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John Jacob

PhD, MBA, MSc

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Executive Director, Strategy and Operations, BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital
Head, BC Children's Hospital Digital Lab

John has two roles at BC Children's Hospital; one as a senior leader focused on planning and strategic initiatives across campus, and the other as the Head of the Digital Lab, a multi-disciplinary unit focused on improving child health through digital innovation and technology. John's research spans both of these portfolios with primary interests in health services management, health policy and economics, as well as the development and evaluation of digital health innovation and emerging technologies.

Academic Affiliations

Adjunct Professor, , Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation
Research Group(s): Clinical Practice, Outcomes and Innovation

Contact Information

Location

4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4

john.jacob@ubc.ca

Digital Lab

Print, plan, perform: Evaluating the clinical impact of anatomical modelling in the surgical treatment of pediatric thoracic and abdominal tumours

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Shaily Brahmbhatt and Sima Zakani and Eric Greaney and Chelsea Stunden and Daniel Rosenbaum and John Jacob and Shahrzad Joharifard

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2026.162967

01 / 2026

Unpacking Micro Data Videos: Key Elements and Design Practices in Minute-Long Data Videos for Mobile Usage MHCI036

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Samar Sallam and Yumiko Sakamoto and Anuradha Herath and Julia Petrie and Mariana Brussoni and John Jacob and Pourang Irani

DOI: 10.1145/3743722

09 / 2025

Opportunities for digital health innovations to address patient-centered priorities in racialized pediatric populations: A qualitative study in British Columbia, Canada

DIGITAL HEALTH

Brian Greeley and Sima Zakani and John Jacob

DOI: 10.1177/20552076251393277

05 / 2025

Iterative Design and Manufacturing of a 3D-Printed Pediatric Open and Laparoscopic Integrated Simulator for Hernia Repair (POLISHeR)

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Kayoung Heo and Eric Greaney and Julia Haehl and Chelsea Stunden and Andreas Lindner and Peter R.A. Malik and Daniel G. Rosenbaum and Oliver Muensterer and Sima Zakani and John Jacob and Shahrzad Joharifard

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2025.162232

05 / 2025

Penicillin allergy de-labeling: Adaptation of risk stratification tool for patients and families

Simonne L. Horwitz and Ye Shen and Stephanie C. Erdle and Chelsea Elwood and Raymond Mak and John Jacob and Tiffany Wong

DOI: 10.22541/au.171116753.39441370/v1

03 / 2024

Economic Evaluation Comparing Virtual Reality with Child Life Programming for Non-sedated Pediatric Medical Imaging: A Cost-Consequence Analysis

PharmacoEconomics - Open

John Jacob and Chelsea Stunden and Dhayanand Deenadayalan and Luke Thomas

DOI: 10.1007/s41669-023-00409-y

05 / 2023

Pediatric Midfacial Trauma: What the Surgeon Wants to Know

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Naoya Shatani and Erika Anne Henkelman and Heather Joan Bray and Sima Zakani and John Jacob and Mark Rollo Halverson

DOI: 10.1148/rg.220072

03 / 2023

Exploring the value of three-dimensional printing and virtualization in paediatric healthcare: A multi-case quality improvement study

DIGITAL HEALTH

Jacob J, Stunden C, Zakani S. Exploring the value of three-dimensional printing and virtualization in paediatric healthcare: A multi-case quality improvement study. DIGITAL HEALTH. 2023;9. doi:10.1177/20552076231159988

02 / 2023

Evaluation of the Web-Based OutsidePlay-ECE Intervention to Influence Early Childhood Educators Attitudes and Supportive Behaviors Toward Outdoor Play: Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Mariana Brussoni and Christina S Han and Yingyi Lin and John Jacob and Fritha Munday and Megan Zeni and Melanie Walters and Eva Oberle

DOI: 10.2196/36826

06 / 2022

Evaluation of the Web-Based OutsidePlay-ECE Intervention to Influence Early Childhood Educators Attitudes and Supportive Behaviors Toward Outdoor Play: Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Mariana Brussoni and Christina S Han and Yingyi Lin and John Jacob and Fritha Munday and Megan Zeni and Melanie Walters and Eva Oberle

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.36826

01 / 2022

A Web-Based Risk-Reframing Intervention to Influence Early Childhood Educators Attitudes and Supportive Behaviors Toward Outdoor Play: Protocol for the OutsidePlay Study Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR Research Protocols

Mariana Brussoni and Christina S Han and John Jacob and Fritha Munday and Megan Zeni and Melanie Walters and Tina Cheng and Amy Schneeberg and Emily Fox and Eva Oberle

DOI: 10.2196/31041

11 / 2021

Replicating Anatomical Teaching Specimens Using 3D Modeling Embedded Within a Multimodal e-Learning Course: Pre-Post Study Exploring the Impact on Medical Education During COVID-19

JMIR Medical Education

Chelsea Stunden and Sima Zakani and Avery Martin and Shreya Moodley and John Jacob

DOI: 10.2196/30533

11 / 2021

Comparing a Virtual Reality"Based Simulation App (VR-MRI) With a Standard Preparatory Manual and Child Life Program for Improving Success and Reducing Anxiety During Pediatric Medical Imaging: Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Chelsea Stunden and Kirsten Stratton and Sima Zakani and John Jacob

