Jason Kroening-Roche
About Jason Kroening-Roche
Jason Kroening-Roche is a current student at Harvard School of Public Health working on global health issues and primary care health policy. He recently graduated from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and will be starting his residency in Family Medicine this summer. Jason founded the Rural Health Collaborative (RHC) in 2008, which he now co-directs with his wife, Olivia. RHC partners with local groups in the Akatsi District of Ghana to improve the health of rural communities. Their current project is a village health promoter program in 20 villages of the district. Jason’s second interest is in primary care health policy. He has done state advocacy in California and is currently working on a primary care innovation research project to evaluate the effectiveness of group visits for chronic pain patients in a clinic outside Boston. Other professional interests include medical teaching and the intersection of politics and health policy.
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Student
Organization
- Harvard School of Public Health
Work Location(s)
- United States
Language(s)
- English
- Spanish
Jason's Communities
Recent Contributions
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Jason Kroening-Roche started a discussion "YP-CDN Leadership Team Announcement". in the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network community.
Dear YP-CDN Community, We are excited and very pleased to announce the new leadership team for the upcoming year, beginning September 1st. We had a number of wonderful nominees this year and are sad that all could not be a part of this year's leadership team; however as a network ...
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Jason Kroening-Roche started a discussion "Affordable Care Act Upheld". in the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network community.
Hi YP! The Supreme Court has upheld Obama's landmark legislation to expand health insurance coverage to an estimated 32 million people in the US. The bill was challenged by those who claimed the individual mandate (the portion of the law requiring nearly all citizens to obtain coverage or pay a ...
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Jason Kroening-Roche started a discussion "New YP-CDN Website". in the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network community.
Dear all, Over the past several months we have been working on a new YP-CDN web-site. We are proud to announce the official launch today! To visit the new landing page for YP-CDN and NCD Action Network, please visit www.ypchronic.org. From this launch site you will be able to select ...
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Jason Kroening-Roche started a discussion "REMINDER: YP Call for Leadership nominations now open". in the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network community.
Dear all, The Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network opened their Call for Leadership nominations process on May 24th. Thank you to all who have submitted nominations to this point! All positions of leadership are open to nominations, including positions on the executive team and Global Steering Committee. Individuals can self-nominate ...
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Jason Kroening-Roche started a discussion "Call for Leadership - Participate in the future of YP!". in the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network community.
Dear YP and NCD Action Networks, Today, as part of the YP Day of Action, we are pleased to announce our first ever Call for Leadership. Beginning today through June 8th we invite you to nominate members of our networks (YP-CDN and NCD Action) for various leadership positions. The positions ...
Recent Recommendations
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