Career
The focus of Jon’s career in research has been the improvement of health and healthcare services for this population of people.
What is community health / vulnerable populations / safety net / health equity?
Jon lived in this Asian country for over five years between undergraduate and graduate school, teaching English to local business people.
What is Japan?
Jon grew up in this city in Washington State, known for its distinctive aroma. He later owned a pickup truck of the same name.
What is Tacoma?
Jon plays and composes jazz and classical music on this instrument which he started studying at age 11, and which he also teaches.
What is the piano?
A lifelong redhead, Jon is proud to be referred to with this spicy adjective, also the name of one of the castaways on Gilligan's Island. (Yes, he is that old.)
What is ginger?
This is the number of years of formal education in database administration, information technology, and informatics that Jon received while in undergraduate and graduate school.
What is zero?
Jon has twice visited his cousins in Huittinen in this soon-to-be NATO member country.
What is Finland?
As the youngest of five, Jon was only loosely supervised as a child. His mother often lost him at the mall when he wandered off, once finding him with an older woman he had conned into buying him this frozen treat.
What is ice cream?
Jon enjoys rowing and paddling, and was a founding member of this OCHIN-sponsored Dragon Boat team with which he paddled for six seasons.
What are the Komochin Dragons?
As a young child, Jon loved to watch this superhero on TV and wanted to be him when he grew up.
Who is Batman?
Jon worked in this technical IT role for over 12 years in several organizations before joining the OCHIN Research Team
What is “Database Administrator”?)
In 2012 and 2013, Jon twice visited this small, happy kingdom to provide consulting on healthcare IT and data topics, and where he also met with members of the royal family as part of a project for the Global Health Research Foundation, for which he continues to act as a consultant
What is Bhutan?
Jon likes to say that his son, Richard, who is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in this subject, got his brains from Jon -- and that's why Jon doesn't have them anymore.
What is physics?
Jon has recorded this many albums of his own compositions and arrangements, all of which are available for free on Spotify, Apple and Amazon Music, and other music streaming services.
What is three?
Jon once met this blues guitarist, one of the best guitarists of all time, at his club “Legends” in Chicago.
Who is Buddy Guy?