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University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
- Doctor of Medicine (in progress) — Anticipated May 2031
- Doctor of Philosophy, Epidemiology (in progress) — Anticipated May 2029
- Campus Involvement and Leadership: CUT Hypertension Clinic Volunteer (2023-2024); Peer Mentor: UpLIFT (2023-Present); Admissions Student Interviewer (2023-Present); CHOP Family Connects Volunteer (2024-Present); PSOM UMEC Program Evaluation Committee member (2025-Present); Emergency Medicine Interest Group executive board (2025-Present); Penn MSTP Retreat Planning Committee (2025-Present); Penn Med Votes organizing committee (2025-Present); Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics (LDI) Associate Fellow (2026-Present)
- Honors: Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS); Fontaine Society; MSPE Accolade for Exceptional Professionalism
University of Vermont, College of Arts and Sciences, Burlington, VT
- Individually Designed Bachelor of Arts: Healthcare Structure & EMS Research, Biochemistry Minor — May 2020
- GPA: 3.76/4.0, BCMP GPA: 3.65/4.0
- Relevant Coursework: Public Health Communication; Statistical Methods I/II; Philosophy: Medical Ethics; Healthcare Structure; Emergency Medicine Research; Molecular Biology; Biochemistry; Biostatistics; Race & Racism in the USA
- Dean's List: Spring 2017; Fall 2018; Spring 2019; Fall 2019; Spring 2020
- Honors: Graduated with College Honors; Elmer Nicholson Achievement Prize for Outstanding Student Leadership; Nu Gamma Outstanding Community Advocate Award; Andrew 'PJ' Kaspirin Service Award; Boulder Honor Society; Order of Omega Honor Society; Gamma Sigma Alpha Honor Society
- Campus Involvement and Leadership: President and Co-Founder: Peer Aid Network (2018-2020); Emergency Medicine Student Research Associate (2017-2020); Phi Mu Delta Fraternity (2016-2020); Student Admissions Representative (2019-2020); Senator and Chair: Student Government Academic Affairs Committee (2016-2019); Student Representative: Board of Trustees (2016-2020); Resident Advisor: Cultural Crossroads (2017-2018)

Work experience

UVM Larner College of Medicine: Research Specialist (Burlington, VT)
- Departments of Radiology, Surgery, and Medicine
- October 2020 – June 2023
- Proactively aided in department research management in conjunction with the Vice-Chair for Population Health.
- Took an active, co-leading role in the design, analysis, presentation, and dissemination of over twenty Acute Care Surgery research projects, including health equity, trauma system evaluation, and clinical practice studies.
- Evaluated the impact of network healthcare delivery models and health policy using focus group, discrete choice experiment, retrospective cohort, and randomized controlled trial research methodologies.
- Developed cross-department research programs for accelerated machine learning and public health research projects.
- Observed operative and non-operative interventions in General and Acute Care Surgery, and Interventional Radiology.
Waterbury Ambulance Service, Inc.: Advanced EMT (Waterbury, VT)
- Volunteer Healthcare Provider, Crew Chief, IT Coordinator
- August 2015 – July 2023
- Advocate for enhanced training and preparedness for pediatric patients, serving as the district's Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator, and provide advanced life support patient care on 9-1-1 calls.
- Launched and continue to support HIPAA-compliant email, patient payment and crew scheduling systems, computer systems, and emergency response equipment.
Jamie Benson Consulting: Founder (Waterbury, VT)
- Founder and Sole Proprietor, IT Consulting Company
- August 2009 – July 2023
- Repaired electronics, designed business-scale networks, and provided IT solutions for over 500 clients in 4 countries.
Vermont Department of Health: Public Health Specialist (Burlington, VT)
- Emergency Management Intern & COVID-19 Medical Logistics Staff
- August 2015 – October 2020
- Conducted primary research into safety and efficacy of VTEMS patient care protocols, and collaborated with hospitals, state agencies, and other researchers to disseminate results.
- Assisted in the evidence-based revision of VTEMS protocols and created tools which facilitate this process.
- Coordinated the distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) to Vermont healthcare providers at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Skills & Interests

Technical: Statistical programming (R, SAS, STATA, Python, Bash, Ngene); Geographic Information Systems (GIS); web development; data visualization (Tableau, R, Plotly, PowerBI); systems administration; process improvement
Clinical: FEMA ICS 200-700, EVOC, WFR, and AEMT Certified; HeartSafe VT Advisory Board; UVMMC Trauma Simulation Assistant; VTEMS Protocol Revision Committee - Trauma Team Lead
Language: Limited working proficiency in Mandarin Chinese; native English speaker
Interests: Photography; skiing; hiking; rock climbing; reading; cooking; home automation; playing with my rescue cats

