Lauren received a B.S. in Biological Anthropology with a minor in Studio Fine Arts from the George Washington University. She then received her Master of Public Health in 2016 and D.D.S. in 2022 from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. While completing her MPH, she implemented and evaluated a school-based sealant program, on which she conducted her thesis. Her public health career includes research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco, and serving as an Oral Health Educator at the Baltimore City Schools. Additionally, Lauren was the Maryland Site Director for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Transforming Clinical Practices Initiative, which prepared ambulatory medical providers for value-based care models.
Throughout her dental school career, she was an ADEA Academic Dental Careers Fellow, the Maryland Chapter President of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry, and Vice President of Maryland ASDA. She also was appointed by the Maryland State Dental Association Delegates to serve on their Leadership Committee and by the Dean of Student Affairs to serve as the dental school liaison for the University’s Student Affair Advisory Board. Lauren is interested in data science, interoperability, and alternative payment models. She recently completed a needs assessment for the Wampanoag Tribe who reside on Martha’s Vineyard and authored a paper on the contemporary job market demands of the dental public health profession. Lauren is a fifth generation Oaklander and is happy to finally be back on the West Coast. In her free time, she likes to hang out with her geriatric puggle, Kooky.
