Health Care Workforce Researcher Janette Dill

I’m Always Happiest Outside

Janette Dill is an associate professor in the Health Policy & Management Division in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, and the deputy director of the Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health. Her research focuses on job quality and career mobility among the health care and public health workforce. Before speaking on a panel at a Zócalo event, presented in partnership with The James Irvine Foundation—“What Is a Good Job Now? In Health Care?”—she chatted in the green room about long-term care, Minnesota winters, and …

July 21, 2023

Four panelists sitting in front of a blue backdrop that has the logos of Zócalo Public Square and The James Irvine Foundation on it. The panelists are, from left to right: Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Janette Dill, Helda Pinzón-Perez, and Martha Valladarez.

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