Esa M. Davis, M.D., M.P.H. FAAFP

Esa M. Davis, M.D., M.P.H. FAAFP is a Professor of Family and Community Medicine, the Senior Associate Dean of Population Health and Community Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the Lead Strategist for Health Equity for the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing and the Associate Vice President for Community Health at the University of Maryland Baltimore.   

Dr. Davis’s research areas of interest include understanding perinatal determinants of adverse maternal cardiovascular health outcomes and improving treatment strategies for tobacco use disorder in both hospitalized and presurgical patients. Her research has contributed new knowledge on the relationship of perinatal risk factors for maternal obesity and related adverse health outcomes, such as gestational diabetes, hypertension disorders pregnancy and peripartum cardiomyopathy. She contributed key epidemiologic studies that?delineated?the relationship of parity,?pregnancy?weight gain and?intervals in the?development?of maternal?obesity, as?well as illustrated?the?disproportionate?incidence of obesity related to?parity?by race. She has conducted comparative effectiveness trials on screening strategies for gestational diabetes, strategies to improve blood pressure in women with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy and strategies to treat tobacco use disorder in hospitalized tobacco users after discharge. Her research has been funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), National Institutes of Health, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She has served on national committees, including the National Academy of Medicine, the National Institute of Health Study Sections and the American Heart Association. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the US Preventive Services Task Force and serves on both the American Heart Association Funding subcommittee and Quality Certification committee.