Overview

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.

Publications

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
RadioGraphics
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
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
DOI: 10.2196/22942
PubMed: 34550072
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
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 Mâsse
DOI: 10.2196/24861
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, Children’s 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 Mâsse
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

Research

Current Projects
For more information on the Digital Lab, including Research Group Members, visit: https://www.digitallab.org/

Research Group Members

Sima Zakani, Associate Director