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Professor Bishai, David Makram

Title:
Director, School of Public Health
Clinical Professor

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Professor Bishai, David Makram

Title:
Director, School of Public Health
Clinical Professor

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Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
1983Harvard CollegeBA
1987UC San Diego Medical SchoolMD
1987UCLA School of Public HealthMPH
1991UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr. L.A.Combined Med/Peds Residency
1996Health Economics Wharton Business SchoolPh.D.
Biography

Professor David Bishai is Clinical Professor in Public Health and Director of the School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining HKU, Professor Bishai had served as Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for 27 years and served in the government as a health officer for the state of Maryland in 2021.

As a world-renowned educator, researcher, and practitioner, Professor Bishai has made lasting contributions to scholarship. A leading health economist, his research focuses on the performance and financing of global public health activities, primary healthcare, vaccines, and health disparities. He is the author of two books and more than 260 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and has raised USD50 million in grant support from NIH, CDC, World Bank, WHO, ADB and foundations. His award-winning courses on systems thinking and health economics have reached over forty-thousand students. As President of the International Health Economics Association, he helped to establish a global mentoring network for early career researchers. During his government service, he used local evidence to eradicate racial gaps in COVID vaccination.

Professor Bishai maintains certification by both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard in Philosophy and Physics, his Masters in Public Health from the University of California at Los Angeles, his Medical Doctorate from the University of California at San Diego, and his Doctor of Philosophy from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. 

 
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