Jason Ward is a name shared by several notable individuals across different fields, including natural history, professional sports, economics, and academia.
Jason Ward (naturalist) is an American naturalist, birder, and activist. He was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, and developed an interest in birds after witnessing a peregrine falcon eating a pigeon at age 14. He hosted the 2019 television documentary series Birds of North America, produced by Topic.com, which aimed to reach young people, people of color, and urban residents who might not normally engage with conservation. He also started a bird identification game on Twitter called #TrickyBirdID. In May 2020, Ward co-founded the BlackAFinSTEM collective and participated in Black Birders Week, a series of online events celebrating Black scientists and naturalists. In February 2021, Ward was fired from the American Bird Conservancy amid allegations of sexual assault, following which Topic.com removed his series, and several organizations severed ties with him.
Jason Ward (ice hockey) (born January 16, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played 336 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, and Tampa Bay Lightning.
Jason M. Ward is an economist and director of the RAND Housing Center at the RAND Corporation. His research focuses on housing production, housing affordability, and housing safety net programs.
Jason Morgan Ward is a professor of history at Emory University, where he teaches modern United States history. He received his bachelor's degree from Duke University and his Ph.D. in history from Yale University.
Dr. Jason Ward is an orthopaedic surgeon based in Australia who specializes in minimally invasive joint replacement surgery, with a particular interest in robotics and patient-matched technology utilizing 3D printing.
Jason Gill
Jason Gill is a name shared by several notable individuals, most prominently in college baseball coaching and academic research in cardiometabolic health.
Jason Gill (baseball coach) (born April 7, 1970, in Santa Ana, California) is an American college baseball coach and former shortstop and third baseman. He played college baseball for Cuesta College, Cal State Dominguez Hills, and Cal State Fullerton (1991–1994). He served as head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions (2009–2019) and the USC Trojans (2020–2022). At Loyola Marymount, he led the team to a West Coast Conference regular season championship (2017) and a West Coast Conference tournament championship (2019), earning an NCAA Regional berth. His overall head coaching record is 382–344–1. He was hired as an assistant coach at Cal Poly in July 2023.
Professor Jason M.R. Gill is Professor of Cardiometabolic Health at the University of Glasgow's School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health. He leads a multi-disciplinary research group investigating the effects of exercise and diet on the prevention and management of vascular and metabolic diseases. His major research interests include why certain population groups (particularly South Asians) are more susceptible to the adverse effects of a Westernized lifestyle, the interactions between physical activity, energy balance, adiposity, and disease risk, and the mechanisms by which exercise regulates lipoprotein metabolism. He has published over 240 research papers and is Director of the MSc programme in Sport and Exercise Science & Medicine at the University of Glasgow.
Dr. Jason Gill is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University. He received a bachelor's degree in environmental sciences and a master's degree in biology from Brock University (Ontario, Canada), and a doctoral degree in microbiology from the University of Guelph.
Jason 'Ginni' Gill is a songwriter and music producer whose work has been performed by artists including Eric Saade and Dagny.
