Lauren Kim

Biography

Lauren Kim is a senior at Harvard University, where she studies Chemistry and Chemical Biology with a secondary in Global Health & Health Policy and a language citation in Spanish. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Academically, Lauren is passionate about chemistry and its applications in pharmacology, drug delivery, and physiological systems. She works in the lab of Dr. Pardis Sabeti, where she is currently designing a multiplexed and high-throughput STI panel for diagnostic purposes in W. Africa. Outside of the classroom, she is particularly focused on starting conversations and promoting trust within communities to break down stigmas, gender inequities, and educational inaccessibility in resource-constrained settings. Lauren is the author of "Let's Talk Periods.", a conversational guidebook to menstruation for both menstruators and non-menstruators. She is also the co-founder and co-director of Project Cascade, a community healthcare project focused on strengthening local capacity in rural Uganda. Lauren is also a long-time art/music/drama therapist for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients - an interest she discovered through her lifelong experience as a classical pianist. At Oxford, Lauren will study tropical medicine and social policy/intervention.