Robert Bernstein
Adjunct Assoc Professor
Adjunct Associate Professor
Adjunct or Visiting, Global Health
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A Medical Epidemiologist, Public Health and Preventive Medicine thought leader and seasoned team leader with more than 35 years of experience in leading Health Services Research (HSR), managing public-private partnerships, evaluating and improving public health systems, policies, programs and practices, and providing training for USAID and U.S. Health agencies, U.N. agencies and developing country ministries of health in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Tanzania and numerous other countries in Africa. He has more than eight years of direct practice in HIV/AIDS-related epidemiology and policy with USAID globally and with WHO/WPRO in Asia. He is well versed in the technical and diplomatic issues of advocating successfully for including new interventions such as vaccines and systems of pharmaceutical supply chain management in national immunization programs through consultancies for Wyeth and Pfizer in Indonesia, Singapore, and China. He served as CDC Resident Advisor for Indonesia and KSA Field Epidemiology Training Programs and led teams of medical experts building capacity within their Ministries of Health, assessing and improving public health systems and services, and investigating complicated public health issues such as HIV transmission in hemodialysis centers.
Contact Information
14351 Lake Vista Drive
Sonora , CA 95370
Phone: 770-633-1740
Email: TroikaDad@gmail.com
Areas of Interest
- Epidemiology
- Evaluation
- Health Management
- Health Services Research
- Public Health Leadership
- Public Health Preparedness and Response
Education
- MD 1977, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
- PhD 1971, Pennsylvania State University
- MPH 1979, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
- AB 1965, University of Pennsylvania
- Public Health & Preventive Medicine 1987, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Affiliations & Activities
Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine
Member of APHA, APTR, and American Evaluation Association
Member of Tuolumne County Medical Society and California Medical Association
Publications
- GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators, including Robert S. Bernstein, 2018, Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 282 causes of death, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, The Lancet, 392, 1736-1788
- GBD 2017 Mortality Collaborators, including Robert S Bernstein, 2018, Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, The Lancet, 392, 1684–735
- GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators, including Robert S. Bernstein, 2018, Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioral, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. , The Lancet, ,
- GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators, including Robert S. Bernstein, 2018, Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, The Lancet, 392, 1859-1922
- GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators, including Robert S. Bernstein, 2018, Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, The Lancet, 392, 1789-1858
- GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators, including Robert S. Bernstein, 2018, Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016, The Lancet, 391, 2236-2271
- Nafsiah Mboi, Indra Murty Surbakti, Indang Trihandini, and GBD Collaborators, including Robert Bernstein, 2018, On the road to universal health care in Indonesia, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016, The Lancet, 392, 581-591
- GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators, including Robert S. Bernstein, 2018, Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, The Lancet, 392, 1995-2051
- Baxter PJ, Bernstein RS, Buist AS. , 2017, Mount St Helens (1980): A Severe Air Pollution Episode from Volcanic Ash. , World Scientific Publishing Co. In Air Pollution Episodes, Air Pollution Episodes, 73-99
- James Matthias, Philip Cavicchia, Scott Pritchard, Robert Bernstein. , 2017, Polymicrobial Injection-Site Abscesses Associated with Contaminated Methylprednisolone Injections in Florida. , Res Med Eng Sci, 2, 1-6
- Shah AA, Khan MA, Kanwal N, Bernstein R, et al., 2016, Assessment of Safety of Drinking Water in Tank District: An Empirical Study of Water-borne Diseases in Rural Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. , International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 6, 418-428
- Matthias J, Pritchard PS, Martin SW, Dusek C, Cathey E, D’Alessio R, Kirsch M, Bernstein R., 2016, Sustained Transmission of Pertussis in Vaccinated, 1–5-Year-Old Children in a Preschool, Florida, USA. , Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22, 242-246
- Bernstein R, Harkins J, Mwanza M, and Nandi S, 2015, Performance Evaluation Of The Strengthening Pediatric HIV And AIDS Services In Tanzania Program, GH Pro Dexis Consulting Group, , 1-131
- Mashragi F, Bernstein RS, Al-Mazroa M, Filemban S, Assiri A, Furukawa E, Al Hazmi M, Al-Zahrani A, Stephens G, Memish ZA. , 2014, HIV transmission at a Saudi Arabia hemodialysis unit, Clin Infect Dis, 59, 897-902
- Bernstein RS, 2002, Multi-level simulation analysis: A methodology for planning and evaluation in public health, Research in Multi-Level Issues: The Many Faces of Multi-Level Issues, 1, 381-386
- Bernstein RS; Sokal DC; Seitz ST; Auvert B; Stover J Naamara W. , 1998, Simulating the control of a heterosexual HIV epidemic in a severely affected East African city, INTERFACES, 28, 101-126
- Stoneburner, R; Carballo, M; Bernstein, R; Saidel, T, 1998, Simulation of HIV incidence dynamics in the Rakai population-based cohort, Uganda, AIDS, 12, 226-228
- Alsagaff H, Mangunnegoro H, Amin M, Yunus F, Bernstein RS, Johnson L. , 1992, Reference spirometric values of healthy Indonesian schoolchildren and working adults, using equipment and methods that meet ATS 1987 Recommendations, Paru (lung in Indonesian language), ,
- Evenson ML; Hinds MW; Bernstein RS; Bergdoll MS., 1988, Estimation of human dose of staphylococcal enterotoxin A from a large outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning involving chocolate milk, International Journal of Food Microbiology, 7, 311-316
- Bernstein RS; Falk H; Turner DR; Melius JM. , 1984, Nonoccupational exposures to indoor air pollutants: a survey of state programs and practices, American Journal of Public Health, 74, 1020-1023