David A. Asch, MD, MBA
John Morgan Professor
Staff physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Publications
Education:
A.B. (Philosophy)
Harvard University, 1980.
M.D. (Medicine)
Cornell University, 1984.
M.B.A. (Decision Sciences and Health Care Management)
The Wharton School, 1989.
Permanent linkA.B. (Philosophy)
Harvard University, 1980.
M.D. (Medicine)
Cornell University, 1984.
M.B.A. (Decision Sciences and Health Care Management)
The Wharton School, 1989.
Description of Research Expertise
Behavioral EconomicsClinical Economics
Innovation
Medical
Health Policy
Description of Clinical Expertise
Internal MedicineSelected Publications
Agarwal AK, Gonzales RE, Southwick L, Schroeder D, Sharma M, Bellini LM, Asch DA, Mitra N, Balachandran M, Wolk CB, Becker-Haimes EM, Kishton RE, Beck S, Merchant RM: Understanding health care workers’ mental health needs: Insights from a qualitative study on digital interventions. BMC Health Serv Res. 25: 654, May 2025.Agarwal AK, Schroeder D, Gonzales R, Southwick L, Bellini LM, Asch DA, Merchant RM: Evaluating factors associated with suicidal ideation among healthcare workers: A secondary analysis. J Gen Intern Med Apr 2025.
Kern-Goldberger AR, Sheils NE, Vinculado R, Paderanga AJA, Asch DA, Srinivas SK: Evaluating risk-adjusted associations between prenatal care utilization and obstetric outcomes in a commercially insured patient population. Am J Perinatol Apr 2025.
Bressman E, Fanaroff A, Mahraj K, Norton L, Coratti S, Farraday D, Garzon Mrad C, Avery M, Arshad A, John A, Asch DA, Volpp KG: Leveraging principles of behavioural economics to encourage patient engagement with population health screening programmes. BMJ Open Qual 14: 3003146, Mar 2025.
Gupta R, Sharma M, Mitra N, Cannuscio C, Merchant RM, Asch DA, Grande D: Consumer confidence in the responsible use of their digital health data after the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Netw Open 8: e2461907, Feb 2025.
Wu Q, Pajor NM, Lu Y, Wolock CJ, Tong J, Lorman V, Johnson KB, Moore JH, Forrest CB, Asch DA, Chen Y: A latent transfer learning method for estimating hospital-specific post-acute healthcare demands following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patterns 6: 101179, Jan 2025.
Southwick L, Sharma M, Rai S, Beidas RS, Mandell DS, Asch DA, Curtis B, Guntuku SC, Merchant RM: Integrating patient-generated digital data into mental health therapy: A mixed methods analysis of user experience. JMIR Ment Health 11: E59785, Dec 2024.
Volpp KG, Mahraj K, Norton LA, Asch DA, Glanz K, Mehta SJ, Balasta M, Kellum W, Wood J, Russell LB, Fanaroff AC, Bakshi S, Jacoby D, Cohen JB, Press MJ, Clark K, Zhu J, Rareside C, Ashcraft LE, Snider CK, Putt ME: Design and rationale of Penn Medicine Healthy Heart, a randomized trial of effectiveness of a centrally organized approach to blood pressure and cholesterol improvement among patients at elevated risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Am Heart J 278: 208-22, Dec 2024.
Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Pelullo A, McCalpin HJ, Gonzales RE, Asch DA, Livesey C, Bellini LM, Kishton R, Beck S, Merchant RM: Cross-sectional analysis of healthcare worker mental health and utilisation of a digital mental health platform from 2020 to 2023. BMJ Open Qual 13, Sep 2024.
Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Pelullo A, McCalpin HJ, Gonzales RE, Asch DA, Livesey C, Bellini L, Kishton R, Beck S, Merchant RM.: Cross-sectional analysis of healthcare worker mental health and utilisation of a digital mental health platform from 2020 to 2023. BMJ Open Qual 13: e002896, Sep 2024.