David Claborn, DrPH

David M. Claborn became the Associate Dean of the College of Health Technologies in August of 2023. He started his professional career as a public health entomologist following his Master’s degree in entomology at Texas Tech University.  Later, he completed a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, where his dissertation dealt with the reintroduction of malaria into South Korea.  In 2008 he started an academic career at Missouri State University where he served as the Director of the Master of Public Health Program for 10 years.  In that role, he taught courses in epidemiology, environmental health, international health & infectious disease, public health preparedness, and public health research.  At AUIB he is teaching courses in public health, biology, and the healthcare professions.

His research interests lie in public health risks associated with disturbed habitats, including those disrupted by war and natural disasters.  He has extensive international experience and over 40 peer-reviewed publications on topics ranging from basic biology to the epidemiology of vector-borne disease.  Most recently he has worked on disease risk assessment and response for Zika virus, invasive species of disease vectors in the MidWestern U.S.A.,   and the epidemiology of COVID-19.

David is a native Texan in the United States but his permanent residence is now in Missouri where his wife and daughter remain.  His hobbies include playing the fiddle (badly) and the string bass (even worse).  He also sings (the worst).

Selected Publications

Claborn D, Johnson DEA, McKinnis K, Hall DA. 2021. Convenience Sample Survey of Risk Factors Associated with a Positive Test for SARSCoV-2 in Asymptomatic Students of a Large Mid-Western University. J Glob Epidemiol Environ Health 2021: 01-06. doi: https://doi.org/10.29199/GEEH.101024

Claborn, DM.  2020.  A narrative review of the role of economic crisis on health and healthcare infrastructure in three disparate national environments.  International J of Env Research & Public Health.  17, 1252; doi:10.3390/ijerph17042252.

Roberts L, B Brauer, WL Nicholson, BN Ayres, KR Thompson and DM Claborn.  2021.  First record of the Asian long-horned tick Haemaphsalis longicornis in Missouri.  J Am Mosq Cont Assoc  37(4).

Claborn, DM, SS Chowi, M Meyers, D Duitsman, and KR Thompson.  2019.  Mosquito occurrence in 36 counties of Southern and Western Missouri.  Southwest Naturalist 64(2):73-80.

Claborn DM, SS Chowi, M Flint, C Acheampong. 2020.  Surveillance for a vector of Zika virus and two other mosquito species in four ecoregions of Missouri:  An a posteriori analysis. In Viral outbreaks.  Intech Publishing, London

Claborn, DM.  2019.  “Guiding Collaboration Between County Health Department Directors to formulate Realistic Response Plans in the Event of Mosquito-Borne Zika Outbreaks.” In Master of Public Health Competencies:  A Case Studies Approach (AJ Santella, ed).  Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA   

Claborn, DM. 2018.   “What is Global Health?” in Current Issues in Global Health.  Intech Publishing: London. ISBN 978-1-78984-511-2

Claborn, DM and C Oestreich.  2015. “ Disasters and Public Health” in Topics in Public Health,.   Intech Publishers, London. Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books.

Claborn, DM. 2014. “Conflict Leishmaniasis” in Leishmaniasis – Trends in Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment, ISBN: 978-953-51-1232-7, InTech,  Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/leishmaniasis-trends-in-epidemiology-diagnosis-and-treatment/conflict-leishmaniasis

Claborn, DM.  2022.  Vaccine hesitancy and the Apocalypse.  eJournal of Public Affairs 11 (1). Available at https://ejournalofpublicaffairs.org/volume-11-issue-1/ .