Laura Jacobson, Ph.D., M.P.H., is an Assistant Professor of Health Systems, Management, and Policy at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health with a secondary appointment in OHSU’s Division of Complex Family Planning.
Her research focuses on improving how health systems measure and deliver medication abortion follow-up care, with particular attention to quality measurement and person-centered outcomes globally. She is also interested in quality of life across the reproductive life course, including emerging work on menopause. Her recent publications in the American Journal of Public Health, BMC Public Health, Contraception, and BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health examine medication abortion history, safety, follow-up care-seeking, and quality measurement across multiple contexts.
She is a recipient of the American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship, the 2025 National Abortion Federation Carole Joffe and Stanley Henshaw Early Achievement in Social Science Research Award, and the PSU Research of the Year Award in 2026 for the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health.