JP Leider , PhD

Alumni Committee Member
JP Leider (he/him) PhD 2013

JP Leider is an Associate Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and founding director of the School’s Center for Public Health Systems. The Center works to support governmental public health departments in their research, evaluation, and technical assistance needs. He is a principal investigator in the Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health (CWORPH), a collaboration of universities and public health organizations conducting practice-oriented research and analysis on public health finance, workforce, and infrastructure. He has active projects and collaborations with foundations, national public health organizations, public health researchers and academics, and public health practitioners. JP is also the Director of Evaluation for the Region V Public Health Training Center. Previously, JP has worked in public health philanthropy and public health practice. He holds a Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as well as a bachelor’s from the University of Minnesota.