David L. Rosen, MD, PhD, MSPH
Project Specialist, CFAR Epidemiology and Prison Database
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
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
Many people in need of mental health care end up in prisons or jails, which are ill-equipped to provide treatment. In a commentary in the North Carolina Medical Journal‘s Spring 2026 issue on mental health, Evan Ashkin, MD; Theodore Zarzar, MD; and David Rosen, MD, PhD, MSPH, discuss legal system involvement, serious mental illness, and … Read more 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 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 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
The Criminal Legal System, Serious Mental Illness, and Supported Reentry: The FIT Wellness Model
Transmission Models of Respiratory Infections in Carceral Settings
Life Sentence on the Installment Plan
Study Shows Drug Use-Associated Endocarditis Increases Hospital Risk For Bacterial Infections
Education
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Medical School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
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PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Gillings School of Public Health
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MSPH
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Gillings School of Public Health