
Departmental Affiliations
David Bishai, MPH, PhD, MD, advances the practice of public health by studying and teaching how it is financed and how it saves lives in the world's national, state, and local health departments.
Contact Info
Research Interests
health economics, population economics; family economics;marriage, gender, paternity; infidelity, divorce, polygyny; orphans; adolescent health, vaccines;HIV; AIDS vaccine; tuberculosis; meningococcal disease; human papilloma virus;HPV, cervical cancer; health equity;disparities; Nepal; Uganda; injuries, road traffic accidents;
Experiences & Accomplishments
Dr. Bishai's major research interest is the economics of public health practice.
His current projects focus on the connection between the operations at national, state and local health departments and improved population health. He teaches Introduction to Health Economics, Poverty Economic Development and Health, Systems Thinking in Public Health.
Honors & Awards
President, International Health Economics Association 2018-2019
Board Certification and Recertification: American Board of Pediatrics and American Board of Internal Medicine, 1991 to present
Advising, Mentoring and Teaching Award (AMTRA), 2006.
Golden Apple Award for Teaching, 2015.
President Faculty Senate 2016.
Select Publications
Selected publications back to 2013.
Leider, J. P., Alfonso, N., Resnick, B., Brady, E., McCullough, J. M., & Bishai, D. (2018). Assessing The Value Of 40 Years Of Local Public Expenditures On Health. Health Affairs, 37(4), 560-69.
Cardona, C*, and Bishai, D. "The slowing pace of life expectancy gains since 1950." BMC Public Health 18.1 (2018): 151.
Verma*, R., Clark, S., Leider, J., & Bishai, D. (2017). Impact of State Public Health Spending on Disease Incidence in the United States from 1980 to 2009. Health Serv Res, 52(1), 176-190. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12480
Diamond-Smith, N*. Bishai, D. (2014) Evidence of Self-Correction of Child Sex Ratios in India: A District Level Analysis from 1981-2011 Demography 2014:1-26..
Bishai, D., M. K. Sherry*, C. Pereira, S. Chicumbe, F. Mbofana, A. Boore, M. Smith, L. Nhambi and N. Borse (2016). "Development and Usefulness of a District Health Systems Tool for Performance Improvement in Essential Public Health Functions in Botswana and Mozambique." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 22 (6) 586-596.