Global Research Team
Executive Director
The Meros Center, Epidemiology
Jason Paltzer, PhD, MPH is the Executive Director of the Meros Center, a research and training community for Christian health ministry based at Wisconsin Lutheran College. He is an epidemiologist and public health researcher whose work focuses on global health, substance use, and the social and spiritual determinants of health. He founded the Meros Center and has spent decades developing faith-based health programs internationally, including in Zambia, and has contributed to cross-national Global Flourishing Study research.
A cross-national analysis of demographic variation in self-rated mental health across 22 countries
Communications Medicine · 2025
A cross-sectional study of demographic variation in health problem-related limitations in life across 22 countries: a cross-national analysis
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025 · First author
Childhood predictors of health limitations in life across 22 countries: a cross-national and cross-sectional analysis
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025 · First author
Comparison of the effects of childhood demographic characteristics on physical activity during adulthood across 22 countries
BMC Public Health · 2025
Comparison of the relationship between key demographic features and physical activity levels across 22 countries
BMC Public Health · 2025
Demographic variation in weekly alcohol use across countries in the Global Flourishing Study
Communications Medicine · 2026
The Global Flourishing Study: Study Profile and Initial Results on Flourishing
Nature Mental Health · 2025