PhD Student
University of Toronto, Canada
Originally from Toronto, Lauren is an Epidemiology PhD student at the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH). Lauren is a pharmacist and Doctor of Pharmacy graduate from the University of Waterloo (UW) School of Pharmacy (BSc UW). She also received a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology with a Collaborative Specialization in Global Health from DLSPH in 2022.
Lauren is co-supervised by Dr. Sonia Grandi and Dr. Hilary Brown on thesis work focused on perinatal and pediatric pharmacoepidemiology. As a pharmacist and epidemiologist, Lauren is very passionate about pharmacoepidemiology, particularly related to women’s and global health. She is the recipient of the CIHR Vanier Canadian Graduate Scholarship (CGS), CIHR CGS-Doctoral Award to Honor Nelson Mandela [declined], Network for Improving Health Systems Trainee Award, Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), Ontario Drug Policy Research Network Outstanding Applicant Award, the Canadian Mother-Child Collaborative Training Platform Bursary, and the GROWW (Guiding interdisciplinary Research On Women’s and girls’ health and Wellbeing) Program.