Judith Jacobson is Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health.
[1] Jacobson’s major research interests are cancer, asthma, and the role of behavior, including the use of complementary/alternative medicine, in the prevention and control of these conditions.
[2] Jacobson is a co-founder of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East [de] and is frequently quoted in the press on the issue of anti-Israel campus activity.
[3] In opposing a proposed visit to campus by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Jacobson told The New York Times that neither academic freedom nor free speech required Columbia to “give a podium to anyone who wants it, let alone a Hitler wannabe who has actively suppressed academic freedom in his own country.”[4] She told reporters that members of the Columbia faculty are afraid to speak when colleagues unfairly treat students who support Israel, because they do not want to risk ostracism and jeopardize their careers.
"[6] "In the past three years," Jacobson told the Washington Times in 2005, "we've come to realize that we are confronting a pervasive loss of integrity in the academy.