Lauren Hasek | Global Health Corps

Lauren Hasek

Lauren

Co-fellow

Lucky

Lucky Mvula

Placement Country: Malawi
Title: Procurement and Supply Chain Officer
I am motivated by the knowledge that everything can change, for better or for worse. Each day is an adventure.

Lauren hails from a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. As an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh, Lauren received multiple fellowships and grants to study health system efficacy in Malawi. During her time there, she conducted interviews with healthcare professionals in both the public and private sector to assess the vulnerability of essential drugs and supplies to donor withdrawals. In 2013, Lauren took a leave of absence from her studies to work as a research assistant at Eniware, a Washington, D.C. based company developing a novel technology designed to improve safe surgical care in limited resource settings. This experience, combined with her neuroscience background, sparked her interest in the converging burden of disease in the developed and developing world, and the application of medical technology to manage this area of public health. Lauren recently completed dual undergraduate degrees in neuroscience and political science. Lauren is an avid hiker and tea drinker.