Durham, North Carolina
Dr. Lauren Nicole West-Livingston was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, and is an incoming vascular intern.
Dr. West-Livingston completed her undergraduate education at Duke University. She attained her M.S. in Biochemistry at UNC Greensboro, completing her thesis research at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering under the mentorship of Ethan Will Taylor, PhD. Her research focused on the efficacy of herbal remedies used by Black and Latino patients to prevent or treat HIV infections and symptoms. In 2015, Dr. West-Livingston matriculated at the Wake Forest School of Medicine to pursue an MD-PhD. She completed her doctoral degree under the mentorship of Sang Jin Lee, PhD, in Molecular Medicine and Translational Science at the Wake Forest University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Her doctoral research at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine investigated the surface modification and tissue engineering of electrospun vascular scaffolds. She is also a graduate of the Wake Forest School of Law, with a Master of Studies in Law in the health law and policy track. She aspires to help her current and future institutions develop accessible policies rooted in justice for patients and trainees. Through her training, she hopes to use her collective experiences to dismantle the siloed approaches to medicine, education, law, and community advocacy.
Dr. West-Livingston is supported by her brilliant partner Dr. Donovan Livingston, their children Joy Elizabeth and Elanor Ada, and their dogs Phife and Left Eye.
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