Robert M. Jacobson

Who is Robert M. Jacobson?

Robert Martin Jacobson leads the Employee and Community Health Research Initiative at Mayo Clinic. He is the former chair of the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the Mayo Clinic and a full professor of pediatrics at the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, MN. 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. Jacobson co-leads the Vaccine Research Group at the Mayo Clinic with Greg Poland. He is also involved with the Clinical Research Training Program in the Mayo Medical School, where he concentrates on teaching evidence-based medicine.

From 2012, he has been the president of the Minnesota chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is also a fellow of the Academy.