Publications

Financial Incentives to Address Representativeness in Randomized Clinical Trials: A Secondary Analysis of the RETAIN Randomized Clinical Trial

Benson JS, Patel BP, Bayes B, Cooney-Zingman E, Stephens Shields AJ, Halpern SD. Financial Incentives to Address Representativeness in Randomized Clinical Trials: A Secondary Analysis of the RETAIN Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine. Published online June 2026. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.2507

Individual, community, and structural determinants of diagnostic testing decisions during public health crises: evidence from dynamic access and behavioural trade-offs

Van Den Broek-Altenburg EM, Benson JS, Emery J, et al. Individual, Community, and Structural Determinants of Diagnostic Testing Decisions during Public Health Crises: Evidence from Dynamic Access and Behavioural Trade-Offs. BMJ Public Health. 2026;4(2):e004380. doi:10.1136/bmjph-2025-004380

Patient preferences for diagnostic imaging services: Decentralize or not?

Van Den Broek-Altenburg EM, Benson JS, Atherly AJ, DeStigter KK. Patient Preferences for Diagnostic Imaging Services: Decentralize or Not? PLOS One. 2025;20(5):e0301404. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0301404

Diagnostic Testing Preferences in Rural and Vulnerable Populations During a Pandemic: Discrete Choice Experiment

Van Den Broek-Altenburg EM, Benson JS, Jonk Y, Leslie A, Carney J, Stein G. Diagnostic Testing Preferences in Rural and Vulnerable Populations During a Pandemic: Discrete Choice Experiment. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 2025;11:e68734. doi:10.2196/68734

Patients’ and Providers’ Preferences and Perceptions for Imaging Information for Patients: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Van Den Broek-Altenburg EM, Cunningham NO, Benson JS, Ali NS, DeStigter KK. Patients' and Providers' Preferences and Perceptions for Imaging Information for Patients: Cross-Sectional Survey Study. Journal of Participatory Medicine. 2025;17:e72362. doi:10.2196/72362

Injury severity scoring: Its definition and practical application

Osler TM, Amato S, Benson JS, et al. Injury Severity Scoring: Its Definition and Practical Application. In: Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care. Elsevier; 2024:6-7.e14. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-69787-3.00012-5

Pediatric head and neck trauma in the United States: Trends, risk factors and outcomes using the National Trauma Data Bank

Sarathy A, Benson JS, Nguyen K, Amato S, Sajisevi M, Ostby ET. Pediatric Head and Neck Trauma in the United States: Trends, Risk Factors and Outcomes Using the National Trauma Data Bank. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology. 2024;9(4):e1301. doi:10.1002/lio2.1301

At-risk patient documentation and naloxone dispersal for a rural statewide EMS “Naloxone Leave Behind” program

Naumann J, Benson JS, Lamberson M, et al. At-risk Patient Documentation and Naloxone Dispersal for a Rural Statewide EMS "Naloxone Leave Behind" Program. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 2024;5(3):e13186. doi:10.1002/emp2.13186

Disparities in Mammography Screening: Analyzing Barriers to Access Using Individual Patient Perspectives and the Health Belief Model

Van Den Broek-Altenburg EM, Leslie AA, Benson JS, DeStigter KK. Disparities in Mammography Screening: Analyzing Barriers to Access Using Individual Patient Perspectives and the Health Belief Model. Cancer Control. 2024;31:10732748241248367. doi:10.1177/10732748241248367

Examining Alignment of Community Health Teams’ Preferences for Health, Equity and Spending with State All-Payer Waiver Priorities: a Discrete Choice Experiment

Van Den Broek-Altenburg EM, Benson JS, Atherly AJ. Examining Alignment of Community Health Teams' Preferences for Health, Equity, and Spending with State All-payer Waiver Priorities: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Health Services Research. 2024;59(S1):e14257. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.14257

Violence against Women in the United States: Trends, Risk-Factors, and Outcomes from the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB)

Sarathy A, Marassi C, Feinberg N, Benson JS, Amato S. Violence against Women in the United States: Trends, Risk-Factors, and Outcomes from the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB). Journal of Clinical & Medical Surgery. 2023;3(2).

