Public Health and Health Professions
Jacobs Lab
Led by Molly Jacobs · Health Services Research, Management and Policy
What we study
The Jacobs Lab studies healthcare systems, policies, and socioeconomic factors using econometric models, machine learning, and big data. They analyze large datasets like Medicare claims and electronic health records to improve health outcomes and equity.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Sequential pathway analysis of sex differences in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease
2026 · Women s Health
Tracks how men and women progress through brain stimulation treatment for Parkinson's disease.
- Financial toxicity of stroke: racial and ethnic disparities among working-age and elderly stroke survivors
2026 · Journal of the National Medical Association
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- Sex differences in location of initial diagnosis and discharge destination among medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with post-stroke aphasia
2026 · Frontiers in Stroke
Compares men and women with stroke-related aphasia to see where they first get diagnosed and discharged.
- Aphasia among Medicare fee for service beneficiaries: initial encounter for services and discharge disposition
2026 · Aphasiology
Analyzes where stroke patients with aphasia first receive care and where they go after discharge.
- Dementia and End-of-Life Shared Decision-Making Among Older US Adults
2026 · Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
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How to reach out
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