Jason Salemi PhD, MPH

Dr. Jason L. Salem is a proud Tampeno and an accomplished triple alumnus of the University of South Florida (USF), having earned his BSc in Biology/Pre-Med Sciences in 2000, his MPH in 2005, and his PhD in Epidemiology in 2014, with concentrations in Biostatistics and Applied Biostatistics.

Dr. Salemi is a nationally recognized expert in birth defects surveillance methodology, evaluation, and research, and has worked on and led numerous state- and federally-funded grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. He has a versatile proficiency in epidemiological methodology, database development, as well as data linkage, management, and analysis. In 2014, after completing his doctoral studies, he joined Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, TX, as a tenure-earning Assistant Professor. During his tenure at BCM, Dr. Salemi served as Director of Analytics for the Center for Primary Care and Population Health Research (2015), Assistant Director of an HRSA-funded Postdoctoral Primary Care Research Fellowship (2015), and Clinical Research Trainer for BCM's Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training and Research (2017).

In 2019, Dr. Salemi was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. In 2020, Dr. Salemi returned to USF, where he continues to build productive relationships with colleagues in the College of Public Health and the Morsani College of Medicine. He is currently the Principal Investigator for the Birth Defects Surveillance Program, which collaborates with the CDC and Florida Department of Health to implement surveillance, research, education, prevention, and support activities of the Florida Birth Defects Registry.