Jason Beste, MD, MPH, PhD

Executive Director, Arrupe Global Scholars and Partnerships Program

Associate Professor

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jasonbeste@creighton.edu
Public Health MPH (Master's)
School of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency
Phoenix Health Sciences 704U

Jason Beste, MD, MPH, PhD

Executive Director, Arrupe Global Scholars and Partnerships Program

Associate Professor

Jason Beste MD, MPH, PhD is an infectious diseases physician, public health specialist, and global health scholar who was appointed the inaugural Executive Director of the Arrupe Global Scholars and Partnerships Program at Creighton University on July 1, 2022. A two-time graduate of Creighton University, Dr. Beste earned his undergraduate degree from the College of Arts and Sciences and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the School of Medicine.

Dr. Beste completed residency training in Internal Medicine and Social Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. He subsequently pursued fellowship training in Infectious Diseases and earned a Master of Public Health degree at the University of Washington. He also completed a PhD in Global Health: Implementation Science at the University of Washington, where his research focused on health systems strengthening and the optimization of post-conflict health system reconstruction in low-income countries.

Prior to joining Creighton University, Dr. Beste held faculty appointments at Harvard Medical School, the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Department of Global Health and Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington. His leadership experience includes serving as Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer for Partners In Health in Liberia and Malawi, Director of the University of Washington Global and Rural Health Fellowship Program and MD-MPH Program, and as a researcher and educator in global health.

Over the past fifteen years, Dr. Beste has worked extensively within diverse global health systems, advancing health equity and expanding access to quality healthcare in resource-limited settings. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases and maintains active clinical practice in infectious diseases and internal medicine at Valleywise Medical Center and Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Medical Center. His scholarly and professional interests center on health systems strengthening in post-conflict settings, implementation science, infectious diseases, global health education, and the promotion of equitable healthcare delivery in underserved populations.

