Background
Ballard, David Joseph was born on March 2, 1956 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.
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David Joseph Ballard
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Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Economics with honors, U. North Carolina, 1978; Doctor of Medicine, U. North Carolina, 1983; Master of Science in Public Health, U. North Carolina, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology, U. North Carolina, 1990.
Career
Chemical applications software programmer, Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, California, 1976;
academic tutor, U. North Carolina Athletic Association, Chapel Hill, 1976-1978;
director student health action committee clinic, U. North Carolina School Medicine, Chapel Hill, 1979-1980;
resident department internal medicine, research fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1983-1986;
head section health services evaluation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1989-1991;
assistant professor epidemiology, Mayo Medical School, 1986-1990;
associate professor, Mayo Medical School, 1991;
associate professor medicine division general medicine, department medicine, University of Virginia School Medicine, 1991-1994;
associate professor epidemiology, University of Virginia School Medicine, 1991-1994;
senior scholar, director Health Data Center, Virginia Health Policy Research Center, 1991-1994;
president, Kerr L. White Institute for Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research, Decatur, Georgia, since 1991;
professor department medicine School Medicine, Emory University, Decatur, since 1994;
professor department epidemiology Rollins School Public Health, Emory University, Decatur, since 1994;
director, Emory University Center Clinical Evaluation Sciences, Decatur, since 1994. United States Public Health Service trainee department epidemiology U. North Carolina School Public Health, 1981-1982. Research assistant medical utilization review committee North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1977-1978.
Co-investigator Edgecombe County High Blood Pressure ControlProgram, department epidemiology U. North Carolina School Public Health, Chapel Hill, 1981-1983. Study coordinator chronotherapeutic insulin trial, clinical research unit North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1982-1983. Epidemiologic consultant department ophthalmology U. North Carolina School Medicine, Chapel Hill, 1982-1983.
Senior associate consultant department health science research Mayo Clinic, section clinical epidemiology,1986-1988, section health services evaluation, 1987-1988, consultant department health science research, 1988-1991. Visiting scientist, since 1992. Member Research and Development/Academy Medical Center Consortium Clinical Appropriateness Initiative Working Group, since 1988.
Member American Medical Association Clinical Appropriateness Initiative Ad Hoc Advisory Panel, since 1991. Member steering committee Stroke Prevention Patient Outcome Research Team, since 1991;associate Williamson Institute, Richmond, Virginia, 1992. Consultant regional health care technical assessment unit Unita Locale Socio Sanitaria, Italy, since 1992.
Member Executive Committee Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study, The Aneurysm Detection and Management Trial, since 1992. Member of advisory panel Battelle/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Diabetic End-Stage Renal Disease Program, since 1993. Member of advisory board Canadian Randomized Trial of Propanolol for Management of Patients with Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, since 1994.
Research fellow Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1995-1997. Chairperson Advisory Council International Society Quality in Health Care, 1995-1997. External advisory group Morehouse Medical Treatment Effectiveness Center,1995-.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Angiology. Member American Medical Association, APHA, Association Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research, Society Medical Decision Making, International Society Technology Assessment in Health Care, American Heart Association (epidemiology county), Society General Internal Medicine, Society Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine, International Epidemiology Association, Society Epidemiologic Research.
Connections
M. Michela Caruso; children: Elisa Justine, Alessandro David.
