Jason Orr, PhD, is a researcher with the Center for Public Health Systems at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and is experienced in policy analysis, mixed-methods research, and systems design & analysis. He holds a BS in chemical and biological engineering, an MPH with an emphasis in infectious diseases and zoonoses from Kansas State University, and a PhD in systems engineering from Colorado State University. He has ‘pracademic’ interests in public health services frameworks (eg, Foundational Public Health Services), collaborative service delivery (ie, cross-jurisdictional sharing or cross-sectoral collaboration), public health finance and workforce issues, and other transformation and innovation initiatives for public health systems.
