Dr. Shevin Jacob

October 16, 2016

Dr. Shevin Jacob is an infectious diseases physician and Reader in Sepsis Research in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), UK. He earned his Doctorate of Medicine (MD) at Oregon Health & Science University and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed internal medicine residency training at the University of Virginia and infectious diseases specialty training at the University of Washington, where he later held a faculty role in the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases before joining LSTM in 2017. Based in Uganda since 2006, his research focuses on improving survival for patients with sepsis in resource-constrained government hospitals.

Dr Jacob is Co-Founder and Medical Director of Walimu, a Uganda-based non-governmental organisation that supports research (primarily sepsis and tuberculosis) and health system strengthening, including building health workforce capacity for viral haemorrhagic fevers and other infectious disease outbreaks. Since 2009, he has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) through multiple working groups on the clinical management of sepsis and other severe illnesses in resource-constrained settings. During Ebola outbreaks in West Africa, he was deployed by WHO in roles including clinical management, training and mentoring health workers in Ebola Treatment Units, and advising Ministries of Health on case management strategies.

He also serves as Secretary General and Executive Committee Member of the African Sepsis Alliance, and as a Board and Executive Committee Member of the Global Sepsis Alliance. At LSTM, he currently chairs the Research Ethics Committee.

In 2018, Dr Jacob received the Leadership in Public Health Practice Harvard Alumni Award for his work in sepsis and viral haemorrhagic fevers.