David Eisenman

David Eisenman, MD, MSHS, is a professor in residence at the David Geffen School of Medicine and the Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA. He is the director of the Center for Public Health and Disasters and the co-director of the UCLA Center for Health and Climate Solutions.

For more than 20 years, Dr. Eisenman has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Forest Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Homeland Security, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. His research is focused on public health and disasters, including wildfires, heat-waves, climate change, and violence. He has authored over one hundred peer-reviewed papers, chapters, and major reports. He has served on committees and expert panels for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institutes of Health, and national and international funding organizations.

Dr. Eisenman was the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Preparedness Science Officer for the Emergency Preparedness and Response Program from 2012-2016.

Dr. Eisenman received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and his M.S.H.S. from the Fielding UCLA School of Public Health. He holds a board certification in Internal Medicine and cares for patients at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center.