Professional Summary
Peter D. Jacobson is Professor of Health Law and Policy in the Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Director, Center for Law, Ethics, and Health. He received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1970, and a Masters in Public Health from UCLA in 1988. Before coming to the University of Michigan, he was Senior Behavioral Scientist at RAND from 1988 to 1996. His current research interests focus on the relationship between law and health care delivery and policy, law and public health systems, and health care safety net services.
In 1995, he received an Investigator Award in Health Policy Research from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to examine the role of the courts in shaping health care policy. The project culminated in the publication of the book Strangers in the Night: Law and Medicine in the Managed Care Era (Oxford University Press, 2002). Jacobson co-authored a law school casebook with Lawrence O. Gostin titled Law and the Health System (Foundation Press, 2005), and is also a co-author of False Hope vs. Evidence-Based Medicine: The Story of a Failed Treatment for Breast Cancer (Oxford University Press, 2007).
Professor Jacobson's current research interests focus on the relationship between law and health care delivery, law and public health systems, public health ethics, and health care safety net services. For instance, he is the Principal Investigator (PI) on studies examining public health entrepreneurship, the impact of state and federal law on public health preparedness, and enhancing organizational and operational efficiencies in Michigan's health care safety net providers.
Courses Taught
HMP652: Health Law
Syllabus (PDF)
HMP659: Health Care Regulation
Education
M.P.H., Health Services, University of California Los Angeles, 1988
J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1970
A.B., History, Dickinson College, 1967
Research Interest & Projects
Assessing the Impact of Federal and State Law on Public Health Preparedness
Sponsor: CDC
Public Health Entrepreneurship
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health Care Financing and Organizations Program through Academy Health
Enhancing Organizational and Operational Efficiencies in Michigan's Health Care Safety Net Providers
Sponsor: Center for Healthcare Quality and Transformation
Evaluation of an Innovative Policy to Reduce DUI Recidivism
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Substance Abuse Research Program
Selected Publications
Greer, S.L., Jacobson, P.D. (2010 forthcoming). Health Care Reform and Federalism. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
Jacobson, P.D., Neumann, P.J. (2009). A Framework to Measure the Value of Public Health Services. Health Services Research (HSR), 44(5), 1880-1896.
Jacobson, P.D. (2009). The Role of ERISA Preemption in Health Reform: Opportunities and Limits., Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics.
Baum, N.M., Goold, S. D., Jacobson, P.D. (2009 forthcoming). "Listen to the People:" Public Deliberation about Social Distancing Measures in a Pandemic American Journal of Bioethics.
Romano, L.V. and Jacobson, P.D. (2009). At the Forefront of Health Law: Patient Access to Unapproved Therapies. Journal of Health & Life Sciences, 2(2), 45-72.
Dalton, V.K., Jacobson, P.D., Konig, M.A. Holman, P.P. Jr. (2009). Community Responses to Diabetes and Mental Health Care for the Uninsured Population in Michigan. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 20, 98-106.
Baum, N.M., Gollust S.E., Goold, S., and Jacobson, P.D. (2009). Ethical Issues in Public Health Practice in Michigan. American Journal of Public Health., 99, 369-374.
Jacobson, P.D. (2008). Transforming Clinical Practice Guidelines into Legislative Mandates: Proceed With Abundant Caution. Journal of the American Medical Association, 299, 208-210.
Neumann, P.J., Jacobson, P.D., and Palmer, J.A. (2008). Measuring the Value Of Public Health Systems: The Disconnect Between Health Economists and Public Health Practitioners. American Journal of Public Health., 98, 2173-2180.
Gollust, S.E., Baum, N.M. and Jacobson, P.D. (2008). Politics and Public Health Ethics in Practice: Right and Left Meet Right and Wrong. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 14, 340-347.
Professional Affiliations
Board of Editors, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Academy Health
American Public Health Association
American Health Lawyers Association
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