Jacob Ford, MPHTM

PhD Student

Jacob Ford headshot

Education & Affiliations

PhD, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine , 2026
MPHTM, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 2022
BS, Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2017

Research Areas

  • Vector-borne and Zoonotic Disease Ecology
  • Spatial Epidemiology and GIS Applications
  • Operational Research and Implementation Science

Honors & Awards

  • Travel Grant Awardee | Society for Vector Ecology (SOVE) International Congress | Chania, Greece | 2025
  • Elizabeth Halloran Scholarship | Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling of Infectious Diseases (SISMID) | Emory University | 2025
  • Dean's Research Council (DRC) Scholarship | Tulane University | 2022
  • Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health Inductee | Tulane University | 2022
  • Charles C. Bass Award | Outstanding Student in MPHTM Program | Tulane University | 2022
  • Dean's Scholastic 4.0 Award | Tulane University | 2022