Jeroan J Allison

Dr. Jeroan Allison is Chair and Professor at UMass Chan Medical School's Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences. Trained as a primary care physician and epidemiologist (Harvard SPH), he leads research in narrative interventions for health behavior change, with continuous funding from NIH, AHRQ, and RWJF. His work spans hypertension control in Vietnam, AI-driven health communication, and implementation science for non-communicable diseases.

• Harvard School of Public Health: Master of Science in Epidemiology
• University of Alabama at Birmingham: MD
• Samford University: BS in Chemistry

Research interests include narrative medicine, health disparities, mHealth, and health services research. He has published extensively on hypertension interventions in Vietnam, digital health tools, and tobacco cessation strategies using peer engagement.

Recent publications focus on AI applications, global implementation science, and social determinants of health. His team has developed culturally adapted interventions for HPV vaccination and hypertension management using community storytelling methods.

Scientific contributions include:

• Co-Editor-in-Chief of Medical Care
• Developing simulation-based training for research assistants
• Designing peer recruitment models for smoking cessation

Dr. Allison holds multiple grants and leads the UMMS-Vietnam research collaboration, focusing on late-stage translation research in low-resource settings.