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Jonathan Jay, DrPH, JD

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Community Health Sciences

DPH/DrPH, Harvard University
JD, Georgetown University
MA, Georgetown University

Pronouns: he/him/his

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ORCID : 0000-0002-7543-4247

Dr. Jonathan Jay studies urban health, especially youth exposure to gun violence, as an assistant professor at Boston University School of Public Health. He works at the intersection of data science and community health, focusing on relationships between urban environments and health and safety risks. He is the principal investigator of a career development award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) to study multilevel strategies for reducing racial disparities in youth firearm injuries. He also leads Shape-Up, a project using analytics to help city residents reduce firearm violence through environmental improvements (winner of the $100k Everytown for Gun Safety Prize and a 2019 Solver with MIT Solve). Dr. Jay is a Junior Faculty Fellow of the BU Hariri Institute for Computing and was a KL2 early career scholar of the BU Clinical & Translational Sciences Initiative. He previously served as a research fellow for the Firearm-Safety Among Children and Teens (FACTS) Consortium, led by the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and for the Computational Epidemiology Group at Boston Children's Hospital. He also consults on public health and safety with Portland (OR) Fire & Rescue.

Before receiving his doctorate in public health (DrPH) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dr. Jay trained as a lawyer-ethicist and worked in global health policy. He received a BA with honors from Brown University, a JD cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center and an MA in philosophy from Georgetown University.

Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Epidemiology

BU Research

Addressing structural racism to reduce racial disparities in youth firearm injuries
07/22/2022 - 03/31/2027 (PI)
NIH/National Inst on Minority Health and Health Disparities
5K01MD016956-03

Understanding the gun violence prevention effects of the Boston Medical Center hospital-based violence intervention program
01/01/2023 - 12/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Fund for a Safer Future New Venture Fund

Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education Summer 2023 Award
10/15/2023 - 10/14/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Kaiser Permanente Health Res in Action

Neighborhood heat exposure and urban gun violence
09/01/2022 - 06/30/2023 (PI)
National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research

Expanding and making more accessible the prevention and social safety-net policies tracked in the COVID-19 US State Policy Database
08/15/2020 - 10/31/2022 (Multi-PI)
PI: Jonathan Jay, DrPH, JD
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Using Data and Evidence in Government
01/01/2020 - 08/31/2022 (PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Shape-Up: A Platform to Prevent Gun Violence Through Neighborhood Greening
10/01/2019 - 08/31/2022 (PI)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Boston Public Health Commission DOJ grant
09/13/2019 - 09/30/2021 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Public Health Commission Bur of Justice Asst

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Lin Z, Weinberger E, Nori-Sarma A, Chinchilla M, Wellenius GA, Jay J. Daily heat and mortality among people experiencing homelessness in 2 urban US counties, 2015-2022. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Nov 04; 193(11):1576-1582.View Related Profiles.

Nori-Sarma, Amruta
Wellenius, Gregory
Jay, Jonathan
Lin, Zihan

PMID: 38844692

McLone SG, Pamplin Ii JR, Pappu JD, Gradus JL, Jay JS. Spatial co-occurrence of firearm homicides and opioid overdose deaths in Chicago by level of COVID-19 mortality, 2017-2021. Inj Epidemiol. 2024 Jul 31; 11(1):34.View Related Profiles.

Gradus, Jaimie
Jay, Jonathan

PMID: 39085928; PMCID: PMC11293124; DOI: 10.1186/s40621-024-00515-3;

Gause EL, McLone SG, Cunningham M, Jay J. Community-Academic Partnership to Assess the Role of Physical Disinvestment on Firearm Violence in Toledo, OH. J Urban Health. 2024 Jun; 101(3):584-594. PMID: 38771432; PMCID: PMC11189884; DOI: 10.1007/s11524-024-00870-y;

Jahn JL, Simes JT, Jay J. Evaluating Firearm Violence After New Jersey's Cash Bail Reform. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 01; 7(5):e2412535. PMID: 38776084; PMCID: PMC11112443; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.12535;

Poulson M, Jay J, Kenzik K, Torres C, Sanchez SE, Saillant N, Holena D, Galea S, Scantling D. Death by the minute: Inequities in trauma care for victims of firearm violence. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Apr 01; 96(4):589-595.View Related Profiles.

