Professor Bruce Berger is the president of Berger Consulting, LLC and Emeritus Professor at Auburn University. He has developed comMIt (Comprehensive Motivational Interviewing Training for health care providers) and AU MITI (Auburn University Motivational Interviewing Training Institute). He has taught motivational interviewing in health care and methods for improving treatment adherence for over 30 years.

His research interests include health behaviour change and improving treatment adherence.  He has written three books, written or presented over 900 papers (88 peer-reviewed) or seminars (94 peer-reviewed) on these topics.  He has attracted over $3.5 million in funding to support his research.

He has been a consultant and trainer for the US Air Force, VA, US Army, Pfizer, Inc., Procter & Gamble, Abbvie, Novartis, Astra-Zeneca, Sanofi-Aventis, GSK, and over 50 health plans, including Humana, Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts Health, ConnectiCare, Medical Mutual of Ohio and numerous BlueCross BlueShield plans.

He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lyman Award and the first American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy's Award of Excellence for his research.  He is the 2001 recipient of the Jack L. Beal Postbaccalaureate Alumni Award from the Ohio State University.

In March of 2004, Bruce was awarded a fellowship by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science for a lifetime of quality research. 
Bruce is the 2007 and 2009 winner of the APhA Wierderholt Prize for the best research publication in the social, behavioural, and administrative sciences in pharmacy in the Journal of the APhA.  The first study focused on the impact of motivational interviewing.

Bruce is the 2009 recipient of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s Robert Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award, one of the Association’s three highest honours. 

Bruce is the author of the book, Motivational Interviewing for Health Care Professionals:  A Sensible Approach, APhA, Washington, DC, August 2020, 2nd edition, and the 8 hours accredited Motivational Interviewing E-Learning Program for Health Care Professionals (2015), along with William A. Villaume.

https://tinyurl.com/PurdueCE-MI-HCP Our 8 hour e-learning

https://ce.pharmacy.purdue.edu/media/... Complimentary view of Module 1

http://pubs.lib.umn.edu/cgi/viewconte... Our approach to MI