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Jacob Jameson

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phd candidate  ·  health policy & decision sciences  ·  harvard university

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

My research develops and applies methods in causal inference, decision modeling, and reinforcement learning to support better decision-making in health and public policy. I study the impacts of physician behavior, health policies, and personalized medicine. Thematically, I am interested in the areas of mental health and emergency medicine.

I am an NIMH T32 Predoctoral Research Fellow in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Suicide Prevention at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Research Statistician with The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. I also care deeply about teaching—I have been very fortunate to work with many 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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2026-05
newPresented at the 36th Annual POMS Conference.
2026-05
newPosted a preprint of new paper: The Effect of Legalizing Online Sports Gambling on Population Mental Health.
2026-03
Selected (29/132) for the 2026 IOE-ISyE-MS&E Rising Stars Workshop. People’s Choice Award for poster presentation🏅
2026-03
Finalist in Harvard’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition.

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2025-09
Finalist, INFORMS HAS Best Student Paper Competition — Honorable Mention.
2025-06
Distinction in Student Teaching, Harvard Kennedy School.
2024-05
Distinction in Student Teaching and the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Student Teaching, Harvard Kennedy School. ↗
2024-05
NIMH T32 Predoctoral Fellowship — Comparative Effectiveness Research for Suicide Risk Prevention.
2024-02
Center for Health Decision Science Educational Innovation Scholar.
2024-02
2024 Howard Raiffa Award, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.
2023-09
Finalist, INFORMS Public Sector OR Best Video Award — Improving Emergency Department Flow.
2023-01
2023 Howard Raiffa Award, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.

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