Peter D. Jacobson, JD, MPH, Professor of Health Law and Policy, University of Michigan
Peter D. Jacobson is professor of health law and policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and director, Center for Law, Ethics, and Health. He teaches courses on health law, public health law, and health care regulations. Before coming to the University of Michigan, he was a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. In 1995, he received an investigator award in health policy research from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to examine the role of the courts in shaping health care policy. The project culminated in the publication of the book, Strangers in the Night: Law and Medicine in the Managed Care Era (Oxford University Press, 2002). His most recent book is False Hope: Bone Marrow Transplantation for Breast Cancer (Oxford University Press, 2007, co-authored with Richard A. Rettig, Wade M. Aubry, and Cynthia M. Farquhar). His recent research projects include the role of family history in primary care, public health ethics, and the organization of public health services. He is working on a health law text for public health students.