I am the co-founder and CEO of Propeller, a Madision, WI based company developing tools to improve the management of asthma and COPD, and lower the costs of care. I received my PhD in medical anthropology from the University of Arizona in 2004. My dissertation research, funded by the National Science Foundation, examined the rising prevalence of asthma and allergy in India, a topic that I previously studied among Native Americans in Alaska, Arizona and New Mexico. From 2006 to 2009, I was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Between 2004-6, I was an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, assigned to the Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch. During this time, I provided epidemiological support to the National Asthma Control Program, and investigated the health effects of a variety of environmental exposures. In addition, I helped establish emergency illness and injury surveillance in coastal Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. Specialties: Asthma, chronic respiratory disease, epidemiology, medical anthropology, public health, medical device development, health data, disease surveillance.

Co-Founder and CEO @ Digital therapeutics to improve individual management and public health of chronic respiratory disease. From June 2009 to Present (6 years 7 months) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar @ From July 2006 to January 2010 (3 years 7 months) Madison, Wisconsin AreaEpidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer @ Disease detective assigned to the National Center for Environmental Health, Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch. Provided epidemiological support to the National Asthma Control Program, and investigated the health effects of exposure to mold in New Orleans, to chlorine gas in South Carolina, to carbon monoxide in Florida, and to ambient ozone among student athletes in Georgia. In addition, helped establish emergency illness and injury surveillance in coastal Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. From July 2004 to July 2006 (2 years 1 month) Visiting Researcher @ Contributed to ongoing projects in the Dept. of Epidemiology, including a multi-site effort by the International Clinical Epidemiology Network to develop educational materials to accompany the Indian DOTS-TB program From January 2001 to June 2002 (1 year 6 months) Research Specialist @ Examined asthma and chronic lung disease among Yup’ik Eskimo in Southwestern Alaska as part of a multidisciplinary team of anthropologists, epidemiologists, and clinicians. From May 1998 to October 2000 (2 years 6 months) Research Assistant @ Ethnographic and survey research on tobacco use among 1,600 college students in India highlighted the increasing importance of multiple forms of tobacco in this population. From January 1998 to May 1998 (5 months)

PhD, Medical Anthropology @ University of Arizona From 1999 to 2004 MA, Medical Anthropology @ University of Arizona From 1995 to 1999 BA, Anthropology @ University of California, Santa Barbara From 1988 to 1993 High School @ The Taft School From 1984 to 1988 David Sickle is skilled in: Asthma, Epidemiology, Public Health, Biomedical Engineering, Research, Data Analysis, Statistics, Medical Devices, Prevention, Clinical Research, Qualitative Research, Healthcare, Medicine, Lifesciences, Research Design