MiRa Jacobs

Dr. MiRa Jacobs is the Head of Digital Health for the MHRA. Prior to joining the MHRA, she worked for the US FDA, most recently as the Director of the Division of Digital Health Policy in the Digital Health Center of Excellence. She earned her doctorate in biomedical engineering. In her civil service roles, Dr. Jacobs has been a key enabler of innovative policy development in the medical software and AI space, including Predetermined Change Control Plans and the Good Machine Learning Practice Guiding Principles. She also served as the US FDA’s co-chair of the International Medical Device Regulator’s Forum’s SaMD Working Group.