Joseph D. Tucker

Joseph D. Tucker (born 1978) is an American physician researcher who has made contributions to crowdsourcing and open innovation related to medicine and public health.

He is the founder of SESH, a partnership that leverages crowd wisdom to develop public health interventions and community engagement practices.

Tucker earned a PhD in public health (2014) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine supervised by Professors Rosanna Peeling and Heidi Larson.

[7][8] A University of College London research team noted that his New England Journal of Medicine article directly informed China's national syphilis screening program.

[9] Tucker's research group examines how crowdsourcing approaches such as open contests and hackathons can be used for medical and public health purposes.

[17] He received a mid-career Award from the National Institutes of Health[18] based on his global experience with HIV research mentorship.

Joseph Tucker in 2019 (from Washington DC ASTMH Conference), CC-BY
Joseph D Tucker
Born 12 April 1978 Chicago , U.S.
Occupation physician, researcher, social innovator
Alma mater NCSSM (Class of 1996), Swarthmore College (Class of 2000), UNC-Chapel Hill (Class of 2004), Harvard University (Class of 2010), LSHTM (Class of 2014)
Genre infectious diseases, public health, social innovation
Years active (2007–present)