Janette Dill is the Deputy Director of the Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health and the Associate Director of the Life Course Center at the UMN. Her research focuses on job quality and career mobility among the health care and public health workforce. Her research has been published in top public health and social science journals, including Health Affairs, Medical Care Research and Review, and Social Science and Medicine, and her research has been supported by the National Institute on Aging, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and other state and federal agencies. She holds a PhD in sociology and MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Nichole Fusilier are an experienced public health researcher and epidemiologist with a strong background in program evaluation and policy analysis. Their expertise includes evaluating public health interventions, analyzing the impact of healthcare policies, and conducting research to support initiatives aimed at improving community health outcomes. Their work at the Center includes evaluating the capacity of various public health systems and understanding what shapes the public health workforce. At the foundation of all of their work, Nichole is committed to advancing the well-being of individuals and their communities, reducing health disparities through research and policy advocacy, and translating research into actionable insights to improve public health outcomes. They hold a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Florida A&M University and a master’s degree in Biostatistics from Florida State University.

Dr. JP Leider is the founding director of the Center for Public Health Systems, as well as an Associate Professor in the SPH Division of Health Policy and Management and associate faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has published more than 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts in the areas of public health systems, the public health workforce, and public health finance. He is the director of evaluation for the Region V Public Health Training Center. He holds a PhD in health policy and management from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Sezen O. Onal holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Missouri–Columbia. Prior to her current role, she worked as a researcher at the Center for Public Health Systems in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota for two years. Dr. Onal’s research focuses on health economics and health policy, particularly as they relate to the healthcare safety net. Her work investigates how health care reforms impact access, utilization, and financial protection for vulnerable populations. Another key area of her research is public health systems, where she analyzes workforce dynamics, funding structures, and their implications for system performance and population health.