Jorge Caballero
Tech executive with 15+ years of experience in product development, analytics, and information security. Proven talent for solving complex problems, fostering innovation, and driving growth. Public reputation for using data to influence strategic decision-making and inform federal policy.
Best known for developing a nationwide database of COVID-19 testing site locations that was utilized by millions of individuals to locate testing sites near them. Every person in the U.S. who searched the web for a COVID testing site in 2020 was served results directly stemming from his work. His analyses shed light on health disparities, and formed the basis for oversight activity by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Tina Smith (MN). Analyses he produced in collaboration with data journalists have been featured in several media outlets, including ABCNews, Axios, and The San Francisco Chronicle.
He maintains an active social media presence on Threads (25K+ followers) and Mastodon (14K+ followers). He served in product advisory roles for Twitter (pre-acquisition) and Doximity (NYSE: DOCS). He led the #TwitterMigration movement, which fueled Mastodon’s unprecedented user growth.
In the news
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Scientists on Twitter head for the exit
June 20, 2023
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The NFL isn’t alone in its diversity problem. How old boys’ clubs and box-checking keep tech, academia and more from real progress
March 26, 2022
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More patients are getting COVID-19 during hospital stays
January 16, 2022
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Potential hurdles ahead for Biden’s COVID-19 testing reimbursement plan
December 13, 2021
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GOP Congressman Advocates for Fake Vaccine Administration
October 18, 2021
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How much does a COVID-19 test cost?
October 11, 2021
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‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities
September 23, 2021
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Los Angeles school officials order vaccines for students 12 and up
September 9, 2021
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says COVID-19 spread due to Black people being unvaccinated
August 20, 2021
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick falsely claims ‘African Americans who have not been vaccinated’ are driving covid surge
August 20, 2021
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Hospitals in states struggling with COVID-19 are facing severe staff shortages due to burnout
August 18, 2021
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Jorge Caballero ’05 M.D. ’10 resigns from Stanford Medicine, citing lack of support for minority faculty, students
July 16, 2021
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Vaccine access, not hesitancy, still a problem for Latinos: Senators
May 28, 2021
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Vaccination rates lag in communities of color, but it's not only due to hesitancy, experts say
May 8, 2021
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California Officially Lifts Its Curfew and Stay-at-Home Order
January 25, 2021
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Covid-19 Tests Are Still Hard to Get in Many Communities
January 22, 2021
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Inside the towns hardest hit by coronavirus
November 19, 2020
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Stanford physician-programmer creates Coders Against COVID
August 27, 2020
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Richer, whiter Bay Area cities got coronavirus testing quickly. Low-income areas didn’t
July 25, 2020
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Coronavirus data show growing disparities in income and race in Bay Area
July 11, 2020
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FEMA App of the Week: COVID-19 Testing Sites Locator
April 24, 2020
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Volunteer group develops a COVID-19 testing location database for the U.S.
March 22, 2020
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Chaffey High students say, ‘Si se puede,’ find out why
September 30, 2016
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New Jersey cities have some of the highest C-section rates in the US
November 18, 2015
“What I’m seeing is that in states like Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, Missouri, more than one out of five hospitals are reporting that they have a critical staffing shortage.”
InFORMING U.S. Senate oversight
Dr. Caballero’s work as the basis for U.S. Senate oversight activities: In October 2020, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent letters to five of the largest retail testing providers and the National Community Pharmacists Association requesting information on the availability of pediatric testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at their COVID-19 testing sites.
In Policy and Advocacy
“In our 2020 testimony to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, we cited such examples as “historic decimation” of Hispanic communities across Texas. Now, the actual numbers from the Texas Department of State and Health Services and an analysis from [Dr. Jorge] Caballero provide hard data to back our statements.”
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The FDA owes parents an explanation about why it delayed authorizing Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for young kids
July 6, 2022
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As a doctor, I tried to keep my kid safe from COVID. But California set parents up to fail
October 12, 2021
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America shouldn’t be sending unvaccinated kids back to school
August 8, 2021
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BIPOC know all about Nikole Hannah-Jones’ UNC treatment. It happened to me at Stanford
July 12, 2021
Collaborations with journalists
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Where bringing students back to school is most risky
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Coronavirus cases skyrocketing among communities of color
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People of color have less access to coronavirus testing
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The last COVID-free counties in America
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In this small Alaskan town, 5 COVID cases meant an immediate lockdown
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This is the last COVID-free county in the US right now
