Jesse D. Schold, MEd, MS, PhD
Citation: Kidney News 16, 10/11
“Navigating an Evolving Organ Procurement Landscape” is the title of the Christopher R. Blagg, MD, Endowed Lectureship in Kidney Diseases and Public Policy on Thursday, October 24.
The speaker will be Jesse D. Schold, MEd, MS, PhD, a visiting professor of surgery and epidemiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Denver, where he is also the director of the Center for Outcomes Research and Policy and associate vice chair of policy and outcomes for the Department of Surgery.
Dr. Schold's research interests include large database analyses, quality metrics for health care practitioners, health services research, disparities in health care, and statistical and epidemiologic methods. He is particularly focused on research that promotes access to care for patients with organ failure and use of empirical evidence to improve care delivery and health care policy.
Dr. Schold has been a coinvestigator on multiple studies by the National Institutes of Health, the Health Resources & Services Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has given over 200 invited national and international lectures and has authored over 360 peer-reviewed publications primarily in the fields of kidney diseases and organ transplantation.
A former board member of the American Society of Transplantation, he has served on numerous national committees, including at the National Institutes of Health, the National Kidney Foundation, and ASN. He has served as associate editor of the American Journal of Transplantation and as statistical editor of JASN. Among many honors, he received the Young Investigator Award from the American Transplant Congress, an Excellence in Science Award from the Lerner Research Institute, and a Clinical Science Established Investigator Award from the American Society of Transplantation.
Dr. Schold received master's degrees in statistics and mathematics education from North Carolina State University and a doctorate in health services research from the University of Florida.
