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David M. Bishai is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Health Professions and Medicine, with notable contributions across several specialized subfields including General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Finance.

The scientist's research topics encompass a range of issues related to global health and healthcare systems. Key topics include:

  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

David M. Bishai has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Health Economics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

The scientist has contributed to both journal articles and book publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • The State of Rural Public Health: Enduring Needs in a New Decade (2020, American Journal of Public Health)
  • A checklist to improve health system resilience to infectious disease outbreaks and natural hazards (2020, BMJ Global Health)
  • US Public Health Neglected: Flat Or Declining Spending Left States Ill Equipped To Respond To COVID-19 (2021, Health Affairs)
  • Systematic assessment of South Korea's capabilities to control COVID-19 (2021, Health Policy)
  • COVAX and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines (2022, Bulletin of the World Health Organization)

A book publication under the Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks imprint is titled Strategic Investment for Health System Resilience: A Three-Layer Framework (2024).

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David M. Bishai include:

  • Carolina Cardona
  • Jean Christophe Rusatira
  • Xiaomeng Chen
  • Claire Silberg
  • Ian Salas

Best Publications

  • Emergency medical systems in low- and middle-income countries: recommendations for action

    Olive C. Kobusingye;Adnan Ali Hyder;David M. Bishai;Eduardo Romero Hicks

  • National road casualties and economic development.

    David Bishai;Asma Quresh;Prashant James;Abdul Ghaffar

  • Success factors for reducing maternal and child mortality

    Shyama Kuruvilla;Julian F. Schweitzer;David M Bishai;Sadia Afroze Chowdhury

  • A practice-based intervention to enhance quality of care in the first 3 years of life: the Healthy Steps for Young Children Program.

    Cynthia S. Minkovitz;Nancy Hughart;Donna Strobino;Dan Scharfstein

  • What makes health systems resilient against infectious disease outbreaks and natural hazards? Results from a scoping review

    Jennifer B. Nuzzo;Diane Meyer;Michael Snyder;Sanjana J. Ravi

  • The acceptability of self-collected samples for HPV testing vs. the pap test as alternatives in cervical cancer screening.

    Ilana G. Dzuba;Ilana G. Dzuba;Elsa Yunes Díaz;Betania Allen;Yvonne Flores Leonard;Yvonne Flores Leonard

  • Are time preference and body mass index associated? Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.

    Patricia K. Smith;Barry Bogin;David Bishai

  • Comparison of HPV-based assays with Papanicolaou smears for cervical cancer screening in Morelos State, Mexico

    Jorge Salmerón;Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce;Attila Lorincz;Mauricio Hernández

  • The History of Food Fortification in the United States: Its Relevance for Current Fortification Efforts in Developing Countries*

    David Bishai;Ritu Nalubola

  • HIV STATUS AND UNION DISSOLUTION IN SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA: THE CASE OF RAKAI, UGANDA*

    Laura E. Porter;Lingxin Hao;David Bishai;David Serwadda

  • Modeling The Economic Burden Of Adult Vaccine-Preventable Diseases In The United States

    Sachiko Ozawa;Allison Portnoy;Hiwote Getaneh;Samantha Clark

  • Risk factors for juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

    Keerti V. Shah;William F. Stern;Farida K. Shah;David Bishai

  • Use of mobile phones for improving vaccination coverage among children living in rural hard-to-reach areas and urban streets of Bangladesh.

    Md. Jasim Uddin;Md. Shamsuzzaman;Lily Horng;Alain Labrique

  • Multiple births are a risk factor for postpartum maternal depressive symptoms

    Youngsoo Choi;David M. Bishai;Cynthia S. Minkovitz

  • Facilitating entry into drug treatment among injection drug users referred from a needle exchange program: Results from a community-based behavioral intervention trial

    Steffanie A. Strathdee;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Erin P. Ricketts;Steven Huettner;Lee Cornelius

  • Factors Contributing to Maternal and Child Mortality Reductions in 146 Low- and Middle-Income Countries between 1990 and 2010.

    David M. Bishai;Robert Cohen;Y. Natalia Alfonso;Taghreed Adam

  • Estimating the obstetric costs of female genital mutilation in six African countries.

    Taghreed Adam;Heli Bathija;David Bishai;Yung Ting Bonnenfant

  • The State of Rural Public Health: Enduring Needs in a New Decade

    Jonathon P. Leider;Michael Meit;J. Mac McCullough;Beth Resnick

  • CAPABLE trial: A randomized controlled trial of nurse, occupational therapist and handyman to reduce disability among older adults: Rationale and design

    Sarah L. Szanton;J.W. Wolff;B. Leff;R.J. Thorpe

  • The cost of juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

    David Bishai;Haskins Kashima;Keerti Shah

  • Child pedestrians: the role of parental beliefs and practices in promoting safe walking in urban neighborhoods.

    Andrea Carlson Gielen;Susan DeFrancesco;David Bishai;Patricia Mahoney

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Carlson Gielen
Andrea Carlson Gielen Johns Hopkins University
Adnan A. Hyder
Adnan A. Hyder George Washington University
Keerti V. Shah
Keerti V. Shah Johns Hopkins University
Taghreed Adam
Taghreed Adam World Health Organization
George Pariyo
George Pariyo Johns Hopkins University
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego
David H. Peters
David H. Peters Johns Hopkins University
Jennifer R. Havens
Jennifer R. Havens University of Kentucky
Carl A. Latkin
Carl A. Latkin Johns Hopkins University
Louis W. Niessen
Louis W. Niessen Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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