Gordon Shen
Biography
Gordon C. Shen is an Associate Professor at the Oregon Health & Science University–Portland State University School of Public Health, where he also serves as Director of the Health Systems and Policy PhD Program. Gordon is an organizational theorist who studies responsible innovations in health. His research examines the cultural, co-creative, and contextual dimensions of innovation, applying organizational theories to mental and global health. His work has appeared in Academy of Management Perspectives, Sociology of Development, Health Systems and Reform, and The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.
Prior to joining OHSU-PSU SPH, Gordon was an assistant professor in the schools of public health at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the City University of New York. Before entering academia, he consulted for the World Health Organization, the World Bank, USAID, and the Global Development Network. He holds a PhD in Health Services and Policy Analysis from the University of California, Berkeley (2013), an SM in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2007), and a BS in Psychobiology and Public Health from UCLA (2005). Gordon was a Fulbright-Fogarty pre- and post-doctoral fellow in China and Ethiopia, respectively.
Education, Degrees
PhD, Health Services and Policy Analysis, University of California, Berkeley, 2013
SM, Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2007
BS, Psychobiology and Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005
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