Jasmine Riviere Marcelin

Jasmine R. Marcelin is a Caribbean-American infectious disease physician and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Marcelin is also the Associate Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and as well as the Co-Director of Digital Innovation and Social Media Strategy at UNMC.

Early life and education Marcelin was born on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean. She grew up in Antigua, where she began to develop an interest in infectious disease. In high school, Marcelin explored the epidemiology of mosquito-born infectious diseases. In 2006, after completing her Bachelors of Science, Marcelin pursued her medical training at the American University of Antigua College of Medicine.

She completed her medical training in 2011, becoming the Valedictorian of her medical class. Following her medical training, Marcelin pursued her residency in Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She is Associate Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and she was also appointed Co-Director of the Digital Innovation and Social Medical Strategy in the Division of Infectious Disease. As Associate Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship residency program, Marcelin educates and supports future residents in this field.

In addition to her roles at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Marcelin is a member of the Inclusion, Diversity, Access and Equity Taskforce and the Vice Chair for Digital Strategy Advisory Group for the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). She is a member of the Medical Scholars Program Committee and the Medical Education Community of Practice for IDSA.

Social media and infectious disease Jasmine R. Marcelin leads Meet the Professor session at 2019 meeting of Infectious Diseases Society of American meeting (IDSA 2019) in Washington, D.C. Marcelin uses social media to advance the field of infectious disease as well as advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine. Marcelin is the founding vice-chair of the Digital Strategy Advisory Group for IDSA and in this role she uses social media as a way to engage the community through enhancing collaborations and discussions of new findings and literature.

Advocacy Marcelin advocated for diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine and conducts research and publishes articles to support her work. Marcelin also proposed the "Be Ethical Campaign" where she challenged leaders in healthcare to document gaps in equity in the workplace and move towards closing these gaps. Marcelin co-authored papers on the barriers that exist for women in pediatrics.

Awards and honors 2018 Race Against Resistance Scholar 2019 Top Teacher Internal Medicine Residency 2020 Minority Faculty Leadership Award

Select media 2018 Doximity Network opinion editorial "Do Women in Academic Infectious Diseases Need to Win Nobel Prizes to be Promoted?" 2018 Helio Infectious Diseases News "Women in ID push against glass ceiling" 2018 Physician's Weekly article "Dear Stewardship People: Can't We All Just Get Along?" 2020 Forbes article "'I Am Tired': What Black Doctors Need You To Know Right Now" 2020 Physician's Weekly article "The Weekly Corona with Dr. Raquel Lamarche"

Select publications Marcelin JR, Beam E, Razonable RR. "Cytomegalovirus infection in liver transplant recipients: updates on clinical management". World J Gastroenterol. 2014;20(31):10658-10667.