David Abramson
David Abramson
Clinical Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Professional overview
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Dr. David Abramson is a Clinical Professor at NYU’s School of Global Public Health and the director of the research program on Population Impact, Recovery and Resilience (PiR2). His research employs a social ecological framework to examine the health consequences of disasters, individual and community resilience, and long-term recovery from acute collective stressors. His work has focused on population health consequences, interactions of complex systems, and risk communication strategies associated with hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, the Joplin tornado, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, H1N1, and Zika, among other natural, technological, and man-made disasters. Before joining NYU’s faculty, Dr. Abramson was the Deputy Director at Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Earth Institute.
In 2005 Dr. Abramson launched the Gulf Coast Child and Family Health study, an ongoing longitudinal cohort study of over 1,000 randomly sampled Katrina survivors in Louisiana and Mississippi, which is presently a core research project in the NIH-funded Katrina@10 Program (P01HD082032, NICHD). After Superstorm Sandy he partnered with colleagues at Rutgers University, Columbia University, and the University of Colorado to conduct the Sandy Child and Family Health study, an observational cohort study modeled on the Katrina study. More recently, he was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study the risk salience of an evolving threat, the Zika virus, among the US population in general and among women of child-bearing age. In addition, Dr. Abramson serves on two National Academies of Medicine panels, the Standing Committee on Medical and Public Health Research During Large-Scale Emergency Events, and the Committee on Evidence-Based Practices for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response.
Prior to entering the field of public health, Dr. Abramson spent a decade as a national magazine journalist, having worked at or written for such publications as Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Outside magazines, and was a nationally-certified paramedic. He has a PhD in sociomedical sciences, with a sub-specialization in political science, and an MPH, both from Columbia University.
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Education
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BA, English (High Honors), Queens College, New York, NYMPH, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NYPhD, Sociomedical Sciences/Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Honors and awards
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Columbia University Alumni Association Scholarship (2003)Eugene Litwak Prize for best doctoral dissertation proposal, Mailman School of Public Health (2002)Columbia University School of Public Health Alumni Association Scholarship Award (1982)Nyack Hospital Paramedic Program Valedictorian (1989)
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Areas of research and study
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Community HealthDisaster HealthDisaster Impact and RecoveryEnvironmental ImpactPopulation HealthPublic Health SystemsSocial BehaviorsSocial Determinants of Health
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Publications
Publications
The Science and Practice of Resilience Interventions for Children Exposed to Disasters
Failed retrieving data.Hurricane Sandy : Lessons learned, again
Failed retrieving data.Measuring the impact of hurricane katrina on access to a personal healthcare provider : The use of the national survey of children's health for an external comparison group
Failed retrieving data.Persistence of mental health needs among children affected by hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
Failed retrieving data.Rural and suburban population surge following detonation of an improvised nuclear device : A new model to estimate impact
Failed retrieving data.Children as bellwethers of recovery : Dysfunctional systems and the effects of parents, households, and neighborhoods on serious emotional disturbance in children after Hurricane Katrina
Failed retrieving data.Emergency response and public health in Hurricane Katrina : What does it mean to be a public health emergency responder?
Failed retrieving data.Experiences of Public health workers in responding to Hurricane Katrina : Voices from the storm
Failed retrieving data.Measuring individual disaster recovery : A socioecological framework
Failed retrieving data.Recovery research, Katrina's fifth anniversary, and lessons relearned
Failed retrieving data.Lessons from Katrina – What Went Wrong, What Was Learned, Who’s Most Vulnerable
Failed retrieving data.Analyzing postdisaster surveillance data : The effect of the statistical method
Failed retrieving data.Prevalence and predictors of mental health distress post-katrina : Findings from the gulf coast child and family health study
Failed retrieving data.Children and Megadisasters : Lessons Learned in the New Millennium
Failed retrieving data.Housing need, housing assistance, and connection to HIV medical care
Failed retrieving data.Patient satisfaction with different interpreting methods : A randomized controlled trial
Failed retrieving data.Public health disaster research : surveying the field, defining its future.
Failed retrieving data.HIV-positive men sexually active with women : Sexual behaviors and sexual risks
Failed retrieving data.Antiretroviral therapy and declining AIDS mortality in New York City
Failed retrieving data.The impact of ancillary HIV services on engagement in medical care in New York City
Failed retrieving data.Passing the Test: New York’s Newborn HIV Testing Policy, 1987-1997
Failed retrieving data.The Pocket Guide to Cases of Medicine & Public Health Collaboration
Failed retrieving data.Medicine & Public Health : the Power of Collaboration
Failed retrieving data.A balancing act : The tension between case-finding and primary prevention strategies in New York State's voluntary HIV counseling and testing program in women's health care settings
Failed retrieving data.The “Unconnected”: Service Needs of HIV-Positive Who are Outside or Marginal to the Service Delivery. : C.H.A.I.N. Techinical Report #9
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