Jacob Jameson graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics and from the University of Chicago with an M.S. in Computational Analysis and Public Policy. Before graduate school, Jacob was middle school...
Dissertation Title: "Computational Epidemiology: Methods and Applications for Global Health"
In this dissertation I discuss the development and application of simulation-based approaches to major challenges in global health. I refer to this general...
Dissertation Title： "Gastric Cancer Prevention Policy: The Economic and Population Impacts of Helicobacter pylori Screening"
Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths, with over 65% of all cases occurring in developing countries...
Dissertation Title： "Health Risk Behavior, Preferences and Policy"
This dissertation address health behavior in response to risk, and public preferences regarding risk. Health behavior is explored in two papers on the topic of child seating behavior in...
Dissertation Title: "The Cost-Effectiveness of Early Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV-Infected Adults"
Since 1996 there has been a dramatic shift in the treatment outlook for HIV-infected individuals as a result of the introduction of new antiviral drug...
Dissertation Title: "Empirical Approaches to Modeling HIV and Hepatitis C"
This thesis describes applications of mathematical models to three distinct problems. The common objective of the three papers was to take full advantage of all available data...
Dissertation Title: "The Application of Decision Analytic Methods to Diverse Public Health Problems in Underserved Populations"
The unifying theme of this dissertation is the application of decision analytic methods to diverse public health problems...
Dissertation Title："Adoption of New Medical Technologies: The Case of Cervical Cancer Prevention"
New medical technologies have the potential to improve health outcomes substantially and cost-effectively, if used appropriately. This dissertation uses the...
Dissertation Title: "Efficiency and Equity Concerns for HIV Treatment Scale-up in Developing Countries"
HIV disease, a life-threatening but treatable illness, kills approximately 2 million individuals annually and about 2.7 million new infections occur...
Dissertation Title: "Economic Evaluation of Vaccination Policies Using Mathematical Models: Cost-Effectiveness, Externalities, and Affordability of Hepatitis B Vaccination"
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a global public health challenge that...