Robert Bernstein
Adjunct Assoc Professor
Adjunct Associate Professor
Adjunct or Visiting, Global Health
I am a performance-driven Public Health Physician with more than 30 years of successful professional experience that includes leadership, management, performance evaluation, teaching, and mentoring skills in Preventive Medicine, Public Health, Applied Epidemiology, Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Surveillance and Control, Environmental & Occupational Safety & Health. This includes extensive experience in Outbreak Investigation & Control, Health Literacy & Health Equity/Inclusiveness Communications, Academia, Public-Private Partnerships, Epidemiological and Pharmacological Surveillance, Preparedness and Response for Emergencies, Health Systems Development, and Capacity-building in the USA, Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. Extensive experience in monitoring, evaluating, and recommending Lean Six Sigma-based improvements in the design, management, performance, quality, and results of the public health, medical, nursing, pharmaceutical, and laboratory policies, programs, systems, and practices of USA states (Florida and California), and Ministries of Health in numerous low-, middle- and high-income countries. I have had highly successful high-profile assignments that included briefings for the CDC Director, the US President, the FEMA Director, and assistance for other top leaders of US and international government organizations, universities, and non-government community-based and faith-based partners, as well as with bilateral agencies (USAID and CDC), multilateral agencies (WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, ADB, and the World Bank), non-government agencies (Doctors Without Borders), and private sector agencies (Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, Wyeth and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, and Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals).
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, CDC and 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
CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Alum
Publications
- Cecilia Anza-Ramirez and the GBD 2019 Collaborators, including Robert S. Bernstein, 2024, Acute versus chronic care needs: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, Submitted to Nature Communications, ,
- Simon Hay and GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators, including Robert Bernstein, 2024, Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–1 2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. , Submitted to The Lancet., ,
- Simon I Hay and GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators, including Robert Bernstein, 2024, Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study, Currently under internal peer review for submission to The Lancet, ,
- GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators, including Robert Bernstein, 2024, Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Currently under internal peer review for submission to The Lancet, ,
- Michael Brauer and GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators, including Robert Bernstein, 2024, Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. , Submitted to The Lancet., ,
- Mohsen Naghavi and the GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators, including Robert S. Bernstein, 2024, Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2 2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Submitted to The Lancet, ,
- Alize J Ferrari and the GBD 2021 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators, including Robert S. Bernstein, 2024, Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Submitted to The Lancet, ,
- Katrin Burkart and the GBD Chronic Respiratory Disease Collaborators, including RS Bernstein, 2022, Estimates, trends, and drivers of the global burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus attributable to particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution from 1990 to 2019: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, The Lancet Planetary Health, 6, 586–600
- • Kirsten E. Wiens, Simon I. Hay, Robert C. Reiner Jr., and the Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators, including RS Bernstein, 2020, Mapping geographic inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low- and middle-income countries, 2000–2017, The Lancet Global Health, 8, E1038-E1060
- GBD 2019 UHC Collaborators, including RS Bernstein, 2020, Measuring UHC effective coverage index in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, The Lancet, 396, 1250-1284
- • Joan B Soriano, Parkes Kendrick, Katherine Paulson, Vinay Gupta, Theo Vos, and the GBD Chronic Respiratory Disease Collaborators, including RS Bernstein, 2020, Prevalence and Attributable Health Burden of Chronic Respiratory Diseases from 1990–2017, Lancet Respir Med , 8, 585–96
- 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
- GBD 2021 HIV Collaborators, including Robert Bernstein, 1945, Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990-2021, and forecasts to 2050, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2021. , Under internal peer review for submission to The Lancet., ,
- GBD 2021 Collaborators, including Robert Bernstein, 1945, The burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors by state in the USA, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Under internal peer review for submission to The Lancet, ,