JACOB JAMESON
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Jacob Jameson

PhD candidate at Harvard studying health policy, causal inference, and decision sciences.

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I am on the academic job market for 2026–2027. Please feel free to get in touch or view my CV.

I am a PhD candidate in Health Policy and Decision Sciences at Harvard University. My research develops and applies methods in causal inference, decision modeling, and reinforcement learning to generate and synthesize evidence for better decision-making in health and public policy.

I study the impacts of physician behavior, health policies, and personalized medicine. I am an NIMH T32 Predoctoral Research Fellow in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Suicide Prevention at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a Research Statistician with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

I also care deeply about teaching. I have been fortunate to work with students at Harvard, the University of Chicago, and New Haven Public Schools during my time as a Teach For America corps member.

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July 2026

Presented at the INFORMS Healthcare Conference — certificate.

May 2026

Awarded the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Student Teaching by Harvard Kennedy School. Read the story.

May 2026

Presented at the 36th Annual POMS Conference.

May 2026

Posted a preprint: The Effect of Legalizing Online Sports Gambling on Population Mental Health.

March 2026

Selected for the IOE–ISyE–MS&E Rising Stars Workshop and received the People’s Choice Award for my poster.

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March 2026

Finalist in Harvard’s Three Minute Thesis Competition.

September 2025

Finalist in the INFORMS HAS Best Student Paper Competition — honorable mention.

June 2025

Awarded the Distinction in Student Teaching, Harvard Kennedy School.

May 2024

Awarded the Distinction in Student Teaching and the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Student Teaching, Harvard Kennedy School.

May 2024

Awarded an NIMH T32 Predoctoral Fellowship in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Suicide Risk Prevention.

February 2024

Selected as the Center for Health Decision Science Educational Innovation Scholar.

February 2024

Received the 2024 Howard Raiffa Award, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.

September 2023

Finalist, INFORMS Public Sector OR Best Video Award — Improving Emergency Department Flow.

January 2023

Received the 2023 Howard Raiffa Award, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.

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