David A. Watkins MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Global Health, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WashingtonDavid Watkins is an Associate Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. He studies health system reform and policy implementation challenges, with a particular emphasis on universal health coverage and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries.
Dr. Watkins’s 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, he teaches on global noncommunicable diseases and quantitative research methods and continues to practice as an internal medicine specialist in Seattle.
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 University of Washington, an MPH through the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, and a research fellowship in health economics with the Disease Control Priorities Network.