Kimberly Jinnett, PhD

Professor
Institute for Health & Aging
+1 415 502-5200

Dr. Jinnett is an implementation scientist, systems researcher, pro-social activist and lifelong learner. She has over three decades of professional experience as executive leader, social scientist, practitioner and educator across a variety of sectors (nonprofit, commercial, philanthropic and government) and industries including health, education, housing, social services, biopharmaceutical.  She is founder and chief executive officer of GoodWorkRegistry, a pro-social research, learning and evaluation organization focused on worker health and wellbeing. She serves on multiple advisory boards focused on leadership, access to care, worker health and wellbeing, mental health and the value of health investments. She is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health and professor at the UCSF Institute for Health & Aging, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the UCSF Emancipatory Sciences Lab Network. Dr. Jinnett is a graduate of University of Michigan (PhD Medical Sociology and Health Services Organization & Policy) and UCLA (BS Psychobiology, MSPH Health Planning & Policy Analysis).  She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area and enjoys spending time with her adult children, husband, two cats and extended family and friends.

Publications: 

Referral Patterns from Primary Care Clinicians to Specialists among People with Neurological Disorders

Neurology

Mearns, E.S., Sheinson, D. , Jinnett, K., Patel, A., Gaur, A., Macaluso, C.J., Weiss,
J.M., Win, N.

A Rapid Review of Interventions to Improve Care for People Who Are Medically Underserved with Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetic Retinopathy, and Lung Cancer.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Mossburg S, Kilany M, Jinnett K, Nguyen C, Soles E, Wood-Palmer D, Aly M

Breaking Barriers: Partnerships to Improve Diabetic Eye Health in Alabama

American Journal of Accountable Care.

Wilson, B.A., Haney, D., Reuscher, R., Tabano, D., Jinnett, K., Ahmed, A., Gordon,
A., Coleman, A., Wilson, R., Israel, R., Williams, J., Pevzner Hennesey, M., Wiggins,
T., Pekas, E.J., Bannuru, R.R.

Equity and Access to Specialty Care Series of Infographics: Ophthalmology, Neurology and Lung Cancer Specialists

Equity and Access to Specialty Care Series of Infographics: Ophthalmology, Neurology and Lung Cancer Specialists

Kimberly Jinnett, Mona Kilany, Sarah Mossburg, Charlene Nguyen

Estimating the US Baseline Distribution of Health Inequalities Across Race, Ethnicity, and Geography for Equity-Informative Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Kowal S, Ng CD, Schuldt R, Sheinson D, Jinnett K, Basu A

Patient perspectives and use of copayment assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy

Wong WB, Jinnett K

Cardiovascular Health Research in the Workplace: A Workshop Report.

Journal of the American Heart Association

Calitz C, Pratt C, Pronk NP, Fulton JE, Jinnett K, Thorndike AN, Addou E, Arena R, Brown AGM, Chang CC, Latts L, Lerner D, Majors M, Mancuso M, Mills D, Sanchez E, Goff D

4R COVID-19 Toolkit for Patient Self-Management of Mild or Moderate COVID-19 Symptoms

Social Sciences Research Network

Weldon, C., James, B., Jinnett, K., Solon, C., Thesing, C., Fleurimont, J., Watson, K.,
and Trosman, J.

Insights into the Role of Employers Supporting Obesity Management in People with Obesity: Results of the National ACTION Study.

Population health management

Jinnett K, Kyle T, Parry T, Stevenin B, Ramasamy A, ACTION Steering Group

The Impact of Worksite Wellness Programs by Size of Business: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study of Participation, Health Benefits, Absenteeism, and Presenteeism.

Annals of work exposures and health

Schwatka NV, Smith D, Weitzenkamp D, Atherly A, Dally MJ, Brockbank CVS, Tenney L, Goetzel RZ, Jinnett K, McMillen J, Newman LS

Reoccurring Injury, Chronic Health Conditions, and Behavioral Health: Gender Differences in the Causes of Workers' Compensation Claims.

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

Schwatka NV, Shore E, Atherly A, Weitzenkamp D, Dally MJ, Brockbank CVS, Tenney L, Goetzel RZ, Jinnett K, McMillen J, Newman LS

Mental Health in the Workplace: A Call to Action Proceedings From the Mental Health in the Workplace-Public Health Summit.

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

Goetzel RZ, Roemer EC, Holingue C, Fallin MD, McCleary K, Eaton W, Agnew J, Azocar F, Ballard D, Bartlett J, Braga M, Conway H, Crighton KA, Frank R, Jinnett K, Keller-Greene D, Rauch SM, Safeer R, Saporito D, Schill A, Shern D, Strecher V, Wald P, Wang P, Mattingly CR

Perceptions of Barriers to Effective Obesity Care: Results from the National ACTION Study.

