Dr. Kenneth T. Jones is an independent consultant and federal employee with over a decade in demonstrated professional experience and expertise in quantitative research and statistical analytic methods including big data analytics programming; assessing policy impacts and trends; healthcare outcomes and disparities research; multi-site intervention development, implementation, and evaluation; survey development and design; intervention curriculum development and testing; community engagement and recruitment strategies; and federal employment with contract and procurement experience. Kenneth received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Michigan and a Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Columbia University School of Social Work. His doctoral dissertation examined the impact of structural and neighborhood-level factors on HIV risk and prevention activities in a sample of African American and White MSM, 15-25 years old, in 13 US cities. His peer-reviewed manuscripts have been published in the American Journal of Public Health, AIDS & Behavior, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and the International Journal of STD and AIDS. He has also contributed to several reports in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. He is a co-editor of the book African Americans and HIV/AIDS: Understanding and Addressing the Epidemic (Springer Press, 2010).

Analyst @ - Serve as the Office of Health Equity's (OHE) recognized authority and expert consultant for quantitative data analysis and interpretation specific to issues of VHA health equity - Serve as the Co-Investigator of social and behavioral research studies examining health disparities and related outcomes among Veterans - Serve as the OHE recognized authority and liaison on issues related to protection of human subjects, patient privacy, and data security - Responsible for developing and applying new and existing analytical methods to monitor progress towards achieving health equity in VHA From December 2012 to Present (3 years 1 month) Behavioral Scientist @ - Serve as a lead evaluator of multidisciplinary teams to manage evaluations of HIV health communication and prevention campaigns, including formative research, behavioral theory selection, and process and outcome evaluation. - Responsible for developing, evaluating, and translating public health strategies to reduce behavioral risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections. - Oversee the development of training and marketing materials and curricula development for public health strategies. - Consult with senior scientists and directors on scientific issues including the development of nationwide criteria for evaluating community-level public health strategies. - Manage and provide mentorship to junior staff members and oversee assignments. - Monitor intervention fidelity in strategies being implemented by grantees. - Organize national consultations to improve public health strategies being implemented in impacted communities. - Serve as the technical advisor and expert to increase the effectiveness of opinion leader interventions delivered in community settings and on college and university campuses. From December 2004 to December 2012 (8 years 1 month) Health Analyst @ - Provided research support to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. - Identified and developed social network concepts and process and outcome measures, including technical flow diagrams to describe intervention strategies. - Implemented a case-control study, and evaluated and published research findings, in order to target key transmitters in an outbreak of HIV on southern college campuses. - Consulted with health departments in implementing effective prevention strategies. From March 2003 to December 2004 (1 year 10 months) Director of Research @ - Edited and authored research and policy briefs. - Served on Congressional-mandated panels to improve the delivery and financing of the Ryan White Care Act. - Managed staff and interdisciplinary team of researchers. From September 2001 to November 2002 (1 year 3 months)

PhD, Social Work @ Columbia University in the City of New York From 2008 to 2012 MPhil, Social Work @ Columbia University in the City of New York From 2008 to 2011 MS, Research Methods and Social Policy @ Columbia University in the City of New York From 1999 to 2001 BA, Sociology @ University of Michigan From 1995 to 1999 Kenneth T. Jones, PhD, MSW is skilled in: Community Marketing, Strategic Planning, Statistics, Research, Multi-channel Marketing, Multivariate Analysis, Government Contracts, Government Affairs, Advocacy, Public Speaking, Public Health, Publication Writing, Government