Lauren Mitchell Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Monthly Abortion Provision Study, Reproductive Health Impact Study

New York, New York, United States

• Apply data science to reproductive health issues, including contraceptive access, HPV, and cervical cancer, as an 2021-2022 Undergraduate Team Member on the Big Data for Reproductive Health project

• Lead independent Population Health study to assess impact of intellectual and developmental disability status on modern contraceptive access in North Carolina• Analyze 2019 North Carolina Medicaid claims data using medical coding systems and big data techniques• Formulate quantitative data analysis plan and ensure compliance with data integrity and security practices• Recruit diverse stakeholder groups at public and private residential facilities for in-depth interviews• Compose first-authored manuscript to illuminate contraceptive health care disparities and inform future policyTitle: Analyzing access to modern contraception among Medicaid-enrolled women with intellectual and developmental disabilities in North Carolina: A mixed methods study

Durham, Nc

• Advance scoping review on strategies for participatory research engagement with developmental disability communities through extraction and analysis of qualitative data from over 50 studies• Assist in focus group discussions with youth with disabilities and their caregivers to shape health research agendas

• Process costing data from 31 studies to analyze the cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening implementation strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa• Produce scoping review to illustrate gaps in cost reporting across the complete cervical cancer screening cascade

• Established a professional network of over 115 undergraduate and graduate students, advocates, and researchers• Facilitated mentor-mentee pairings among faculty and undergraduates to promote student research• Hosted a virtual symposium to showcase the work of 12 sexual and reproductive health researchers in the Triangle region across digital health, HIV, family planning, and mental health

• Facilitated implementation research and policy brief composition for 7 High Impact Practices in Family Planning• Developed standardized family planning indicator inventory to aid multi-country program monitoring and evaluation• Evaluated 12 client-facing digital health tools for family planning to identify key content gaps and inform future tool development• Produced manuscript to contribute to digital health and family planning fields

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Supported research utilization activities of R4S, a USAID-funded international family planning project designed to improve program efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and equity• Programmed digital data collection tools and assisted with research protocol development• Generated knowledge products on family planning self-care strategies and COVID-19 program adaptations, including literature reviews, infographics, job aids, reports, blogs, and briefs

Durham, Nc

• Executed literature review of over 100 publications on gender-affirming healthcare to support grant proposal• Expedited compilation of scholarly evidence to refute anti-transgender healthcare legislation (NC Senate Bill 514)

• Identified and eliminated barriers to patient and clinician uptake of telehealth services in chronic wound care by improving instructional materials, wound visualization, and workflow efficiency• Designed and launched 3 new user interface features to enable greater individualization and agency• Authored literature reviews, blogs, and clinical decision support topics on best practices and patient-centered telehealth

• Annotated naturalistic recordings to investigate the role of early environmental input in infants' language development• Recruited participants by email and telephone, administered eligibility screening, and scheduled study visits• Conducted in-laboratory eye tracking and EEG experiments with children and their families to measure language processing

• Promoted development of exam preparation strategies and tutored students in 5 introductory calculus courses