Torres, Crisanto
Scantling, Dane
Jay, Jonathan
Kenzik, Kelly
Poulson, Michael
Saillant, Noelle
Sanchez, Sabrina
Galea, Sandro

PMID: 37994476; PMCID: PMC10978261; DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004219;

Prentice CM, Song J, Degli Esposti M, Jay J, Wiebe DJ, Jacovides CL, Seamon MJ, Kaufman EJ. Colleges and Crime-Comparing Homicide and Suicide Rates Among College Towns and Their Counterparts. J Surg Res. 2024 Jan; 293:490-496. PMID: 37827026; PMCID: PMC10896267; DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.09.020;

Schnippel K, Larson B, Jay J, Szkola J, O'Toole MJ. Correction to: Costs of Summer Youth Employment to Prevent Violence: an Analysis and Implementer's Tool. J Urban Health. 2023 Oct; 100(5):1087.View Related Profiles.

Larson, Bruce
Jay, Jonathan

PMID: 37707779; PMCID: PMC10618122; DOI: 10.1007/s11524-023-00783-2;

Schnippel K, Larson B, Jay J, Szkola J, O'Toole MJ. Costs of Summer Youth Employment to Prevent Violence: an Analysis and Implementer's Tool. J Urban Health. 2023 Aug; 100(4):676-685.View Related Profiles.

Larson, Bruce
Jay, Jonathan

PMID: 37553512; PMCID: PMC10447318; DOI: 10.1007/s11524-023-00753-8;

Locke DH, Fix RL, Gobaud AN, Morrison CN, Jay J, Kondo MC. Vacant Building Removals Associated with Relative Reductions in Violent and Property Crimes in Baltimore, MD 2014-2019. J Urban Health. 2023 Aug; 100(4):666-675. PMID: 37526855; PMCID: PMC10447335; DOI: 10.1007/s11524-023-00758-3;

Gobaud AN, Mehranbod CA, Kaufman E, Jay J, Beard JH, Jacoby SF, Branas CC, Bushover B, Morrison CN. Assessing the Gun Violence Archive as an Epidemiologic Data Source for Community Firearm Violence in 4 US Cities. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 01; 6(6):e2316545. PMID: 37266937; PMCID: PMC10238941; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.16545;

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Jay J, Allen K. Curbing the Epidemic of Community Firearm Violence after the Bruen Decision. J Law Med Ethics. 2023; 51(1):77-82. PMID: 37226753; PMCID: PMC10209991; DOI: 10.1017/jme.2023.42;

Jay J. Structural Racism and Long-term Disparities in Youth Exposure to Firearm Violence. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 May 01; 6(5):e2312425. PMID: 37159204; PMCID: PMC10883295; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.12425;

Pino EC, Jacoby SF, Dugan E, Jay J. Exposure to Neighborhood Racialized Economic Segregation and Reinjury and Violence Perpetration Among Survivors of Violent Injuries. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Apr 03; 6(4):e238404.View Related Profiles.

Pino, Elizabeth
Jay, Jonathan

PMID: 37099300; PMCID: PMC10134006; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.8404;

Jay J, Martin R, Patel M, Xie K, Shareef F, Simes JT. Analyzing Child Firearm Assault Injuries by Race and Ethnicity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 4 Major US Cities. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 01; 6(3):e233125. PMID: 36884253; PMCID: PMC9996392; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.3125;

Lyons VH, Gause EL, Spangler KR, Wellenius GA, Jay J. Analysis of Daily Ambient Temperature and Firearm Violence in 100 US Cities. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Dec 01; 5(12):e2247207.View Related Profiles.

Wellenius, Gregory
Jay, Jonathan
Spangler, Keith

PMID: 36525273; PMCID: PMC9856408; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47207;

Jay J, Kondo MC, Lyons VH, Gause E, South EC. Neighborhood segregation, tree cover and firearm violence in 6 U.S. cities, 2015-2020. Prev Med. 2022 Dec; 165(Pt A):107256. PMID: 36115422; PMCID: PMC10903784; DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107256;

Jay J, Heykoop F, Hwang L, Courtepatte A, de Jong J, Kondo M. Use of smartphone mobility data to analyze city park visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Landsc Urban Plan. 2022 Dec; 228:104554. PMID: 36091471; PMCID: PMC9444487; DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104554;

Goldstick JE, Jay J. Agent-Based Modeling: an Underutilized Tool in Community Violence Research. Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2022; 9(3):135-141. PMID: 35821794; PMCID: PMC9263807; DOI: 10.1007/s40471-022-00292-x;

Skinner A, Flannery K, Nocka K, Bor J, Dean LT, Jay J, Lipson SK, Cole MB, Benfer EA, Scheckman R, Raderman W, Jones DK, Raifman J. A database of US state policies to mitigate COVID-19 and its economic consequences. BMC Public Health. 2022 Jun 04; 22(1):1124.View Related Profiles.