Community Health Teams: A Qualitative Study about the Factors Influencing the Decision-Making Process

Natkin LW, Van Den Broek-Altenburg EM, Benson JS, Atherly A. Community Health Teams: A Qualitative Study about the Factors Influencing the Decision-Making Process. BMC Health Services Research. 2023;23(1):466. doi:10.1186/s12913-023-09423-6

Current Patterns of Trauma Center Proliferation Have Not Led to Proportionate Improvements in Access to Care or Mortality After Injury: An Ecologic Study

Amato S, Benson JS, Stewart B, et al. Current Patterns of Trauma Center Proliferation Have Not Led to Proportionate Improvements in Access to Care or Mortality after Injury: An Ecologic Study. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2023;94(6):755-764. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000003940

Tradeoffs in Triage of Motor Vehicle Trauma by Rural 911 Emergency Medical Services Practitioners

Benson JS, Wolfson D, Van Den Broek-Altenburg EM. Tradeoffs in Triage of Motor Vehicle Trauma by Rural 911 Emergency Medical Services Practitioners. Medical Decision Making. 2023;43(3):311-324. doi:10.1177/0272989X221145677

The Path Towards Herd Immunity: Predicting COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Through Results From a Stated Choice Study Across Six Continents

Hess S, Lancsar E, Benson JS, et al. The Path towards Herd Immunity: Predicting COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake through Results from a Stated Choice Study across Six Continents. Social Science & Medicine. 2022;298:114800. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114800

Administration of Epinephrine by Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians for Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest in a Rural Emergency Medical Services System

Bomba JJ, Benson JS, Wolfson D, Hosmer D. Administration of Epinephrine by Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in a Rural Emergency Medical Services System. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 2021;2:e12521. doi:10.1002/emp2.12521

The Effect of Unobserved Preferences and Race on Vaccination Hesitancy for COVID-19 Vaccines: Implications for Health Disparities

Van Den Broek-Altenburg EM, Atherly AJ, Hess S, Benson JS. The Effect of Unobserved Preferences and Race on Vaccination Hesitancy for COVID-19 Vaccines: Implications for Health Disparities. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy. 2021;27(9-a Suppl):S2-S11. doi:10.18553/jmcp.2021.27.9-a.s2

Hard Lessons: The Impact of Secondary Education on COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the U.S.

Benson JS, Amato S, Osler T, Hosmer D, Malhotra A. Hard Lessons: The Impact of Secondary Education on COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the U.S. SSRN Electronic Journal. Published online 2021. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3825107

Geographic Coverage and Verification of Trauma Centers in a Rural State: Highlighting the Utility of Location Allocation for Trauma System Planning.

Amato SS, Benson JS, Murphy S, et al. Geographic Coverage and Verification of Trauma Centers in a Rural State: Highlighting the Utility of Location Allocation for Trauma System Planning. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2021;232(1):1-7. doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.08.765

Presentations

Drug Treatment Centers and Neighborhood Crime: Evidence from 20 U.S. Cities Over 20 Years

April 13, 2026

Poster Presentation at SAVIR 2026 Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island

Assessing Rural Northern New England’s COVID-19 Testing Landscape through Community Engagement

January 01, 2024

Presentation at CUGH 2024 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA

Improving Rural Health Equity: Assessing the COVID-19 Testing Landscape in Rural Northern New England

January 01, 2024

Presentation at NNE CO-OP PCBRN Annual Meeting, Bartlett, NH

The impact of the Vermont all-payer waiver on alignment between community health teams and a statewide accountable care organization

November 14, 2023

Oral Presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting (APHA 2023), Atlanta, GA

A qualitative assessment of the COVID-19 testing landscape in rural areas of northern New England through community engagement

November 14, 2023

Podium Presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting (APHA 2023), Atlanta, GA

Patterns of testing preferences in rural underserved populations in the United States: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment

November 14, 2023

Podium Presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting (APHA 2023), Atlanta, GA

Patterns of testing preferences in rural underserved populations in the United States: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment

October 23, 2023

Podium Presentation at SMDM Annual North American Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

Testing Preferences in U.S. Rural Underserved Populations: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment

October 01, 2023

Lightning Talk at VT Annual Health Equity Summit, Burlington, VT

Improving Rural Health Equity: Assessing the COVID-19 Testing Landscape in Rural Northern New England.

