Advisory Committee

Regina Jacob, MD, MSCE, is an associate professor of Clinical Medicine and director of the Social Determinants of Health Curriculum for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in North Philadelphia.  She is also the medical director of Temple Internal Medicine Associates. Her clinical interests include survivorship medicine for cancer survivors, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and post traumatic growth following a diagnosis of lymphoma. Her research interests.

Dr. Jacob has two main research interests which include assessing psychological adjustment and co-morbid medical conditions.  She conducted a study, Coping with Lymphoma to Enhance Adjustment and Reduce Stress, which assessed the psychological adjustments that may occur after a diagnosis of lymphoma.  Her second research interest involves assessing co-morbid conditions that result from chronic and cumulative trauma exposure.  She is currently conducting a study, Trauma Alert! How Social Complexity Contributes to Medical Complexity, which assesses the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adverse childhood experiences, depression, and co-morbidity in an underserved primary care population. She also continues to grow her cancer survivorship expertise in education, designing curricula to educate internal medicine residents on how to appropriately tailor primary care for patients with a history of cancer.

Dr. Jabcob received her MD from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., completed her internal medicine residency at Temple University Hospital, and earned a master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology at The Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in Manhattan, New York.