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David J. Washburn, ScD, SM

David J. Washburn
David J. Washburn, ScD, SM

Interim Associate Director

Assistant Professor

Contact

Department of Health Policy and Management
212 Adriance Lab Rd.
1266 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-1266
dwashburn@tamu.edu
Phone: 979.436.0961

Biography

Dr. Washburn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health. A former Peace Corps Volunteer, he has also worked in the nonprofit sector and health care systems on the West Coast. He has served as PI or Co-PI on over $7 million in extramural funding, including an evaluation of the Texas Public Health Risk Assessment Tool. His research focuses on health access for vulnerable populations.

He received both a ScD in Global Health and Population and a MS in Population and International Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a BA in International Relations from Brown University.

Education and Training

  • Harvard University, School of Public Health, ScD in Global Health and Population, 2011
  • Harvard University, School of Public Health, MS, Population & International Health, 2005
  • Brown University, BA, International Relations, 1998

Research Interests

  • Global Health
  • Health Policy
  • Health Systems Analysis
  • Access to Care
  • Community Health Workers
  • Health Disparities
  • Immigration & Health

Teaching Interests

  • Strategic Planning and Marketing
  • Global Health Research

Representative Publications

  • Callaghan T, Washburn DJ, Goidel K, Nuzhath T* Spiegelman A, Scobee J*, Moghtaderi A, Motta M. Imperfect Messengers? Vaccine Confidence among Primary Care Physicians. Vaccine. (In press)
  • Myint WW*, Washburn DJ, Colwell B, Maddock J (2021). Determinants of HIV Testing Uptake among Women (aged 15-49) in the Philippines, Myanmar, and Cambodia. International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS. doi.org/10.21106/ijma.525
  • Wagle NS*, Park S, Washburn, DJ, Yopp A, Ohsfeldt R, Singal A; Kum HC (2021). Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Curative Treatment Receipt and Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Hepatology Communications. doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1863
  • Washburn DJ, Callaghan T, Thompson E*, Schmidt C, LaFleur M*, Ruiz Z, Martinez D* (2021). The Evolving Interprofessional Relationships of Community Health Workers in Urban and Rural America. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 1-7. doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2021.1974362
  • Lee S, Washburn DJ, Colwell B, Gwarzo IH, Kellstedt D, Ahenda P*, Maddock JE (2021). Examining social determinants of undiagnosed diabetes in Namibia and South Africa using a behavioral model of health services use. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2021.108814
  • Schmidt C, Washburn DJ, LaFleur M*, Martinez D*, Thompson E*, Callaghan T (2021). Community Health Worker Sustainability: Funding, Payment, and Reimbursement Laws in the United States. Public Health Reports. doi.org/10.1177/00333549211006072
  • Kellstedt D, Washburn DJ, Lee S, Gwarzo I*, Ahenda P*, Maddock J (2020). Household motor vehicle ownership and obesity among Indian women and men: 2005-2016. International Health, 13(2). doi:10.1093/inthealth/ihaa031
  • Du Y*, Wang W, Washburn DJ, Lee S*, Zhang H*, Towne SD, Maddock J (2020). Violence against Healthcare Workers and Other Serious Responses to Medical Disputes in China: Survey of Patients at 12 Public Hospitals. BMC Health Services Research, 20(6). doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05104-w
  • Giannouchos T*, Washburn DJ, Gary JC, Foster MJ (2020). Frequent emergency department use in the pediatric population: A systematic literature review. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. doi.org/10.1111/jep.13382
  • Giannouchos T*, Washburn DJ, Kum HC, Sage WM, Ohsfeldt RL (2020). Predictors of Multiple Emergency Department Utilization Among Frequent Emergency Department Users in 3 States. Medical Care, 58(2), 137-145. doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001228