Robert Jacobson | |
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| Alma mater | Butler University |
| Known for | Vaccine Research at the Mayo Clinic |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine, Epidemiology, Immunology, Pediatrics, Vaccinology |
| Institutions | Mayo Clinic |
Robert Martin Jacobson (born 1958) is the medical director of the Population Health Science Program of the Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery.[1] He is a previous chair of the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the Mayo Clinic and a full professor of pediatrics at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota.[2] He still regularly sees young patients as a member of the Division of Community Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. His research area is in vaccinology, with a focus on delivery, effectiveness, and adverse consequences. He is also involved with the Clinical Research Training Program in the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, where he concentrates on teaching evidence-based medicine.
From 2012 to 2014, he served as president of the Minnesota chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is a fellow of the academy.
- ^ Mayo Clinic doctor profile: Jacobson, Robert M. M.D.. Mayo Clinic. Accessed April 14, 2013.
- ^ Mayo Clinic Researcher Profile. Accessed December 20, 2016.