Jared Embree is a Research Manager at OneFifteen, and has a passion for accessibility and improving access to care. That includes working for more than a decade to improve systems in Dayton and the rest of Ohio to improve access for people with disabilities. That passion has also led him to work with state agencies across the US establishing tele-health model programs in rural areas, and training programs for professionals in mental health, substance use disorder treatment, and vocational rehabilitation.

Jared completed an undergraduate degree in Sociology at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio in 2002, a Master’s Degree in Applied Behavioral Science in 2011, and a Doctorate in Organizational Studies at Wright State University in 2024. He was also an Americorps Volunteer with the City Year Program in Columbia, SC, and remains committed to volunteerism in his free time.

Jared has served as an evaluator to the Deaf Off Drugs & Alcohol (DODA) Program as well as the Technology Assisted Care (TAC) and Electronic Consumer Advocacy Model (eCAM) Programs in Dayton. His past research interests have focused on suicide and suicidal behavior research for the past decade. This work has ranged from individual level research into the compounding effects of multiple risk factors for suicidal behaviors in Deaf populations to state-wide analysis of the relationship between access to care and suicide rates in rural areas. Currently, Jared focuses his own research attention on augmented decision making (via machine learning) with distributed pools of experts to improve the development of accessible diagnostic instruments for special populations (e.g. sign language users, non-native speakers, etc.). His passion and his purpose is to improve accessibility for all people by way of learning and constantly improving systems of care.

In his leisure time Jared is a avid climber and caver. He works with the Dayton Underground Grotto and the Rockcastle Karst Conservancy, and volunteers at the historic Great Saltpetre Cave Preserve and the Carter Caves State Resort Park. He is also the co-creator of the "Gone Caving" card game, which introduces young people to ideas about conservation and ecology in the underground world.