Ph.D. Student Profile

Jessica Bishai , MS (she/her)
Education
MS, Health Metrics Sciences, University of Washington (2023)
BA, Statistics, Harvard College (2020)
BA, Statistics, Harvard College (2020)
Research Interests & Projects
- Firearm Violence
- Urban Planning and the Built Environment
- Social Infrastructure and Social Capital
- Excess Heat
- Demography
- Spatial Epidemiology
- Causal Inference
- Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR)
Selected Publications
- GBD 2021 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators including Bishai, J. Global incidence,
prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs),
and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries
and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for
the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet
- GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators including Bishai, J. Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet
- GBD 2021 Risk Factor Collaborators including Bishai, J. Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet
- GBD 2021 Sickle Cell Disease Collaborators including Bishai, J. Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Haematology
- GBD 2021 Anaemia Collaborators including Bishai, J. Prevalence, years lived with disability, and trends in anaemia burden by severity and cause, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Haematology
- Ma Elena Medina-Mora, Ricardo Orozco, Claudia Rafful, Martha Cordero, Jessica Bishai, Alize Ferrari, Damian Santomauro, Corina Benjet, Guilherme Borges, Ana M Mantilla-Herrera. Mental disorders in Mexico 1990-2021. Results from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 study. Gaceta Medica de Mexico
- GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators including Bishai, J. Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet
- GBD 2021 Risk Factor Collaborators including Bishai, J. Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet
- GBD 2021 Sickle Cell Disease Collaborators including Bishai, J. Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Haematology
- GBD 2021 Anaemia Collaborators including Bishai, J. Prevalence, years lived with disability, and trends in anaemia burden by severity and cause, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Haematology
- Ma Elena Medina-Mora, Ricardo Orozco, Claudia Rafful, Martha Cordero, Jessica Bishai, Alize Ferrari, Damian Santomauro, Corina Benjet, Guilherme Borges, Ana M Mantilla-Herrera. Mental disorders in Mexico 1990-2021. Results from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 study. Gaceta Medica de Mexico
Computing Experience
Advanced proficiency in R
Intermediate proficiency in Stata, Python, and cluster computing
Intermediate proficiency in Stata, Python, and cluster computing
Additional Information
Jessica is a Population Studies Center trainee at the Institute for Social Research
through an NICHD training grant.