Teaching Interests

  • Infectious Disease

Research Focus

Health Systems Strengthening in Post-Conflict Settings

Department

Clinical Research and Public Health

Position

Associate Professor

Publications

  • Global public health : an international journal for research, policy and practice
    Hermann Kallin, Kletscher Karina, Peralta Chiribogaba Alejandro, Fuji Kevin, O'Keefe Anne, Sol Jurado Vaca Maria, Tauseef Abubakar, Beste Jason, Perceptions, knowledge, and access to the HPV vaccine among parents and healthcare providers in South Quito, Ecuador in 2025: A qualitative study
    21:1 2026
  • Frontiers in Global Women's Health
    Mabie April, Schmalz Naomi, de Tavárez Michelle María Jiménez, Walters Ryan, Van Cleave Alexandra, Foley Olivia Anne, Beste Jason, Gray Caron, Cesarean section trends in Barrero, Dominican Republic: a community-level analysis of rates, risk factors, and patient motivations
    7 2026
  • Frontiers in nutrition (Lausanne)
    Mabie April, Van Cleave Alexandra, Foley Olivia Anne, Gray Caron, Tauseef Abubakar, Beste Jason, Jiménez de Tavárez Michelle María, Mapping evidence on maternal metabolic conditions and child neurodevelopment in the Caribbean: a scoping review
    13 2026
  • Peace review (Palo Alto, Calif.)
    Beste Jason, Ahmed Sali, Beste Sara, Khan Wasiq, Gloyd Steve, Peacebuilding Through Health: Historical and Current Frameworks for Health-Related Peacebuilding Programs in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 2026
  • Journal of medical education and curricular development
    Beste Jason, Beste Sara, Okezie Danielle, Jiménez de Tavárez Michelle María, Torres Castillo Ana Lucia, Salao Sterckx Emilio Q, Wilson Mardell A, Working Towards a Decolonized, Longitudinal, and Equitable Global Health Training and Partnerships Program
    12, p. 23821205251324297 2025
  • Open forum infectious diseases
    Kumbhakar Raaka G, Budak Jehan Z, Tao Yuan, Beste Jason, Barker Gwen, Lake Eve, Navabi Nazlee, Mose Eric, Lee Ji, Hara Katie, Khosropour Christine, Dhanireddy Shireesha, Dombrowski Julia C, The Impact of a Walk-in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care Model for People Who Are Incompletely Engaged in Care: The Moderate Needs (MOD) Clinic
    10:1, p. ofac670 - ofac670 2023
  • Transcultural Psychiatry
    Fabian K. E., Nyachienga B., Fannoh J., Washington G. G., Geninyan Weetol W. B., Cyrus G., Hallowanger J. N., Beste J., Augusto O., Wagenaar B. H., Psychometric properties of two mental health screening tools in southeast Liberia: The Liberian Distress Screener and Patient Health Questionnaire
    59:4, p. 425 - 437 2022
  • Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
    Dumchev K., Penner J., Beste J., Puttkammer N., Shost A., Kiriazova T., Riabokon S., Parrish C., Shapoval A., Germanovych M., Comparative Clinical Outcomes With Scale-up of Dolutegravir as First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in Ukraine
    91:2, p. 197 - 209 2022
  • BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health
    Kumeh O. W., Richardson E. T., Fallah M. P., Silverstein J. B., Beste S., Beste J., Mukherjee J. S., Desai I. K., Gilbert H. N., Literacy is power: Structural drivers of child malnutrition in rural Liberia
    3:2, p. 295 - 307 2020
  • The Lancet
    Bukhman G., Saxena A., Park P., Aguilar G. R., Sankoh O. A., Schwartz L. N., Schwarz D. K., Shaffer J. D., Sumner A. P., Doe Z. T., Upreti S. R., Verguet S., Watkins D., Wroe E. B., Group Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission Study, Atun R., Mocumbi A. O., Becker A. E., Bhutta Z., Dain K., Binagwaho A., Clinton C., Coates M. M., Ezzati M., Gottlieb G., Jain Y., Gupta I., Gupta N., Hyder A. A., Kruk M. E., Makani J., Marx A., Roy N., Miranda J. J., Norheim O. F., Nugent R., Stefan C., Wallis L., Amegashie F., Mayosi B., Adjaye-Gbewonyo K., Adler A., Amuyunzu-Nyamongo M. K., Arwal S. H., Bassoff N., Beste J. A., Boudreaux C., Eagan A. W., Byass P., Cadet J. R., Dagnaw W. W., Feigl A., Gathecha G., Haakenstad A., Haileamlak A. M., Johansson K. A., Kintu A., Kamanda M., Karmacharya B., Kasomekera N., Koirala B., Kwan G. F., Larco N. C., Maongezi S., Masiye J., Muquingue H. N., Mayige M., McLaughlin A., Memirie S. T., Mwangi K. J. M., Ndayisaba G. F., Noble C. A., Noormal B., Olsen M., The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: bridging a gap in universal health coverage for the poorest billion
    396:10256, p. 991 - 1044 2020
  • World journal of surgery
    Joharifard S., Nyemah E., Price N., Ipanaqué J. G. Y., Clarke R. H., Wallace A. F., Dobboh C., Howe C., Kortimai L. G., Beste J., Chukwuemeka N. S., Mentoe S. J., Kabeto A. K., Dunbar E., The Impact of Implementing a Comprehensive Surgical Program on the Surgical Cohort at a Remote Referral Hospital in Southeastern Liberia
    44:3, p. 680 - 688 2020
  • Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
    Tobey M., Le P., Amir O., Beste J., Jung P., Shamasunder S., Tutt M., Shah S., Physician workforce partnerships in rural american Indian/Alaska native communities and the potential of post-graduate fellowships
    30:2, p. 442 - 455 2019
  • Culture, medicine and psychiatry
    Fabian K., Fannoh J., Washington G. G., Geninyan W. B., Nyachienga B., Cyrus G., Hallowanger J. N., Beste J., Rao D., Wagenaar B. H., “My Heart Die in Me”: Idioms of Distress and the Development of a Screening Tool for Mental Suffering in Southeast Liberia
    42:3, p. 684 - 703 2018
  • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
    Beste J., Mutaquiha C., Manhiça I., Creswell J., Jose B., Monivo C., Faria M., Codlin A. J., Michel C., Wagenaar B., Gloyd S., Cowan J., Effects of Xpert® MTB/RIF testing and GxAlert on MDR-TB diagnosis and linkage to care in Mozambique
    22:11, p. 1358 - 1365 2018
  • PLoS Medicine
    Wagenaar B. H., Augusto O., Beste J., Toomay S. J., Wickett E., Dunbar N., Wesseh C. S., Bawo L., The 2014–2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak and primary healthcare delivery in Liberia: Time-series analyses for 2010–2016
    15:2 2018
  • Global Health Action
    Rogers J. H., Jabateh L., Beste J., Wickett E., Wagenaar B. H., McBain R., Palazuelos D., Oswald C., Napier H. G., Toomey-Garbo J., Impact of community-based adherence support on treatment outcomes for tuberculosis, leprosy and HIV/AIDS-infected individuals in post-Ebola Liberia
    11:1 2018
  • BMJ Global Health
    Wroe E. B., Dunbar E. L., Kalanga N., Dullie L., Kachimanga C., Mganga A., Herce M., Beste J., Rigodon J., Nazimera L., McBain R. K., Delivering comprehensive HIV services across the HIV care continuum: A comparative analysis of survival and progress towards 90-90-90 in rural Malawi
    3:1 2018
  • Tropical Medicine and International Health
    Wickett E., Peralta-Santos A., Rogers J., Beste J., Micikas M., Toe F., Jabateh L., Wagenaar B. H., Treatment outcomes of TB-infected individuals attending public sector primary care clinics in rural Liberia from 2015 to 2017: a retrospective cohort study
    23:5, p. 549 - 557 2018
  • The Lancet
    McBain R. K., Mukherjee J., Wickett E., Mugunga J. C., Beste J., Konwloh P., The post-Ebola baby boom: time to strengthen health systems
    388:10058, p. 2331 - 2333 2016
  • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
    Cowan J., Michel C., Manhiça I., Mutaquiha C., Monivo C., Saize D., Beste J., Creswell J., Codlin A. J., Gloyd S., Remote monitoring of Xpert® MTB/RIF testing in Mozambique: Results of programmatic implementation of GxAlert
    20:3, p. 335 - 341 2016
  • International Journal of Health Services
    Beste J., Pfeiffer J., Mozambique's debt and the international monetary fund's influence on poverty, education, and health
    46:2, p. 366 - 381 2016
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
    Herce M. E., Chingoli F., Kalanga N., Wroe E. B., Keck J. W., Tengatenga L., Gopal S., Phiri A., Elmore S. N., Mailosi B., Bazile J., Beste J. A., Crocker J. T., Rigodon J., Excellent clinical outcomes and retention in care for adults with HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma treated with systemic chemotherapy and integrated antiretroviral therapy in rural Malawi
    18:1 2015
  • PLoS ONE
    Herce M. E., Beste J. A., Phiri A., Mayfield A., Chingoli F., Tengatenga L., Bazile J., Krakauer E. L., Rigodon J., Kalanga N., Elmore S. N., Keck J. W., Wroe E. B., Assessing and responding to palliative care needs in rural sub-Saharan Africa: Results from a model intervention and situation analysis in Malawi
    9:10 2014

