Shevin Jacob

Shevin is an infectious diseases physician and is currently Senior Clinical Lecturer in Sepsis Research at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Since 2006, he has been conducting research aimed to improve the management and outcomes of patients hospitalized with life-threatening infections in resource-constrained settings, with a primary focus on adult sepsis in Uganda where he currently lives. As part of his research portfolio, he is a Director and Principal Investigator for the UK National Institute of Health Research-funded African Research Collaboration on Sepsis (ARCS), which focuses on building sepsis research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa to uncover and address knowledge gaps along the health system continuum. Shevin also serves as a consultant to the World Health Organization (since 2009), is a member of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines committee, and is the Secretary-General for the African Sepsis Alliance, a regional alliance of the Global Sepsis Alliance.