Clinical and Research Background
Dr. Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and the Director of Autopsy & After Death Services for UW-Medicine Hospitals, having joined the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology in 2023 after serving as a Medical Examiner for Seattle and Chicago. Her interests are heavily informed by her diverse and robust training across the country. Dr. Jackson’s medical and public health education and training in New Orleans in the post-Hurricane Katrina era, paired with her Public Health Practicum with the Louisiana State Epidemiologist in the Louisiana Office of Public Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program, ignited her passion for atypical and unusual causes of death, infectious diseases discovered at autopsy, and the integration of postmortem examination findings with public health surveillance and initiatives. Her intensive training in forensic pathology at the prestigious New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator ignited her interest in postmortem imaging modalities, ante- and postmortem diagnostic discrepancies, and vulnerable populations.
In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Jackson serves on the Washington State Department of Health’s Maternal Mortality Review Panel and the Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood Registry & Research Collaborative—both aimed at preventing future deaths through retrospective review.
Board Certifications
Forensic Pathology, American Board of Pathology, 2020
Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology, 2019
Research Interests
Autopsy and forensic pathology; Atypical/unusual causes of death; Postmortem imaging; Health disparities and inequities; Sudden unexpected and unexplained deaths in infancy and childhood; Maternal mortality; Novel approaches to pathology workforce development
Academic and Medical Appointments
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2023-Present
Medical Appointments
Attending Physician, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2023-Present
Director of Autopsy & After Death Services, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2023-Present
Associate Medical Staff, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, 2023-Present
Education and Training
Fellowship, Forensic Pathology, New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator, Albuquerque, NM, 2019-2020
Residency, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, 2015-2019
Internship, General Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 2014-2015
MD and MPH in Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Medicine and School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 2010-2014
BS in Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2003-2007
Publications
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