Presentations

  • Sun A, Beste J, Shah S, Tobey M, Tripathi. RELAX: Implementation of Equity, Leadership and Advocacy Training for Rural Providers. Poster presentation at the National Rural Health Association 2022
  • Li D, Savochka L, Onofrey L, Bosibori D, Beste J, Farquhar C. Internal Medicine Education Seminars for Trainees in Naivasha, Kenya. Poster presentation at the American College of Physicians Conference. Chicago, IL 2022
  • Sun A, Beste J, Shah S, Tobey M, Tripathi. RELAX: Implementation of Equity, Leadership and Advocacy Training for Rural Providers. Poster presentation at the Society of General Internal Medicine 2022
  • Lucien F, Kuye J, Cholopray E, Dure D, Kabeta A, Beste J, Kamara W, Luma M, Kesselly D. Ensuring Universal Access to Treatment and Care for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Implementation of a Patient-Centered Approach and Decentralized Model of Care. Poster Presentation at Health Systems Research Conference in Liverpool, UK 2018
  • Beste J, Mutaquiha C, Manhica I, Jose B, Fairia M, Creswell J, Wagenaar B, Cowan J. The effects of Xpert MTB/RIF testing and GxAlert on RR/MDR-TB diagnosis and linkage to care in Mozambique. Poster presented at 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health. Guadalajara, Mexico 2017
  • Beste J, Monroe-Wise A, Tatum A, Weber P, Small A, Wasserheit J, Bremner B, Farquhar C. The University of Washington Global and Rural Health Fellowship. Poster presented at Consortium of Universities for Global Health, San Francisco, CA. 2016
  • Herce M, Kalanga N, Wroe E, Keck J, Chingoli F, Gopal S, Bazile J, Beste J, Crocker J, Rigodon J. HIV-associated Kaposi Sarcoma Treated with Chemotherapy and ART in Rural Malawi. Poster presented at CROI, Seattle WA. 2015
  • Wroe E., Beste J, Rigodon J, et al. Novel Strategies For Improving Case Finding and Access to Care For HIV-Positive Patients with Non-communicable Disease In Rural Malawi. Poster presented at IAS, Melbourne, Australia. 2014