Professional Summary
David Mendez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
His research is in the areas of smoking control, product and service quality on demand, and policies regarding residential radon.
Professor Mendez is the faculty lead for instructional technology in the School of Public Health, and recently he has worked on developing a model for distance education for the School's Executive Master's program.
Courses Taught
HMP654: Operations Research and Control Systems
HMP655: Decision Making Models in Health Care
Additional Courses:HMP565: Spreadsheet Modeling (Executive Education Course)
Education
Ph.D., Management Science, Michigan State University, 1995
M.S., Applied Statistics, Michigan State University, 1990
M.S., Operations Research, Michigan State University, 1987
B.S. (Cum Laude), Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urea, 1985
Research Interest & Projects
Dr. Mendez has conducted research on the impact of product and service quality on demand. He has also been involved in a research project to evaluate policies regarding residential radon.
Currently he is engaged in a study to evaluate smoking cessation policies in the U.S.
Selected Publications
Mendez, D. and Warner, K.E. (2007 forthcoming). Setting a challenging, yet realistic smoking prevalence target for Healthy People 2020: Learning from the California experience. American Journal of Public Health
Mendez, D. and Narasimhan, R. (2006). Dynamic Interaction among Price, Quality, Durability and the Sales Rate in a Steady State Environment. Mathematical and Computer Modeling.
Warner, K.E., Mendez, D., and Smith, D.G. (2004). Cost Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Programs in Managed Care Organizations. Inquiry.
Mendez, D. and Warner, K.E. (2004). Smoking Trends in the US: Declining as Expected if not as Desired. American Journal of Public Health, 94, 251-252.
Mendez, D., Hassmiller, K.M., and Jacobson, P.D. (2003). Physician Response to Prenatal Substance Exposure. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 7, 187-196.
Hassmiller, K.M., Warner, K.E., Mendez, D., et al. (2003). Non-Daily Smokers: Who are they? American Journal of Public Health, 93, 1321-1327.
Professional Affiliations
Decision Sciences Institute
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Production Operations Management Society
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