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)

Kaplan LM, Golden A, Jinnett K, Kolotkin RL, Kyle TK, Look M, Nadglowski J, O'Neil PM, Parry T, Tomaszewski KJ, Stevenin B, Lilleøre SK, Dhurandhar NV

Einsichten und Sichtweisen der Adipositas-Behandlung bei Menschen mit Adipositas: Ergebnisse der nationalen ACTION Studie.

Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel

D Staiger, AK Golden, NV Dhurandha, K Jinnett, LM Kaplan, RL Kolotkin, TK Kyle, J Nadglowski, T Parry, KJ Tomaszewski, G Guerrero, SK Lilleøre, J Kienhöfer, M Look

Chronic Conditions, Workplace Safety, And Job Demands Contribute To Absenteeism And Job Performance.

Health affairs (Project Hope)

Jinnett K, Schwatka N, Tenney L, Brockbank CV, Newman LS

Health risk factors as predictors of workers' compensation claim occurrence and cost.

Occupational and environmental medicine

Schwatka NV, Atherly A, Dally MJ, Fang H, vS Brockbank C, Tenney L, Goetzel RZ, Jinnett K, Witter R, Reynolds S, McMillen J, Newman LS

Implementation of a worksite wellness program targeting small businesses: the Pinnacol Assurance health risk management study.

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

Newman LS, Stinson KE, Metcalf D, Fang H, Brockbank Cv, Jinnett K, Reynolds S, Trotter M, Witter R, Tenney L, Atherly A, Goetzel RZ

Employees' work responses to episodes of illness: evidence from the American time use survey.

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

Gifford B, Jinnett K

Business and Workplace Issues.

Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide

Kimberly Jinnett, Brian Gifford

Costs of Mental Illness.

Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide

Brian Gifford, Kimberly Jinnett

Valuing Lost Work Time: Connecting Medication Adherence and Short- term Disability

The American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits.

Jinnett, K. and Parry, T.

Medication adherence, comorbidities, and health risk impacts on workforce absence and job performance.

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

Loeppke R, Haufle V, Jinnett K, Parry T, Zhu J, Hymel P, Konicki D

Authors' Response.

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

Ronald Loeppke, Michael Taitel, Vince Haufle, Ronald C. Kessler, Thomas Parry, Kimberly Jinnett

Health and productivity as a business strategy: a multiemployer study.

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

Loeppke R, Taitel M, Haufle V, Parry T, Kessler RC, Jinnett K

Team leadership and patient outcomes in US psychiatric treatment settings.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Wells R, Jinnett K, Alexander J, Lichtenstein R, Liu D, Zazzali JL

Cross-functional team processes and patient functional improvement.

Health services research

Alexander JA, Lichtenstein R, Jinnett K, Wells R, Zazzali J, Liu D

How mental health providers spend their time: a survey of 10 Veterans Health Administration mental health services.

The journal of mental health policy and economics

Sullivan G, Jinnett KJ, Mukherjee S, Henderson KL

Predictors of contact with public service sectors among homeless adults with and without alcohol and other drug disorders.

Journal of studies on alcohol

Bird CE, Jinnett KJ, Burnam MA, Koegel P, Sullivan G, Wenzel SL, Ridgely MS, Morton SC, Miu A

Cases, contexts and care: the need for grounded network analysis.

Kimberly Jinnett, Ian Coulter, Paul Koegel

The temporal relationship between emotional distress and cigarette smoking during adolescence and young adulthood.

Journal of consulting and clinical psychology

Orlando M, Ellickson PL, Jinnett K

Access to inpatient or residential substance abuse treatment among homeless adults with alcohol or other drug use disorders.

Medical care

Wenzel SL, Audrey Burnam M, Koegel P, Morton SC, Miu A, Jinnett KJ, Greer Sullivan J

Organizational determinants of psychosocial treatment activity of providers in Va mental health facilities.

The journal of mental health policy and economics

Alexander JA, Bloom JR, Zazzali JL, Jinnett K

Embedded Intergroup Relations in Interdisciplinary Teams: Effects on Perceptions of Level of Team Integration

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Richard Lichtenstein, Jeffrey A. Alexander, Kimberly Jinnett, Esther Ullman

Multilevel model of quality of life among United States veterans with serious mental illness

Multilevel model of quality of life among United States veterans with serious mental illness

Kimberly Jinnett

The effects of treatment team diversity and size on assessments of team functioning.

Hospital & health services administration

Alexander JA, Lichtenstein R, Jinnett K, D'Aunno TA, Ullman E