Laura Dwyer-Lindgren

Laura Dwyer-Lindgren is an Assistant Professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) within the University of Washington's School of Public Health. She leads the US Health Disparities Team, focusing on disease burden disparities by location, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status in the United States, and contributes to the Local Burden of Disease team for global HIV mapping.

• Education:
  • PhD in Public Health from Erasmus University, Rotterdam
  • MPH in Health Metrics and Evaluation from the University of Washington

Dr. Dwyer-Lindgren’s research spans biostatistics, health metrics, and public health, with a focus on health disparities, social determinants of health, and mortality trends. Her work addresses adult and child mortality, HIV/AIDS, and spatial epidemiology.

Her publications highlight temporal and spatial analysis of HIV prevalence, small area estimation of mortality, and inequalities in life expectancy across US counties. This research integrates biostatistical methods with global and local public health metrics.

As a member of the Local Burden of Disease research team, she collaborates on projects analyzing health outcomes at granular geographic levels, contributing to evidence-based policy decisions.