Shevin Jacob

Shevin is an infectious diseases physician and Reader in Sepsis Research at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Since 2006, he has been conducting research aimed to improve the management and outcomes of patients hospitalized with life-threatening infections in resource-constrained settings, with a primary focus on adult sepsis in Uganda where he currently lives. As part of his research portfolio, he has led multinational consortia that focus on building sepsis research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa to uncover and address knowledge gaps along the health system continuum. Dr. Jacob also has over a decade of experience as a consultant to the World Health Organization on a wide range of sepsis-related topics (including case management of viral hemorrhagic fevers) and is the co-founder and Director of Walimu (a Ugandan NGO), the Secretary-General for the African Sepsis Alliance and Board and Executive Committee Member for the Global Sepsis Alliance.