ASTHO
Performance
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington,
VA
USA
22202
jpearsol@astho.org
Biographical Sketch:
After thirty years of public health service in both governmental and academic settings, Jim is in his fifth year as Chief Program Officer for ASTHO’s accreditation, performance and quality improvement, survey research, evaluation, leadership, workforce, and health informatics portfolio of projects. ASTHO is the national nonprofit association representing state and territorial health officials. As a member of the ASTHO executive team, Jim plays an active role in supporting health policy and public health programs affecting state health agencies. Jim is the principal investigator (PI) or co-PI of a number of national projects funded by CDC, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the de Beaumont Foundation. He has published numerous articles and technical reports on public health issues and has played a key planning role in the development of the national Public Health Accreditation Board.
Prior to joining ASTHO, Jim was Assistant Director of the Ohio Department of Health. He led development of Ohio’s local health agency performance standards and served as agency liaison to local health departments. He was the senior agency executive responsible for: state health policy, workforce development programs, information technology, and audit programs, Ohio’s health data center and vital statistics program, and he led the state health agency’s strategic planning and performance management efforts. He was the Executive Director of Ohio’s Public Health Leadership Institute from 1998-2004 and was a scholar in the National Public Health Leadership Institute class of 2000. Nationally, Jim served as chair of ASTHO’s affiliate association of local health liaison officers from 2002-2004, served on the Standards Development Workgroup of the RWJF Exploring Accreditation project in 2006 and served on the workgroup to redesign version 2 of CDC’s National Public Health Performance Standards Program state assessment tool in 2007. In Ohio, Jim served as agency lead on a number of projects, including: 1) Ohio’s inter-cabinet pandemic flu coordinating council, 2) the Appalachian Ohio Healthy Living Task Force, 3) the Legislative Committee on funding for Children with Special Health Care needs, and 4) steering committee chair of Ohio’s Health Information Security and Privacy contract to improve health information exchanges statewide.
Earlier in his career at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Jim served as an administrator and instructor in the Colleges of Medicine and Education.
Select publications:
Kusuma Madamala, PhD, MPH, Katie Sellers, DrPH, Leslie M. Beitsch, MD, JD, Jim Pearsol, MEd, and Paul E. Jarris, MD, MBA,
Structure and Functions of State Public Health Agencies in 2007, American Journal of Public Health, July 2011, Vol 101, No. 7, pps 1179 -1185.
PEARSOL, J. et.al., “ASTHO Profile of State Public Health, Volume, One,” (2009)
MADAMALA, K., SELLERS, K., DICKEY, M. PEARSOL, J. and JARRIS, P.,
“State Landscape in Public Health Planning and Quality Improvement: Results of the ASTHO Survey,” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. (accepted for
Publication in 2009).
PEARSOL, J. et. al., “ASTHO State Budget Cuts Survey Report,” (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).
PEARSOL, J, et. al. (2006) “Appalachian Ohio Healthy Living Task Force: Final Report.” Governor’s Office of Appalachia, State of Ohio.
RAMSINI, W., LYNN, M, TYNER-ONYEAGHOR, L., and PEARSOL, J.A., (2005) “2004 Ohio Minority Health Profile.” Ohio Department of Health.
DORSKY, D., RAMSINI, W., and PEARSOL, J. (2003) “Health Insurance Coverage of Ohio Adults and Children, 1999-2001.” Ohio Department of Health.
LYNN, M, RAMSINI, W., and PEARSOL, J. (2003) “Guide to Selected Ohio Department of Health Databases.” Ohio Department of Health.
LYNN, M, RAMSINI, W., and PEARSOL, J. (2003) “Assessment of Selected Ohio Department of Health Databases for Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data.” Ohio Department of Health.
LOPEZ, J.J., MOORE, T.D., SHRIVERS, T., PEARSOL, J.A., SCHLUETER, B., BARR, C. (2002) “Caring for Ohioans: Rebuilding the Health Care Workforce in Ohio – A Report of the Ohio Health Care Workforce Shortage Task Force.” Ohio Department of Health.
MOORE, T.D., WILLIAMS, I., and PEARSOL, J.A., (2001) “State Health Resources Plan.” Ohio Department of Health.
GABEL, L.L. and PEARSOL, J.A. (1994) “AIDS Programs and Initiatives in Education & Prevention” Regional AIDS Education and Training Centers: Meeting the Challenge of AIDS, 4: 51-79.
GABEL, L.L. COMER, R.C. and PEARSOL, J.A. (1993) “From National Priorities to Practical Products: A Development Model Applied to AIDS-Related CAI for Health Care Providers” Journal of Medical Education Technologies, 3, 4: 15-22.
GABEL, L.L. and PEARSOL, J.A. (1993) “The Twin Epidemics of Substance Use and HIV: A State-level Response Using a Train-the Trainer Model.” Family Practice, 10, 4: 400-405.
BUTTERFIELD, P.S. and PEARSOL, J.A. (1990) “Nurses in Resident Evaluation: A Qualitative Study of the Participants’ Perspectives.” Evaluation & the Health Professions, 13, 4: 453-473.
MELECA, C. B., PEARSOL, J.A. (1988) “Teaching Surgery Residents to Teach.” Clinical Teaching for Medical Residents: Roles, Techniques, and Programs, 11: 187-200..
STAKE, R. E. and PEARSOL, J.A. (1981) “Evaluating Responsively,” Applied Strategies for Curriculum Evaluation 3: 25-33..