Karen Rita Jacobson MD

Instructor, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

725 Albany StShapiro 9, Suite BBoston, MA 02118
Phone+1 617-414-4290
Fax+1 617-414-4285

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Education & Training

Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2007 - 2009
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2006
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 2002

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
CT State Medical License 2005 - 2006
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Tuberculosis in children who are HIV-exposed uninfected.
Jeffrey I Campbell, Ojasvi Vachharajani, Melanie M Dubois, Leonardo Martinez, Paul J Christos
AIDS. 2026-10-01
Understanding and exploiting superspreading to disrupt Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission.
Tyler S Brown, Kristin Nelson, Stephen Kissler, Leo Martinez, C Robert Horsburgh
The Lancet. Infectious Diseases. 2026-10-01
3 citations
Tuberculosis Disease Severity Assessment Using Clinical Variables and Radiology Enabled by Artificial Intelligence.
Marwan Ghanem, Ratnam Srivastava, Yasha Ektefaie, Drew Hoppes, Gabriel Rosenfeld
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2026-09-23

Press Mentions

Understanding and Exploiting Tuberculosis SuperspreadingMay 17th, 2026
A Bellwether for COVID-19June 8th, 2022
The Checkup for July 17: With COVID-19 Case Numbers Rising, Gov. Baker Pushes for More Shots in ArmsJuly 16th, 2021

Grant Support

TACTIC: Tuberculosis Active Case Tracking via Interpersonal ConnectionsBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER2026–2031
TACTIC: Tuberculosis Active Case Tracking via Interpersonal ConnectionsBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER2026–2031
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis impact on HIV reservoir Clearance (MyTHIC)BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER2026–2031
Transmission Of Tuberculosis Among illicit drug use Linkages (TOTAL)BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER2019–2025

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