December 2003-present.
Senior Research Scientist and Assistant Professor, Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies, Department of Professional Nursing. Dr. Jillson’s teaching duties include Healthcare Managerial Ethics (undergraduate), Scholarly Inquiry (graduate research), Graduate Research for Nurse Anesthetists, and independent study courses, including International Health Policy. She also lectures in undergraduate and graduate courses in the School of Nursing and Health Studies and the Law Center on a wide range of topics.

Dr. Jillson’s research studies include serving as: 1) Project Director for a CMS-funded study of mental health services for the District of Columbia Department of Mental Health; 2) evaluation director for the Nurses for America program; 3) evaluator for the Family Practice Nurse Diversity grant; and 4) evaluation research director for the HRSA-funded Global HIV/AIDS Capacity-building Project (in South Africa and Lesotho). Recently-completed projects include a World Bank-funded study of the role of social change agents in strengthening women’s health and treatment-seeking behavior in Egypt.

October, 2004-Present
Independent consulting. Dr. Jillson consults primarily on health and social policy projects in the U.S. and internationally.

1974-2004
President, Policy Research Incorporated (PRI).
Dr. Jillson has provided leadership, management and technical guidance to the organization’s wide ranging work in research and analysis of policy and program issues, as well as management services and analyses, for government, international and private organizations in the U.S. and other countries. This work focuses on design and application of research and evaluation methods to support and inform decision-making and program and project design and implementation at the international, national, state and local levels. Areas of experience include, for example: policy planning and evaluation, particularly in health and social services; research design, including a focus on combining qualitative and quantitative methods, and participatory research; use of telecommunications systems for knowledge transfer and participatory development planning; information systems; intersectoral development issues; comparative analysis of international economic and social data; and design and evaluation of national and regional development strategies. Specific health and social issues in which Dr. Jillson has conducted research include for example substance abuse and mental health; occupational stress; family violence; HIV/AIDS; health and socioeconomic status of disadvantaged populations; health and social status of adolescents; health care financing; and integration of health and social services.