Jonathan Klein

Dr. Jonathan D. Klein, MD, MPH, is Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and the Savithri and Samuel Raj Endowed Professor of Pediatrics and Executive vice head of the department of pediatrics at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine.

A specialist in adolescent medicine, Jon is a health services researcher known for leadership and expertise in adolescent preventive services, youth development, tobacco control, and for translation of research into clinical and public health practice and policy. He joined UIC in 2017, having spent 1992–2009 at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and 2009–17 as Associate Executive Director at the American Academy of Pediatrics.

He serves as the 9th President of the International Association for Adolescent Health, as vice-chair of the PMNCH Accountability workgroup, and on the Executive Committee of the International Pediatric Association, a global organization of 186 national and regional pediatric associations and global specialty societies.