DOI: 10.2196/22942

09 / 2021

A Web-Based Risk-Reframing Intervention to Influence Early Childhood Educators Attitudes and Supportive Behaviors Toward Outdoor Play: Protocol for the OutsidePlay Study Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Mariana Brussoni and Christina S Han and John Jacob and Fritha Munday and Megan Zeni and Melanie Walters and Tina Cheng and Amy Schneeberg and Emily Fox and Eva Oberle

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.31041

06 / 2021

Replicating Anatomical Teaching Specimens Using 3D Modeling Embedded Within a Multimodal e-Learning Course: Pre-Post Study Exploring the Impact on Medical Education During COVID-19 (Preprint)

Chelsea Stunden and Sima Zakani and Avery Martin and Shreya Moodley and John Jacob

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.30533

05 / 2021

A Web-Based and In-Person Risk Reframing Intervention to Influence Mothers' Tolerance for, and Parenting Practices Associated With, Children's Outdoor Risky Play: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal of medical Internet research

DOI: 10.2196/24861 PubMed: 33904820

04 / 2021

The use of virtual reality in reducing anxiety during cast removal: a randomized controlled trial

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Bejaan A. Jivraj and Emily Schaeffer and Jeffrey N. Bone and Chelsea Stunden and Eva Habib and John Jacob and Kishore Mulpuri

DOI: 10.1302/1863-2548.14.200090

11 / 2020

A Web-Based and In-Person Risk Reframing Intervention to Influence Mothers Tolerance for, and Parenting Practices Associated With, Childrens Outdoor Risky Play: Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Mariana Brussoni and Christina S Han and Yingyi Lin and John Jacob and Ian Pike and Anita Bundy and Guy Faulkner and Jennifer Gardy and Brian Fisher and Louise Msse

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.24861

10 / 2020

Comparing a Virtual Reality"Based Simulation App (VR-MRI) With a Standard Preparatory Manual and Child Life Program for Improving Success and Reducing Anxiety During Pediatric Medical Imaging: Randomized Clinical Trial (Preprint)

Chelsea Stunden and Kirsten Stratton and Sima Zakani and John Jacob

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.22942

08 / 2020

Active & Safe Central: development of an online resource for the prevention of injury in sport and recreational activity

DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043164

05 / 2019

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John Jacob

PhD, MBA, MSc

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital Executive Director, Strategy and Operations, BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital Head, BC Children's Hospital Digital Lab

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Print, plan, perform: Evaluating the clinical impact of anatomical modelling in the surgical treatment of pediatric thoracic and abdominal tumours

Unpacking Micro Data Videos: Key Elements and Design Practices in Minute-Long Data Videos for Mobile Usage MHCI036

Opportunities for digital health innovations to address patient-centered priorities in racialized pediatric populations: A qualitative study in British Columbia, Canada

Iterative Design and Manufacturing of a 3D-Printed Pediatric Open and Laparoscopic Integrated Simulator for Hernia Repair (POLISHeR)

Penicillin allergy de-labeling: Adaptation of risk stratification tool for patients and families

Economic Evaluation Comparing Virtual Reality with Child Life Programming for Non-sedated Pediatric Medical Imaging: A Cost-Consequence Analysis

Pediatric Midfacial Trauma: What the Surgeon Wants to Know

Exploring the value of three-dimensional printing and virtualization in paediatric healthcare: A multi-case quality improvement study

Evaluation of the Web-Based OutsidePlay-ECE Intervention to Influence Early Childhood Educators Attitudes and Supportive Behaviors Toward Outdoor Play: Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluation of the Web-Based OutsidePlay-ECE Intervention to Influence Early Childhood Educators Attitudes and Supportive Behaviors Toward Outdoor Play: Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

A Web-Based Risk-Reframing Intervention to Influence Early Childhood Educators Attitudes and Supportive Behaviors Toward Outdoor Play: Protocol for the OutsidePlay Study Randomized Controlled Trial

Replicating Anatomical Teaching Specimens Using 3D Modeling Embedded Within a Multimodal e-Learning Course: Pre-Post Study Exploring the Impact on Medical Education During COVID-19

Comparing a Virtual Reality"Based Simulation App (VR-MRI) With a Standard Preparatory Manual and Child Life Program for Improving Success and Reducing Anxiety During Pediatric Medical Imaging: Randomized Clinical Trial

A Web-Based Risk-Reframing Intervention to Influence Early Childhood Educators Attitudes and Supportive Behaviors Toward Outdoor Play: Protocol for the OutsidePlay Study Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Replicating Anatomical Teaching Specimens Using 3D Modeling Embedded Within a Multimodal e-Learning Course: Pre-Post Study Exploring the Impact on Medical Education During COVID-19 (Preprint)

A Web-Based and In-Person Risk Reframing Intervention to Influence Mothers' Tolerance for, and Parenting Practices Associated With, Children's Outdoor Risky Play: Randomized Controlled Trial.

The use of virtual reality in reducing anxiety during cast removal: a randomized controlled trial

A Web-Based and In-Person Risk Reframing Intervention to Influence Mothers Tolerance for, and Parenting Practices Associated With, Childrens Outdoor Risky Play: Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Comparing a Virtual Reality"Based Simulation App (VR-MRI) With a Standard Preparatory Manual and Child Life Program for Improving Success and Reducing Anxiety During Pediatric Medical Imaging: Randomized Clinical Trial (Preprint)

Active & Safe Central: development of an online resource for the prevention of injury in sport and recreational activity

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Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Executive Director, Strategy and Operations, BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital
Head, BC Children's Hospital Digital Lab