President- Elect
David W. Lounsbury (he/him)
Term Dates
August 2025 to July 2026
Professional Bio
A community psychologist (Ph.D. Michigan State University, 2002) and psycho-oncologist (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 2005), my academic work is directed towards health services research in prevention and control of chronic illnesses. I apply ecologically-grounded social science methodologies, such as participatory action research and system dynamics modeling, as a means to explore and assess complex, multi-level, problems in primary care and public health.
CP and Me
Applying systems thinking and system dynamics modeling to address complex health care problems: I began learning about system thinking and system dynamics modeling as a method to explore complex health care problems in community research as a graduate student at Michigan State University in the mid-1990s. Dr. Ralph Levine was my main mentor, and I credit him for teaching me the basics of this mixed-methods, participatory epistemology. Since then, I have worked to develop accessible methods and procedures for teaching and applying this form of systems science to address many different community health needs, including substance abuse disorder, tobacco dependency, cancer, diabetes/obesity, HIV/AIDS, and dementia.