Speakers
Robert Jacobson, MD
Medical Director of Primary Care Immunization Program, Rochester, Kasson, and Southeast Minnesota, Co-Chair, AskMayoExpert Knowledge Content Board for Immunizations and Vaccinations, Mayo Clinic.
Robert is a Professor of Pediatrics at Mayo Clinic with appointments in Community Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and did his undergraduate studies at Butler University, got his medical degree at University of Chicago, and completed his pediatric residency at Yale University where he remained to complete the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program in quantitative clinical epidemiology.
Robert practices medicine as a primary care pediatrician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; teaches research methods and evidence-based medicine to the faculty, pediatric residents, and pediatric sub-specialty fellows; and serves the 11-county area as the Medical Director for the Immunization Program for Mayo Clinic’s Primary Care in Southeast Minnesota and co-chair of the AskMayoExpert Immunizations & Vaccinations Knowledge Content Board.
Robert is a National Institutes of Health-funded investigator and conducts research to improve the uptake of vaccines.
Robert has lived in worked in Rochester, Minnesota, for 35 years and, with his wife Renee, raised four well-vaccinated children.
Robert Jacobson, MD
Medical Director of Primary Care Immunization Program, Rochester, Kasson, and Southeast Minnesota, Co-Chair, AskMayoExpert Knowledge Content Board for Immunizations and Vaccinations, Mayo Clinic.
Robert is a Professor of Pediatrics at Mayo Clinic with appointments in Community Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and did his undergraduate studies at Butler University, got his medical degree at University of Chicago, and completed his pediatric residency at Yale University where he remained to complete the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program in quantitative clinical epidemiology.
Robert practices medicine as a primary care pediatrician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; teaches research methods and evidence-based medicine to the faculty, pediatric residents, and pediatric sub-specialty fellows; and serves the 11-county area as the Medical Director for the Immunization Program for Mayo Clinic’s Primary Care in Southeast Minnesota and co-chair of the AskMayoExpert Immunizations & Vaccinations Knowledge Content Board.
Robert is a National Institutes of Health-funded investigator and conducts research to improve the uptake of vaccines.
Robert has lived in worked in Rochester, Minnesota, for 35 years and, with his wife Renee, raised four well-vaccinated children.
The RACP Montgomery Spencer Memorial Lecture
Dame Teuila Percival
Dame Teuila is a New Zealand born Samoan. Her family are from Ofu in Manu’a and Pu’apu’a in Savaii.
Teuila is a Consultant Paediatrician at KidzFirst Childrens Hospital, South Auckland and an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, at the University of Auckland.
Her particular interests are in Pacific people’s health, Maternal and Child Health, Child Protection and Community Health.
Teuila has been working clinically in Paediatrics for over twenty years in the acute hospital setting and in outpatients.
Teuila is involved in research and community work both in New Zealand and the wider Pacific region.Teuila has been involved in Community work in South Auckland for over two decades.
Teuila is the current Co-Chair of Le Afio’aga o Aotearoa and past Chair of South Seas Healthcare Trust (Pacific Primary Care, Otara). Other community roles include past Board members of Ta Pasefika, Alliance Health Plus and past President of Pasifika Medical Association.Teuila is Director of Moana Connect, a Pacific Maternal and Child Health Community based Research, Education and Social Enterprise group in Mangere, South Auckland.
Teuila was made a Dame (DNZM) in the Kings Birthday Honours in 2023 and awarded the Queens Service Order (QSO) in 2010 for service to the Pacific Community and children.
Teuila has three children and one grandchild. She is married to John McEnteer, Ngati Maru, Ngati Tamatera of Hauraki.
The RACP Montgomery Spencer Memorial Lecture
Dame Teuila Percival
Dame Teuila is a New Zealand born Samoan. Her family are from Ofu in Manu’a and Pu’apu’a in Savaii.
Teuila is a Consultant Paediatrician at KidzFirst Childrens Hospital, South Auckland and an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, at the University of Auckland.
Her particular interests are in Pacific people’s health, Maternal and Child Health, Child Protection and Community Health.
Teuila has been working clinically in Paediatrics for over twenty years in the acute hospital setting and in outpatients.
Teuila is involved in research and community work both in New Zealand and the wider Pacific region.Teuila has been involved in Community work in South Auckland for over two decades.
Teuila is the current Co-Chair of Le Afio’aga o Aotearoa and past Chair of South Seas Healthcare Trust (Pacific Primary Care, Otara). Other community roles include past Board members of Ta Pasefika, Alliance Health Plus and past President of Pasifika Medical Association.Teuila is Director of Moana Connect, a Pacific Maternal and Child Health Community based Research, Education and Social Enterprise group in Mangere, South Auckland.
Teuila was made a Dame (DNZM) in the Kings Birthday Honours in 2023 and awarded the Queens Service Order (QSO) in 2010 for service to the Pacific Community and children.
Teuila has three children and one grandchild. She is married to John McEnteer, Ngati Maru, Ngati Tamatera of Hauraki.
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