Jesse Schold, PhD, M. Stat, M.Ed

Transplant Advisory Committee Member


Jesse Schold is a Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Epidemiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He is the Director of the Center for Outcomes Research and Policy in the Department of Surgery. He received his undergraduate training at Emory University, two Masters degrees at North Carolina State University, and a Doctorate at the University of Florida.

Dr. Schold’s research interests include large database analyses, quality metrics for healthcare providers, health services research, disparities in access to healthcare and statistical and epidemiological methods. He oversees outcomes monitoring and quality analytics of the solid organ transplantation programs at Colorado and had a special interest in the development and use of report cards for evaluating the quality of transplant programs.

Dr. Schold has authored over 380 peer-reviewed scientific publications with primary focus in the field of organ transplantation. He has served on numerous national committees including the SRTR Scientific Technical-Advisory Committee, the current Chair of the Data Advisory Committee at UNOS and a Board member of the American Society of Transplantation. Dr. Schold is currently a Statistical Editor for the American Journal of Transplantation, the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology and Kidney International. Dr. Schold has been a Co-investigator on multiple studies from the National Institutes of Health, Health Services and Resource Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has given over 200 invited national and international lectures and peer-reviewed abstract presentations at scientific conferences.