Roberta Anne Jacobson (born 1950), known as Bobbie, is a British
public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...
physician.
Jacobson graduated with a degree in
biochemistry
Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...
from the
University of Sussex
, mottoeng = Be Still and Know
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £14.4 million (2020)
, budget = £319.6 million (2019–20)
, chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar
, vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil
, ...
in 1972, then undertook medical training at the
Middlesex Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1982.
She worked as deputy director of
Action on Smoking and Health from 1973 to 1977, then after a period as a junior hospital doctor was appointed a research fellow in health promotion at the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1985.
She was a consultant in public health medicine for
City and Hackney Health Authority from 1989 to 1990, then director of public health there from 1990 to 1993, and for
East London and the City Health Authority from 1993 to 2001.
She was director of the London Health Observatory from 2001 to 2013.
She was made an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(OBE) in the
2006 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 2006 in some Commonwealth realms were announced (on 31 December 2005) in
the United Kingdom,
New Zealand, Grenada, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, and Saint Christopher and Nevis to cel ...
, "For services to Public Health";
and was elected a
Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH) in 1996.
In 2013, she gave the inaugural lecture of the
Global Public Health Observatory.
References
External links
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Department of Health video of Jacobson discussing public health reforms(2011)
1950 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
20th-century British medical doctors
21st-century British medical doctors
Fellows of the Faculty of Public Health
Alumni of the University of Sussex
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