Jason Purnell joined BJC HealthCare as vice president of community health improvement.
In the newly created position, Purnell will be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of BJC’s community health programs, ensuring they are responsive to community needs. The role will help accelerate BJC’s focus on eliminating health disparities as identified in the five-year strategic plan. Purnell will oversee connections with community-based programs and organizations that offer primary, secondary and tertiary prevention for chronic conditions, particularly those identified in BJC community health needs assessments.
Purnell joins BJC from the Brown School at Washington University, where he led Health Equity Works, the new name and expanded mission of the initiative previously referred to as For the Sake of All.
He will continue to hold a faculty position.
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Purnell holds a doctorate in counseling psychology from Ohio State University, a master’s degree in public health from the University of Rochester, and a bachelor’s degree in government and philosophy from Harvard.