Robert Jacobson MD

Robert Jacobson is a Professor of Pediatrics at Mayo Clinic with appointments in Community Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. and did his undergraduate studies at Butler University, got his medical degree at the University of Chicago, and completed his pediatric residency at Yale University, where he remained to complete the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program in quantitative clinical epidemiology.

Robert practices medicine as a primary care pediatrician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; teaches research methods and evidence-based medicine to the faculty, pediatric residents, and pediatric sub-specialty fellows; and serves the 11-county area as the Medical Director for the Immunization Program for Mayo Clinic’s Primary Care in Southeast Minnesota and co-chair of the AskMayoExpert Immunizations & Vaccinations Knowledge Content Board. Robert is a National Institutes of Health-funded investigator and researcher to improve the uptake of vaccines.