Lauren Killingsworth (she/her) is a 4th year MD-PhD student in the History of Science and Medicine. She is from the San Francisco Bay Area, where she developed a love for the outdoors. She studied Biology at Stanford University, then went on to study the History of Science at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. She studies the history of infectious disease control in the 20th century.
Lauren loves hiking, cycling along the Farmington Canal Trail, tending to her growing collection of house plants, and exploring new cities and museums. She also loves animals - she is an avid dog-walker in New Haven (pictured here with her pup Katrina) and also enjoys bird watching and wildlife photography in East Rock park. She can often be found walking pups around New Haven with her favorite beverage (boba from Whale Tea!).