David J. Dausey
Education
Overview
Biography
David J. Dausey is an epidemiologist and public health expert who consults as researcher for the RAND Corporation. Dausey is a tenured Professor of Public Health and Director of the Mercyhurst Institute for Public Health at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. He also holds an honorary faculty position at Carnegie Mellon University where he is a Distinguished Service Professor. Dausey was a full-time researcher at RAND from 2003-2008. Since 2008, he has actively collaborated with RAND's global public health unit as a consultant. At RAND, Dausey's research has focused on public health systems and networks, global public health, bioterrorism, public health preparedness, infectious disease surveillance, and behavioral health. In this capacity, Dausey has worked with state and local public health departments throughout the United States as well as Ministries of Health around the world from East Africa to South Asia to the Middle East. Dausey has more than 70 scholarly publications including RAND reports and journal articles. Dausey is a recipient of RAND's Gold Award for his research evaluating pandemic influenza preparedness in Southeast Asia. Dausey was formerly a teaching fellow at Yale University and a program analyst at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Dausey received his bachelor degree in psychology from Mercyhurst College and his master and doctoral degrees in epidemiology and public health from Yale University. He received post-graduate training in higher education management and leadership at Harvard University.
Research Focus
Recent Projects
- Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation and Policy Research Capacity in Southeast Asia
- Development of a National Training Program for the VA's Pandemic Influenza Exercise Initiative
- Improving the State of Georgia's Public Health Preparedness
- Developing and Operationalizing a National Health Care Strategy for Qatar
- Developing Tools and Methodologies to Improve Public Health Preparedness in State and Local Health Departments
Selected Publications
Kilbourne AM, Fullerton CA, Dausey DJ, Pincus HA, Hermann RC., "A Framework for Measuring Quality across Silos: The Case of Mental Disorders and Co-occurring Conditions.," Quality and Safety in Health Care, 19:113-116, 2010
Dausey DJ, Pincus HA, Herrell JM, "Performance Measures for Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders.," Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy, 4, 2009
Lurie N, Dausey DJ, Knighton T, Moore M, Zakowsky S, Deyton L., "Community Planning for Pandemic Influenza: Lessons from the VA Health Care System," Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2:251-257, 2008
Nelson C, Beckjord E, Dausey DJ, Chan E, Lurie N, Lotstein D., "How Can We Strengthen the Evidence Base in Public Health Preparedness?" Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2:247-250, 2008
Dausey DJ, Chandra A, Schaefer AG, Bahney B, Haviland A, Zakowski S, Lurie N., "Improving and Enhancing Telephone Based Disease Surveillance Systems in Local Public Health Agencies," American Journal of Public Health, 98:1706-1711, 2008
Dausey DJ, Lurie N, Buehler J., "Designing and Conducting Tabletop Exercises to Assess Public Health Preparedness for Man Made and Naturally Occurring Biological Threats," BMC Public Health, 7:7-92, 2007
Dausey DJ, Pincus HA, Herrell JM, Rickards L., "Early Experience in Improving Systems-Level Care for Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders," Psychiatric Services, 58:903-905, 2007
Jackson BA, Buehler J, Cole D, Cookson S, Dausey DJ, Honess-Moreale H, Lance S, Lurie N, Molander RC, O'Neal P., "Bioterrorism with Zoonotic Disease and Public Health Preparedness: Issues and Opportunities at the Boundary Between the Public Health, Agriculture, and Law Enforcement Sectors," Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, 4:287-292, 2006
Honors & Awards
- Gold Award, RAND Corporation
- Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals, Madison's Who's Who
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health
Health & Health Care
Biography
David J. Dausey is an epidemiologist and public health expert who consults as researcher for the RAND Corporation. Dausey is a tenured Professor of Public Health and Director of the Mercyhurst Institute for Public Health at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. He also holds an honorary faculty position at Carnegie Mellon University where he is a Distinguished Service Professor. Dausey was a full-time researcher at RAND from 2003-2008. Since 2008, he has actively collaborated with RAND's global public health unit as a consultant. At RAND, Dausey's research has focused on public health systems and networks, global public health, bioterrorism, public health preparedness, infectious disease surveillance, and behavioral health. In this capacity, Dausey has worked with state and local public health departments throughout the United States as well as Ministries of Health around the world from East Africa to South Asia to the Middle East. Dausey has more than 70 scholarly publications including RAND reports and journal articles. Dausey is a recipient of RAND's Gold Award for his research evaluating pandemic influenza preparedness in Southeast Asia. Dausey was formerly a teaching fellow at Yale University and a program analyst at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Dausey received his bachelor degree in psychology from Mercyhurst College and his master and doctoral degrees in epidemiology and public health from Yale University. He received post-graduate training in higher education management and leadership at Harvard University.
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