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Center for Global Health Faculty

David M. Bishai

Professor

Director Interdepartmental Health Economics Program

David M. Bishai

Academic Degrees

  • MD
  • PhD
  • MPH

Departmental Affiliation

Departmental Address

615 N. Wolfe Street Suite E4622

Contact Information

Phone:
410-955-7807
Fax:
410-922-2303
Link:
SciVal Experts Research Profile

Research and Professional Experience

Dr. Bishai uses economics to study populations, families, and the ways in which various public health interventions, especially immunization and injury control, affect population health. His current projects focus on the connection between the operations at state and local health departments and improved population health.

Keywords

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;

Honors and Awards

American Medical Association/Burroughs Wellcome Fellowship for Community Leadership, 1989 Joseph St. Geme Award for Pediatric Research among UCLA Pediatric Trainees, 1990 Saul A. Fox Award at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for First Authorship in Peer-ReviewJournal, 1991 International Health Economics Association Student Paper Competition, 2nd Prize, 1996 Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics and American Board of Internal Medicine, 1991 Advising, Mentoring and Teaching Award (AMTRA), 2006

Selected Publications

2012

Bishai, D.  Economics of Fatherhood in Cabrera, N. “Handbook of Father Involvement”  CRC Press 2012

 Bishai, D Bachani, A.  “The cost of injuries”  in Baker, A, and Li, G. “Injury Research: Theories, Methods, and Approaches”  2012

 Bishai, D Nair, D. Adam T.. “Economics of Public Health Interventions for Children in Developing Countries”  in Jones, A. Elgar Companion to Health Economics 2nd Edition  Elgar Press, 2011.

2011

 Opuni, M*. Bishai, D entitled "Inequality in prime-age adult deaths in a high AIDS mortality setting: Does the measure of economic status matter?"  Health Economics 2011 DOI 10.1002/hec.1671

Bishai, D Liang Liu*, Stephanie Shiau* Harrison Wang*, Cindy Tsai*, Margaret Liao, Shivani Prakash*, Tracy Howard,  “Quantifying School Officials’ Exposure to Bacterial Pathogens at Graduation Ceremonies Using Repeated Observational Measures” J Sch Nurs, 2011. 27(3): p. 219-24.

Shah, NM*  Wang, W*, Bishai, D "Comparing private sector family planning services to government and NGO services in Ethiopia and Pakistan. How do social franchises compare across quality, equity and cost?"Health Policy and Planning 2010 July .

 Colchero, M.A.* and D. Bishai, Weight and earnings among childbearing women in Metropolitan Cebu, Philippines (1983-2002). Econ Hum Biol, 2011.

 Borse, N.N*., Hyder, A, Streatfield K, Arifeen, S. Bishai, D.., Childhood drowning and traditional rescue measures: case study from Matlab, Bangladesh. Arch Dis Child, 2011.

 Bishai, D. Johns, B*, Nair, D*, Lefevre, A*, Simons, E*, Dabbagh A  The Cost Effectiveness of Supplementary Immunization Activities for Measles: A Stochastic Model for Uganda. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011. 203 (Si[[; 1): p. S107-115.

 Samandari T, Bishai D, Luteijn M, Mosimaneotsile B, Motsamai O, Postma M, Hubben G: Costs and Consequences of Additional Chest X-ray in a Tuberculosis Prevention Program in Botswana. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011. 183(8): p. 1103-11.

 Pereira CC*, Mulligan M*, Bridges JF, Bishai D: Determinants of influenza vaccine purchasing decision in the US: A conjoint analysis. Vaccine.  2011. 29(7): p. 1443-7.

 Hubben, G. Bootsma, M. Postma, M. Bishai, D. Diekmann, M. “Cost effectiveness of control strategies for MRSA in hospitals.  PLOS Medicine  6(3): p. e14783.

 Flores YN*, Bishai DM, Lorincz A, Shah KV, Lazcano-Ponce E, Hernandez M, Granados-Garcia V, Perez R, Salmeron J: HPV testing for cervical cancer screening appears more cost-effective than Papanicolau cytology in Mexico. Cancer Causes Control. 22(2): p. 261-72.

 Magoni, M., C. Scarcella Bishai D., et al. "The evolving burden of HIV infection compared with other chronic diseases in northern Italy." HIV Med. 2011. 12 (3) 129-137.

 2010

 Yusuf OB, Adeoye BW, Oladepo OO, Peters DH, Bishai D: Poverty and fever vulnerability in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis 2010. Malar J, 9:235.

 Pereira CC*, Bishai D: Vaccine presentation in the USA: economics of prefilled syringes versus multidose vials for influenza vaccination  2010. Expert Rev Vaccines, 9:1343-1349.

 Muangchana C*, Bishai D: The private demand for Hib vaccination in a probable low Hib disease incidence country: Thailand 2006.   Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2010, 41:883-899.

 Bishai JD, Bishai WR, Bishai DM: Heightened vulnerability to MDR-TB epidemics after controlling drug-susceptible TB. PLoS One, 5:e12843.

 Bishai, Astone, Argys  “Paternity Establishment and Men’s Contact with Children”  at J.Family Lifewww.journaloffamilylife.org/paternity. 2010

 Bishai, D. and Lee, S*. “Heightened Risk of Fire Deaths among Older Black and Native Americans” Public Health Reports” 125(3) 406-13 2010

 Engelman, M*., E. M. Agree, KM Yount, Bishai D "Parity and parents' health in later life: the gendered case of Ismailia, Egypt." Popul Stud (Camb) 64(2): 165-78.  2010.

 Nachega, J, Leisegang, R. Bishai, D. Nguyen, H, Hislop, M. Cleary, S. Regensberg, L. Maartens, G.  “Association of antiretroviral therapy adherence and direct healthcare costs for HIV-infected adults in a South African disease management program. Ann Intern Med 152(1): 18-25.2010

 Shearer JC*, Stack ML*, Richmond MR*, Bear AP*, Hajjeh RA and Bishai DM. Accelerating policy decisions to adopt haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine: a global, multivariable analysis. PLoS Med;7:e1000249  2010

 Sutherland, T*., C. Meyer, Bishai D  Geller  S. Miller S. "Community-based distribution of misoprostol for treatment or prevention of postpartum hemorrhage: cost-effectiveness, mortality, and morbidity reduction analysis." Int J Gynaecol Obstet 108(3): 289-94. 2010

Bishai, D. and Grossbard,   Far above rubies: Bride price and extramarital sexual relations in Uganda Journal of Population Economics: Volume 23, Issue 4  Page 1177-1184. 2010

Bishai D, Bonnenfant YT*, Darwish M, Adam T, Bathija H, Johansen E, Huntington D: Estimating the obstetric costs of female genital mutilation in six African countries. Bull World Health Organ, 88:281-288.

Projects

  • Information Family Health and Wealth Study
  • Information Road Safety in 10 Countries
  • Information Three-City Asian Study of Adolescents and Youth: Hanoi, Shanghai, and Taipei

      
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