October 01, 2023

Podium Presentation at VT Annual Health Equity Summit, Burlington, VT

Assessing Rural Northern New England’s COVID-19 Testing Landscape through Community Engagement

September 20, 2023

Poster Presentation at Maine Public Health Association's 2023 Annual Meeting, Bangor, ME

Pediatric Head and Neck Trauma: Trends, Risk Factors and Outcomes

September 20, 2023

Oral Presentation at American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN

Characterizing Use of Splenic Artery Embolization to Treat Blunt Splenic Injury: Who Benefits?

September 20, 2023

Quick-Shot Presentation at American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) 82nd Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA

On Mortality Risk-Adjustment in a Cross-National Study of Injured Patients in the U.S. And India

September 20, 2023

Poster Presentation at American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) 82nd Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA

A qualitative assessment of the COVID-19 testing landscape in rural areas of northern New England through community engagement

September 01, 2023

Presentation at RADx-Advancing Community-Academic Partnerships (ACAP) Presentation Series, Zoom

Comparing risk adjusted trauma mortality between systems with different resource availability: MGAP is a more appropriate adjustment score

August 06, 2023

Presentation at The 6th World Trauma Congress (WTC2023), Tokyo, Japan

Community Health Teams: Factors Influencing Decision Making Process for Resource Allocation

June 26, 2023

Poster Presentation at AcademyHealth 2023 Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Patterns of Testing Preferences in rural underserved populations in the United States: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment

June 26, 2023

Presentation at AcademyHealth 2023 Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA

An Assessment of Rural Northern New England’s COVID-19 Testing Landscape through Community Engagement

June 26, 2023

Presentation at AcademyHealth 2023 Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA

Patterns of Testing Preferences in Rural and Underserved Populations in the United States

June 11, 2023

Presentation at 14th Meeting of the International Academy of Health Preference Research (IAHPR), Sydney, Australia

Assessing the COVID-19 testing Landscape in Rural Northern New England through Community Engagement

May 03, 2023

Poster Presentation at National Institutes of Health 'Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics in Underserved Populations' RADx-UP 2023 Scientific Meeting, Zoom

Disparities in Mammography Screening Among the Nepalese Minority Population in Vermont

January 29, 2023

Poster Presentation at Northern New England Clinical and Translational Research Network CO-OP Meeting, Stowe, VT.

The Impact of the Vermont All-Payer Waiver on Alignment between Community Health Teams and a statewide Accountable Care Organization

November 01, 2022

Poster Presentation at ISPOR Europe (Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research), Vienna, Austria

Identification of At-Risk Patients in a Statewide EMS “Naloxone Leave Behind” Program

October 01, 2022

Podium Presentation at American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum, San Francisco, C.A.

Patient Preferences for Diagnostic Imaging Services: Blueprint for Value-Based Incentives Incorporating Individual Preference Heterogeneity

September 06, 2022

Poster Presentation at 13th Meeting of the International Academy of Health Preference Research, Berlin, Germany

The Effect of Unobserved Preferences and Race on Vaccination Hesitancy for COVID-19 Vaccines: Implications for Health Disparities

September 06, 2022

Poster Presentation at 13th Meeting of the International Academy of Health Preference Research, Berlin, Germany

Patient Preferences for Diagnostic Imaging Services: Blueprint for Value-Based Incentives Incorporating Individual Preference Heterogeneity

May 25, 2022

Poster Presentation at International Choice Modelling Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland

The Effect of Unobserved Preferences and Race on Vaccination Hesitancy for COVID-19 Vaccines: Implications for Health Disparities

May 25, 2022

Poster Presentation at International Choice Modelling Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland

The Effect of Unobserved Preferences and Race on Vaccination Hesitancy for COVID-19 Vaccines: Implications for Health Disparities

June 01, 2021

Podium Presentation at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Geographic Coverage and Designation of Trauma Centers in a Rural State: Highlighting the Utility of Location-Allocation for Trauma System Planning

October 01, 2020

Poster Presentation at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Zoom

Outcomes Following Interfacility Transfer: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis of Flight and Ground Transfers in a Rural State

March 01, 2020

Poster Presentation at American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Resident Competition, Zoom

Adapting the Centers for Disease Control Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients to a Rural EMS System: the “50 Minute Rule”

April 01, 2019

Poster Presentation at University of Vermont Student Research Conference, Burlington, VT

Evaluating Rural Trauma Transport Times and Destination Care Level with Rural Urban Commuting Areas

April 01, 2019

Poster Presentation at Academic Surgical Congress, Houston, TX.

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