Joe Tucker
Tenured Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director, UNC Project-China
Joseph D. Tucker is an infectious diseases physician and Tenured Full Professor at UNC Chapel Hill with a special interest in crowdsourcing. He is Co-Director of the International Diagnostics Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His team’s ongoing research investigates crowdsourcing open calls to increase sexually transmitted disease test uptake in China, enhance research mentorship in LMICs, and promote hepatitis advocacy. His open calls have focused on promoting diagnostics, creating people-friendly health services, and enhancing uptake of vaccines. He has contributed to several World Health Organization guidelines and serves as a member of the TDR Global Working Group. Dr. Tucker has published 434 manuscripts and leads grants totaling 15M USD. Joe received his BA from Swarthmore, MD from UNC, AM (RSEA) from Harvard, and PhD from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Han, L., Chen, A., Wei, S., Ong, J.J., Iwelunmor, J., Tucker, J.D. (2018) Crowdsourcing in health and health research: a practical guide. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. TDR/SIHI/SESH. TDR/STRA/18.4. https://www.who.int/tdr/publications/year/2018/crowdsourcing-practical-guide/en/
Tang, W., Wei, C., Cao, B., …. Tucker, J.D. (2018) Crowdsourcing to expand HIV testing among men who have sex with men in China: A closed cohort stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. PloS Medicine. 15(8):e1002645. PMC6112627.
Yang, F., Zhang, T., Tang, W…., Tucker, J.D. (2020) Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a randomized controlled trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 20:976-982. PMID 32530426.
Kpokiri E, Chen E, Li J, …, Tucker, J.D. (2020) Social innovation research checklist: A crowdsourcing open call and digital hackathon to develop a checklist for research to advance social innovation in health. PLoS Medicine. doi: 10.1101/2020.11.03.20225110. PMID: 33173931; PMCID: PMC7654927.
Shrestha P, Sri-Pathmanathan C, Navaid S, Kpokiri E, Tucker JD. (2021) Public engagement and crowdfunding for health research: A practical guide. Geneva, Switzerland. TDR/SESH/SIHI. ISBN: 978-92-4-003908-7. https://tdr.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240039087