• Vice Chair, Global Health
  • Professor, Global Health
  • Professor, Medicine - General Internal Medicine

Seattle, WA
United States

Email: 
davidaw@uw.edu
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Biography 

David Watkins is a professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine (Department of Medicine) and in the Department of Global Health. His expertise is in health policy and health systems research. Most of his work focuses on priority-setting, strategic planning, and health financing, with an emphasis on noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions.

Country Affiliations 
Health Topics 
  • Burden of Disease
  • Chronic Disease (incl. Cardiovascular, Diabetes)
  • Cost-Effectiveness
  • Health Economics
  • Health Financing
  • Health Outcomes
  • Health Policy
  • Implementation Science
  • Injury, Violence, Trauma and Domestic Violence
  • Mental Health
  • Metrics and Evaluation
  • Modeling
  • Mortality
  • Non-Communicable Diseases
  • Research
DGH Centers, Programs and Initiatives and Affiliated Organizations 
Publications 
Example Publications:

Watkins DA, Danforth K, Ahmed S, Chisholm D, Cieza A, Iunes R, Kumar A, Kutzin J, Luong J, Meessen B, Meheus F, Metitiri O, Muthee T, Qamruddin J, Savedoff W, Schack M, Shibui Y. Financing policies to sustain improved prevention, control, and management of non-communicable diseases and mental health conditions. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Nov;13(11):e1973-e1982. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00347-X. Epub 2025 Sep 19. Review. PubMed PMID: 40983067.

Jamison DT, Summers LH, Chang AY, Karlsson O, Mao W, Norheim OF, Ogbuoji O, Schäferhoff M, Watkins D, Adeyi O, Alleyne G, Alwan A, Anand S, Belachew R, Berkley SF, Bertozzi SM, Bolongaita S, Bundy D, Bustreo F, Castro MC, Chen S, Fan VY, Fawole A, Feachem R, Gebremedhin L, Ghosh J, Goldie SJ, Gonzalez-Pier E, Guo Y, Gupta S, Jha P, Knaul FM, Kruk ME, Kurowski C, Liu GG, Makimoto S, Mataria A, Nugent R, Oshitani H, Pablos-Mendez A, Peto R, Sekhri Feachem N, Reddy S, Salti N, Saxenian H, Seyi-Olajide J, Soucat A, Verguet S, Zimmerman A, Yamey G. Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by mid-century. Lancet. 2024 Oct 19;404(10462):1561-1614. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01439-9. Epub 2024 Oct 14. Review. PubMed PMID: 39419055; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12320876.

Pickersgill SJ, Msemburi WT, Cobb L, Ide N, Moran AE, Su Y, Xu X, Watkins DA. Modeling global 80-80-80 blood pressure targets and cardiovascular outcomes. Nat Med. 2022 Aug;28(8):1693-1699. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01890-4. Epub 2022 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 35851877; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9388375.

NCD Countdown 2030 collaborators. NCD Countdown 2030: efficient pathways and strategic investments to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4 in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet. 2022 Mar 26;399(10331):1266-1278. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02347-3. Review. PubMed PMID: 35339227; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8947779.

Lofgren KT, Watkins DA, Memirie ST, Salomon JA, Verguet S. Balancing health and financial protection in health benefit package design. Health Econ. 2021 Dec;30(12):3236-3247. doi: 10.1002/hec.4434. Epub 2021 Oct 8. PubMed PMID: 34626032; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9293346.

Ndagire E, Kawakatsu Y, Nalubwama H, Atala J, Sarnacki R, Pulle J, Kyarimpa R, Mwima R, Kansiime R, Okello E, Lwabi P, Beaton A, Sable C, Watkins D. Examining the Ugandan health system's readiness to deliver rheumatic heart disease-related services. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Feb;15(2):e0009164. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009164. eCollection 2021 Feb. PubMed PMID: 33591974; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7909659.

Watkins DA, Qi J, Kawakatsu Y, Pickersgill SJ, Horton SE, Jamison DT. Resource requirements for essential universal health coverage: a modelling study based on findings from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Jun;8(6):e829-e839. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30121-2. PubMed PMID: 32446348; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7248571.

Watkins DA, Yamey G, Schäferhoff M, Adeyi O, Alleyne G, Alwan A, Berkley S, Feachem R, Frenk J, Ghosh G, Goldie SJ, Guo Y, Gupta S, Knaul F, Kruk M, Nugent R, Ogbuoji O, Qi J, Reddy S, Saxenian H, Soucat A, Jamison DT, Summers LH. Alma-Ata at 40 years: reflections from the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health. Lancet. 2018 Oct 20;392(10156):1434-1460. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32389-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 30343859.

Jamison DT, Alwan A, Mock CN, Nugent R, Watkins D, Adeyi O, Anand S, Atun R, Bertozzi S, Bhutta Z, Binagwaho A, Black R, Blecher M, Bloom BR, Brouwer E, Bundy DAP, Chisholm D, Cieza A, Cullen M, Danforth K, de Silva N, Debas HT, Donkor P, Dua T, Fleming KA, Gallivan M, Garcia PJ, Gawande A, Gaziano T, Gelband H, Glass R, Glassman A, Gray G, Habte D, Holmes KK, Horton S, Hutton G, Jha P, Knaul FM, Kobusingye O, Krakauer EL, Kruk ME, Lachmann P, Laxminarayan R, Levin C, Looi LM, Madhav N, Mahmoud A, Mbanya JC, Measham A, Medina-Mora ME, Medlin C, Mills A, Mills JA, Montoya J, Norheim O, Olson Z, Omokhodion F, Oppenheim B, Ord T, Patel V, Patton GC, Peabody J, Prabhakaran D, Qi J, Reynolds T, Ruacan S, Sankaranarayanan R, Sepúlveda J, Skolnik R, Smith KR, Temmerman M, Tollman S, Verguet S, Walker DG, Walker N, Wu Y, Zhao K. Universal health coverage and intersectoral action for health: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition. Lancet. 2018 Mar 17;391(10125):1108-1120. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32906-9. Epub 2017 Nov 25. Review. PubMed PMID: 29179954; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5996988.

Watkins DA, Johnson CO, Colquhoun SM, Karthikeyan G, Beaton A, Bukhman G, Forouzanfar MH, Longenecker CT, Mayosi BM, Mensah GA, Nascimento BR, Ribeiro ALP, Sable CA, Steer AC, Naghavi M, Mokdad AH, Murray CJL, Vos T, Carapetis JR, Roth GA. Global, Regional, and National Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease, 1990-2015. N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 24;377(8):713-722. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1603693. PubMed PMID: 28834488.

 

A complete list of Dr. Watkins’ publications can be found at this link:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1H_4dtqnWaDkD/bibliography/public/