David Mallinson, PhD

David Mallinson is an epidemiologist and health services researcher who uses administrative health care data to investigate a broad range of questions in maternal and child health. His substantive areas of research include estimating the harms of adverse birth outcomes on early-life development and evaluating the impact of prenatal care interventions on families’ health and health care. His methodological areas of research include developing strategies to estimate health-related spillover effects within families and validating birth record data. David earned his PhD in Population Health Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2021. Before starting the Primary Care Research Fellowship, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas-Austin Population Research Center. In his free time, he enjoys kayaking, bike riding, cooking, and going to museums.