Kevin M Jackson

OD MPH

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics
Title
Associate Professor
Location: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:
Corneal ectasia
Asthenopia
Email
kevin.jackson@usuhs.edu
Office Phone
240-328-0571
Department Website
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics

Education

BS University of Notre Dame 1990
OD State University of New York, State College of Optometry 1998
MPH Columbia University 2007

Biography

Kevin M. Jackson OD MPH is an Associate Professor in Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics at the Uniformed Services University (USU). He is a clinical consultant in the Medical Contact Lens clinic at the Walter Reed Eye Institute and practices primary care optometry at the Naval Health Clinic Annapolis. As an optometrist he has published research in Archives of Ophthalmology and authored policy statements for the American Public Health Association and the American Academy of Optometry. Highlights of his military career include serving as the Chief of Staff of the military’s medical school for 11 years, global health experience with HA/DR work in Morocco, Haiti and Mexico, and work with NASA as the medical coordinator of a Space Shuttle contingency landing team in Spain. Prior to optometry he was an engineering officer on an aircraft carrier as well as a science teacher in a New York City public high school.