Lauren Killingsworth

Lauren Killingsworth is an MD-PhD student at Yale School of Medicine in the Department of History of Science and Medicine. She centers the non-human in her interdisciplinary scholarship on emerging infectious diseases, environmental history, and public health. Her current project examines the practice and history of biological control, the use of living organisms to eradicate vector-borne diseases. She is the recipient of the History of Science Society’s Nathan Reingold Prize for the best graduate student essay for her work on the use of mosquito-eating fish for malaria control in India. She is also interested in the history of US health policy and public health, with a particular focus on the dialysis and pharmaceutical industries. She is one of the student directors of the HAVEN Free Clinic, and is passionate about making healthcare more accessible for all patients regardless of income or immigration status.

She holds a BS in Biology from Stanford University and an MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine from the University of Cambridge, where she was a Gates Cambridge Scholar. She welcomes all inquiries from prospective students.