Background
Jaranson, James M. was born on October 2, 1947 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. Son of John E. and Sylvia E. Jaranson.
psychiatrist public health service officer
Jaranson, James M. was born on October 2, 1947 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States. Son of John E. and Sylvia E. Jaranson.
Bachelor in English, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1969. Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1973. Master of Arts in Anthropology, University Minnesota, 1976.
Master in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Harvard University, 1978.
Psychiatric consultant Indian Health Service, Portland, Oregon, 1976—1978, Public Health Service, San Francisco, 1979—1983. Psychiatrist Regions Hospital, St. Paul, since 1983. Director international mental health University Minnesota at Ramsey Medical Center, 1984—1997.
Medical director Center for Victims Torture, Minneapolis, 1989—2001. Director cultural psychiatry University Minnesota, 1992—1998, principal investigator, refugee population study, since 1998. Board directors Society for Study of Psychiatry and Culture, Portland, Oregon.
Member faculty department psychiatry and division epidemiology University Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1983. Commander United States Public Health Service, 1979-1983.
Fellow: American Psychiatric Association. Member: World Psychiatric Association (section officer, co-chair since 1996).