Bor, Jacob
Jay, Jonathan
Raifman, Julia
Cole Brahim, Megan
Lipson, Sarah

PMID: 35659285; PMCID: PMC9166228; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13487-0;

Jay J. Understanding Spatiotemporal Trends in US Firearm Mortality. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jun 01; 5(6):e2215564. PMID: 35666506

Martin R, Rajan S, Shareef F, Xie KC, Allen KA, Zimmerman M, Jay J. Racial Disparities in Child Exposure to Firearm Violence Before and During COVID-19. Am J Prev Med. 2022 Aug; 63(2):204-212. PMID: 35418336; PMCID: PMC8921002; DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.02.007;

Pino EC, Gebo E, Dugan E, Jay J. Trends in Violent Penetrating Injuries During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 02 01; 5(2):e2145708.View Related Profiles.

Pino, Elizabeth
Jay, Jonathan

PMID: 35133435; PMCID: PMC8826178; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.45708;

Jay J, de Jong J, Jimenez MP, Nguyen Q, Goldstick J. Effects of demolishing abandoned buildings on firearm violence: a moderation analysis using aerial imagery and deep learning. Inj Prev. 2022 Jun; 28(3):249-255.View Related Profiles.

Jay, Jonathan
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia

PMID: 34876475; PMCID: PMC8662662; DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2021-044412;

Walker E, Lee N, Tieskens K, Jay J, Walker L, Luse M, Celestin R, Smith J, Mejia J, Levy J. Firework activity and environmental sound levels: community impacts and solutions. Cities & Health. 2021; DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2021.192. View Publication
Kondo M, Degli Esposti M, Jay J, et al. Changes in crime surrounding an urban home renovation and rebuild programme. Urban Stud. 2021; doi:10.1177/0042098021995141.

Goldstick JE, Kaufman EJ, Delgado MK, Jay J, Carter PM. Commentary: Reducing youth firearm violence and the associated health disparities requires enhanced surveillance and modern behavioral intervention strategies - a commentary on Bottiani et al. (2021). J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 05; 62(5):580-583. PMID: 33817792; PMCID: PMC8437141; DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13421;

Siegel M, Poulson M, Sangar R, Jay J. The Interaction of Race and Place: Predictors of Fatal Police Shootings of Black Victims at the Incident, Census Tract, City, and State Levels, 2013 – 2018. Race Soc Probl. 2021; (1):2013-2018. View Publication

Jay J, Bor J, Nsoesie EO, Lipson SK, Jones DK, Galea S, Raifman J. Neighbourhood income and physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Nat Hum Behav. 2020 12; 4(12):1294-1302.View Related Profiles.

Jones, David
Nsoesie, Elaine
Bor, Jacob
Jay, Jonathan
Raifman, Julia
Galea, Sandro
Lipson, Sarah

PMID: 33144713; PMCID: PMC8107986; DOI: 10.1038/s41562-020-00998-2;

Nsoesie EO, Lima Neto AS, Jay J, Wang H, Zinszer K, Saha S, Maharana A, Marinho F, Soares Filho AM. Mapping disparities in homicide trends across Brazil: 2000-2014. Inj Epidemiol. 2020 Sep 07; 7(1):47.View Related Profiles.

Nsoesie, Elaine
Jay, Jonathan

PMID: 32892747; PMCID: PMC7487619; DOI: 10.1186/s40621-020-00273-y;

Nguyen QC, Huang Y, Kumar A, Duan H, Keralis JM, Dwivedi P, Meng HW, Brunisholz KD, Jay J, Javanmardi M, Tasdizen T. Using 164 Million Google Street View Images to Derive Built Environment Predictors of COVID-19 Cases. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 09 01; 17(17). PMID: 32882867; PMCID: PMC7504319; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17176359;

Wong B, Bernstein S, Jay J, Siegel M. Differences in Racial Disparities in Firearm Homicide across Cities: The Role of Racial Residential Segregation and Gaps in Structural Disadvantage. J Natl Med Assoc. 2020 Oct; 112(5):518-530.View Related Profiles.

