David Watkins

Dr. Watkins is an associate professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and in the Department of Global Health. He currently leads the University of Washington site for the Disease Control Priorities Project and is affiliated with the Implementation Science Program in the Department of Global Health. He studies health system reform and policy challenges, with a particular emphasis on universal health coverage and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases in low-income countries.

His team works in three thematic areas: (1) population and economic modeling to support policy analysis, (2) integrated healthcare delivery, and (3) use of evidence in policy formulation. In addition to his scholarly work, Dr. Watkins teaches on global noncommunicable diseases and quantitative research methods and practices as a hospitalist at Harborview Medical Center.

Dr. Watkins received a bachelor of science from Rhodes College and a doctor of medicine from Duke University before moving to Seattle, where he completed a residency in internal medicine at the UW, an MPH through the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, and a research fellowship in health economics with the Disease Control Priorities Network.

Education

• Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) University of Washington (2013 — 2015)
• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Duke University (2006 — 2010)
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Rhodes College (2001 — 2005)

Companies

• Assistant Professor University of Washington (2018)
• Research Associate University of Cape Town (2010)
• Acting Instructor University of Washington (2015 — 2018)
• Senior Researcher Disease Control Priorities Network (2015 — 2018)
• Clinical Instructor in Medicine Harborview Medical Center (2013 — 2015)
• Research Fellow Disease Control Priorities Network (2013 — 2015)
• Resident Physician University of Washington (2010 — 2013)