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Biography:Dr. Jeroan Allison currently serves as the Chair for the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at the UMass Chan Medical School. He was initially trained as a primary care physician and has more than 20 years experience in academic practice. His team has a particular interest in the concept of narrative intervention, or “storytelling” to improve health behavior for all. Over the past 15 years, he has maintained continuous funding from several extra-mural sources such as the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Health Care Quality and Research, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Allison is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Medical Care, a leading journal in the field of health services research sponsored by the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association. He holds a Master of Science degree in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health and is board certified in Internal Medicine. Academic Background: M.S. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA M.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham B.S. Samford University, Birmingham AL
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