About

Dr. Rosen’s research interests are focused on the intersection between incarceration and public health. Substantively, his research includes broad assessments of disease prevalence and use of healthcare and mortality among prison-involved populations. He has also conducted several studies examining the use of health services among HIV-infected prisoners and released prisoners. Methodologically, most of his research utilizes the linkage and analysis of large administrative databases to address questions of public health significance for correctional populations and the communities to which they return.

In the news

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  Transmission Models of Respiratory Infections in Carceral Settings

  David L. Rosen, MD, PhD, MSPH, an Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, says prevention and control of infectious disease outbreaks in carceral settings face unique challenges in a paper published in Science Direct. Transmission modeling is a powerful tool for understanding and addressing these challenges, but reviews of modeling work in this context pre-date the proliferation … Read more

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  Life Sentence on the Installment Plan

  Dr. David Rosen is featured in a story from WFAE (an NPR news source in Charlotte, North Carolina), about mental health care in jails, and the lack of providers. Rosen’s team conducted a survey of the availability of health care in the jails of four southern states, including North Carolina. While the results have not … Read more

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  Study Shows Drug Use-Associated Endocarditis Increases Hospital Risk For Bacterial Infections

  David Rosen, PhD, MD, and Asher Schranz, MD, MPH, members of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, found people with drug use-associated infective endocarditis are at high risk of mortality and future hospitalization for bacterial infections, including endocarditis, skin and soft tissue infections and bacteremia. The study, a collaboration with the North Carolina … Read more

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  IAMIGHID: A Community With a Fierce Commitment to Ending HIV Turns 25

  The UNC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is an engine for funding HIV research, supported by a competitive NIH P30 infrastructure grant that has been successfully renewed since 1998. It is also a consortium of three complementary institutions (UNC, RTI and FHI) as CFAR Director Ron Swanstrom, PhD, and Associate Director Prema Menezes, PhD, PA-C, … Read more

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