Bio
Dr. Jonathan Shaw is a family physician and health services researcher who has dedicated his career to working in and improving 'safety-net' healthcare systems; his clinical and research passion is improving care for historically under-served patient populations. For the past 11 years he practiced at Ravenswood Clinic, a Federally Qualified Health Center serving East Palo Alto, while promoting and leading the mission of academic-community engagement within Stanford -- as the inaugural Director of Community Partnership within the division of Primary Care and Population Health, and subsequently launching the Department of Medicine's program (https://med.stanford.edu/dom-community-partnership.html) as Associate Chair of Community Partnership.
In 2026 Dr. Shaw relocated to Portland, Oregon, and is fortunate to continue to support Stanford research in his ongoing role as co-Medical Director of the Evaluation Sciences Unit (www.stanfordevaluationsciencesunit.org). In Portland, he can be found practicing primary care at the Multnomah County Health Department's Fernhill Health Center.
Dr. Shaw received his B.A. in philosophy and worked in health policy before pursuing medical training. During medical school and residency, he obtained significant global health training as a visiting scholar in Mbabane, Eswatini (via the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative) and a year in rural Guatemala providing maternal & infant care and collaborating with CDC researchers. Since completing his family medicine residency in 2009 he has practiced in community health settings serving primarily immigrant populations, both in Oregon and California. He moved to the Bay Area in 2011, joining Stanford's Center for Primary Care & Outcomes Research / VA Palo Alto, as a Health Services Research Fellow. His work and evaluation efforts during fellowship included homeless veterans outreach, and leading an interdisciplinary team (ImPACT) improving care coordination for the VA Palo Alto's most medically complex veterans.
For the past decade, Dr. Shaw's research home has been the Evaluation Sciences Unit which promotes implementation science and leads rigorous evaluation of healthcare redesign both within and outside Stanford Medicine. His research interests include psycho-social drivers of health, women's and reproductive health, the impact of health policies on historically marginalized and under-served populations, and research to improve primary care delivery. His current passion is working to promote cross-sector and community-academic collaborations that build programs to improve health equity.
