• Affiliate Associate Professor, Global Health

Seattle, WA
United States

Phone Number: 
971-232-1925
Email: 
jjacobson@bridgestodevelopment.org
Select from the following:
Education 
  • DTM&H, Gorgas Memorial Institute
  • MD, University of South Florida
  • BA, University of South Florida
Country Affiliations 
Health Topics 
  • Business and Public Private Partnerships
  • Community Health Workers
  • Community-Based Primary Health Care
  • Disease Surveillance
  • Epidemiology
  • Health Policy and Advocacy
  • Immunizations
  • Implementation Science
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Neglected Diseases, Tropical Medicine (incl. Parasites)
  • Storytelling
Pathobiology research areas 
DGH Centers, Programs and Initiatives and Affiliated Organizations 
Publications 

Redekop WK, Lenk EJ, Luyendijk M, Fitzpatrick C, Niessen L, Stolk WA, Tediosi
F, Rijnsburger AJ, Bakker R, Hontelez JA, Richardus JH, Jacobson J, de Vlas SJ,
Severens JL. The Socioeconomic Benefit to Individuals of Achieving the 2020
Targets for Five Preventive Chemotherapy Neglected Tropical Diseases. PLoS Negl
Trop Dis. 2017 Jan 19;11(1):e0005289. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005289.
eCollection 2017 Jan. PubMed PMID: 28103243; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5313231.


Fischer PU, King CL, Jacobson JA, Weil GJ. Potential Value of Triple Drug
Therapy with Ivermectin, Diethylcarbamazine, and Albendazole (IDA) to Accelerate
Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis in Africa. PLoS Negl Trop
Dis. 2017 Jan 5;11(1):e0005163. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005163. eCollection
2017 Jan. PubMed PMID: 28056015; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5215784.


Means AR, Jacobson J, Mosher AW, Walson JL. Integrated Healthcare Delivery: A
Qualitative Research Approach to Identifying and Harmonizing Perspectives of
Integrated Neglected Tropical Disease Programs. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Oct
24;10(10):e0005085. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005085. eCollection 2016 Oct.
PubMed PMID: 27776127; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5077162.


Means AR, Ásbjörnsdóttir K, Mwandawiro C, Rollinson D, Jacobson J, Littlewood
T, Walson JL. Sustaining Progress towards NTD Elimination: An Opportunity to
Leverage Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programs to Interrupt Transmission of
Soil-Transmitted Helminths. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Jul 14;10(7):e0004737. doi:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0004737. eCollection 2016 Jul. PubMed PMID: 27416062; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC4944981.

Toledo CE, Jacobson J, Wainwright EC, Ottesen EA, Lammie PJ. RRR for NNN-a
rapid research response for the Neglected Tropical Disease NGDO Network: a novel
framework to challenges faced by the global programs targeting neglected tropical
diseases. Int Health. 2016 Mar;8 Suppl 1:i12-4. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihv072.
PubMed PMID: 26940303; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4777228.