Jay, Jonathan
Siegel, Michael

PMID: 32641258

Jay J, Miratrix LW, Branas CC, Zimmerman MA, Hemenway D. A response to 'Comment on "Urban building demolitions, firearm violence and drug crime"'. J Behav Med. 2020 02; 43(1):152-153. PMID: 31907742

Jay J. Alcohol outlets and firearm violence: a place-based case-control study using satellite imagery and machine learning. Inj Prev. 2020 02; 26(1):61-66. PMID: 31467144; PMCID: PMC8268046; DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043248;

Oliphant SN, Mouch CA, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Hargarten S, Jay J, Hemenway D, Zimmerman M, Carter PM. A scoping review of patterns, motives, and risk and protective factors for adolescent firearm carriage. J Behav Med. 2019 Aug; 42(4):763-810. PMID: 31367939; PMCID: PMC7182091; DOI: 10.1007/s10865-019-00048-x;

Jay J, Miratrix LW, Branas CC, Zimmerman MA, Hemenway D. Urban building demolitions, firearm violence and drug crime. J Behav Med. 2019 Aug; 42(4):626-634. PMID: 31367928; DOI: 10.1007/s10865-019-00031-6;

Heymann DL, Jay J, Kock R. The One Health path to infectious disease prevention and resilience. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2017 06 01; 111(6):233-234. PMID: 29044375; PMCID: PMC7107272; DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trx052;

Warshaw MG, Carey VJ, McFarland EJ, Dawson L, Abrams E, Melvin A, Fairlie L, Spiegel H, Jay J, Agwu AL. The interaction between equipoise and logistics in clinical trials: A case study. Clin Trials. 2017 Jun; 14(3):314-318. PMID: 28135804; PMCID: PMC5446272; DOI: 10.1177/1740774517690734;

Jay J, Buse K, Hart M, Wilson D, Marten R, Kellerman S, Odetoyinbo M, Quick JD, Evans T, Piot P, Dybul M, Binagwaho A. Building from the HIV Response toward Universal Health Coverage. PLoS Med. 2016 08; 13(8):e1002083. PMID: 27529809; PMCID: PMC4987004; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002083;

Buse K, Jay J, Odetoyinbo M. AIDS and universal health coverage--stronger together. Lancet Glob Health. 2016 Jan; 4(1):e10-1. PMID: 26653156; DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00273-9;

Jones A, Cremin I, Abdullah F, Idoko J, Cherutich P, Kilonzo N, Rees H, Hallett T, O'Reilly K, Koechlin F, Schwartlander B, de Zalduondo B, Kim S, Jay J, Huh J, Piot P, Dybul M. Transformation of HIV from pandemic to low-endemic levels: a public health approach to combination prevention. Lancet. 2014 Jul 19; 384(9939):272-9. PMID: 24740087; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62230-8;

Quick J, Jay J, Langer A. Improving women's health through universal health coverage. PLoS Med. 2014 Jan; 11(1):e1001580. PMID: 24399923; PMCID: PMC3882205; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001580;

Kellerman SE, Ahmed S, Feeley-Summerl T, Jay J, Kim M, Phelps BR, Sugandhi N, Schouten E, Tolle M, Tsiouris F. Beyond prevention of mother-to-child transmission: keeping HIV-exposed and HIV-positive children healthy and alive. AIDS. 2013 Nov; 27 Suppl 2:S225-33. PMID: 24361632; PMCID: PMC4087192; DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000107;

Kellerman S, Jay JS, Quick JD. Is Option B+ the best choice? Lancet. 2013 Apr 13; 381(9874):1273. PMID: 23582390; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60834-X;

Jay JS, Gostin LO. Ethical challenges of preexposure prophylaxis for HIV. JAMA. 2012 Sep 05; 308(9):867-8. PMID: 22847147; DOI: 10.1001/2012.jama.10158;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 44 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2023

Bar chart showing 44 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2023

Year	Publications
2012	1
2013	2
2014	2
2015	1
2016	1
2017	2
2019	3
2020	5
2021	5
2022	8
2023	10
2024	4

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