Bo Jacobsson

Professor Bo Jacobsson (MD, PhD) is the head of the Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pediatrics at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is also the head of Perinatal Research Laboratory at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden and Senior researcher at Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway. 

He is a clinical scientist with a specialty in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Maternal/Fetal Medicine. He is a leading expert on the mechanisms and epidemiology of preterm birth. He is the FIGO Division Director of Maternal and Neonatal Health 2021-2025. He is co-lead of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, Knowledge and Evidence Working Group on Mathernal and Newborn Health. He is on the Board of the Directors of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine (EAPM) and chairs the EAPM Special Interest Group of Preterm Birth.Professor Jacobsson has more than 20 years been involved in the work of different international organizations around maternal and neonatal health like FIGO, EAPM, PREBIC and PREGENIA. He has published more than 330 per reviewed papers between 2002-2023. He has published in Nature, Science, New Englands Journal of Medicine, Nature Genetics, PLOS Medicine and JAMA.