Biography and education
John Jordan is a Clinical Associate Professor and physician with board certifications in Clinical Informatics, Internal Medicine, and Preventive Medicine and over 15 years of experience as a physician leader. He completed his MD and MPH degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MS from Johns Hopkins University, and MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Jordan brings a broad range of healthcare experiences to his work. Prior to joining Texas State University, he worked for a large safety net hospital district, with a focus on using clinical informatics to improve electronic health records and processes. He worked for a large payor with a focus on using data and analytics to improve population health, patient experience, and healthcare value for over six million beneficiaries. He worked in public health for the CDC, with a focus on investigating outbreaks and preventing the spread of disease, and the State of Texas, with a focus on managing a health region with many rural counties.
Dr. Jordan brings a broad range of healthcare experiences to his work. Prior to joining Texas State University, he worked for a large safety net hospital district, with a focus on using clinical informatics to improve electronic health records and processes. He worked for a large payor with a focus on using data and analytics to improve population health, patient experience, and healthcare value for over six million beneficiaries. He worked in public health for the CDC, with a focus on investigating outbreaks and preventing the spread of disease, and the State of Texas, with a focus on managing a health region with many rural counties.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Jordan, John Gibbons. Short Term Research Training Grant, National Institute of Health, Federal. (Funded: 2003). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Jordan, J. G., Pritchard, S., Nicholson, G., Winston, T., Gumke, M., Rubino, H., … Likos, A. (2015). Pneumonia associated with an influenza a H3 outbreak at a skilled nursing facility-florida, 2014. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (35th ed., Vol. 64, pp. 985–986). https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6435a7
- Jordan, J. G. (Ed.). (2014). Healthiest Weight: A Life Course Approach. Florida, United States: Florida Medical Association Press.
- Gould, L. H., Jordan, J. G., Dunn, J., Apostol, M., & Griffin, P. M. (2011). Postdiarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome in persons aged 65 and older in foodnet sites, 2000-2006. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2nd ed., Vol. 59, pp. 366–368). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03269.x
- Jordan Jr., J. G., & Mann, J. R. (2010). Obesity and mortality in persons with obstructive lung disease using data from the NHANES III. Southern Medical Journal, 103(4), 323–330. https://doi.org/10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181d394b4
- Jordan, J. G. (2003). North Carolina Organ Donor Registration. North Carolina, United States.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Unit Citation, U.S. Public Health Service. 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: Achievement Medal, U.S. Public Health Service. 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: Foreign Duty Award, U.S. Public Health Service. 2016

Featured service activities
- Member
Texas Medical Association Health Information Technology and AI Committee
- Member
Food & Drug Administration Medical Devices Advisory Committtee
- Reviewer / Referee
American Medical Informatics Association
- Volunteer
Volunteer Healthcare Clinic
- Participant
3rd annual Round Rock campus flu outreach
- Volunteer
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
