care's mission and strategic goals, while continuously enhancing program effectiveness
• Play a key role in documenting and addressing social drivers of health as part of institutional efforts to improve patient care and community health outcomes

Palo Alto, California, US

• Primary Palliative Care Education Initiative: Led the design, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive strategy to establish primary palliative care as the standard of care across Stanford Medicine
• Expanding Palliative Care Availability: Directed multidisciplinary, multi-year projects aimed at linking and catalyzing palliative care efforts across Stanford and the broader community. Key activities include outreach.
• Cancer Center Patient Family Advisory Council (PFAC) Staff Advisor: Represented Stanford Health Care, co-chairing meetings, coordinating communication, and providing leadership
• 500P Path to Activation Champion: Led efforts to ensure operational readiness for Stanford Health Care's new hospital, 500P, by delivering department-specific training, aligning processes, and proposing solutions

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Align palliative care initiatives across Stanford Health Care, Stanford Children's Health, Stanford School of Medicine, and VA Palo Alto Health Care System with long-term organizational strategies and PCCOE goals
• In partnership with Section Chiefs, oversee the development and integration of palliative care programs, ensuring they meet the evolving needs of patients and families facing serious illness
• Drive community outreach efforts to expand palliative care awareness, particularly within Latinx and Asian populations
• Manage a fund supporting research, quality improvement, and professional development within palliative care

Stanford, California, US

• Supervised a large-scale national program to transform care for complex chronic patients, overseeing governance, data infrastructure, instrument design, and staff training
• Led a national proof-of-concept initiative aimed at converting savings from high-value care delivery into higher wages and new jobs for low-wage households in economically distressed communities
• Cultivated business development opportunities to generate funding and research operations for the center

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Acted as the primary analytic resource for key stakeholders, including chief executives and physician leadership, delivering actionable insights to improve clinical outcomes, reduce variation, and enhance value
• Developed and led hospital-wide clinical effectiveness strategies, employing A-3 thinking to align projects with divisional and health system priorities
• Centralized and optimized the organization’s participation in national collaboratives (NSQIP, VPS, SPS, PHIS), ensuring clarity, efficiency, and success

San Francisco, California, US

• Provided strategic direction and daily operational leadership for the Palliative Care Quality Network (PCQN), managing all aspects of its planning, design, implementation, and evaluation
• Mentored PCQN members across diverse healthcare settings, leveraging deep understanding of organizational challenges to secure hospital leadership support and active participation
• Led multi-site clinical quality improvement collaboratives, utilizing data-driven strategies to drive improvements in palliative care

• Spearheaded the development of a federal program replicating evidence-based initiatives to combat youth homelessness, adolescent pregnancy, incarceration, and domestic violence
• Played a key role in program evaluation, including the development of tools, protocols, and databases, as well as data collection and analysis
• Provided training and technical assistance to 21 agencies statewide, ensuring successful implementation of adolescent health programs

Baltimore, MD, US

• Pioneered the design and national rollout of a handheld data collection device, significantly improving HIV counseling efficiency and data integrity
• Led and managed the HIV testing and counseling team, ensuring streamlined operations and quality service delivery
• Developed and implemented comprehensive program documentation, including protocols and quality management plans

• Assisted in the preparation, presentation, and qualitative analysis for the annual prevention planning meeting, contributing to the development of the 2014 Los Angeles County prevention plan
• Conducted qualitative data collection and analysis for evidence-based HIV prevention programs, collaborating with researchers and external organizations
• Managed outreach, recruitment, and interviewing for HIV Prevention Trials Network 061, focusing on a feasibility study for a community-level intervention for Black men who have sex with men
• Supported Phase II clinical trials for methamphetamine addiction treatment