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Lauren Ferrante, MD, MHS, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, specializing in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. She serves as a Core Director at the Yale Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center and is actively involved in the Winchester Center for Lung Disease and the RECOVER Program.
- Yale School of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
- Yale Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
- Janeway Society
Dr. Ferrante’s research focuses on aging and critical care outcomes, particularly the functional recovery of older adults after ICU stays. Her work integrates geriatrics and critical care to understand the impact of frailty, cognitive impairment, and socioeconomic factors on long-term disability and mortality. She leads NIH-funded studies such as LANTERN and VALIANT, and her research has been instrumental in shaping care models that prioritize functional preservation during and after critical illness.
Her recent publications reveal strong trends in post-ICU functional decline, with a focus on predictive modeling, social determinants of health, and multimodal risk factors like frailty and isolation. These works are published in top-tier journals including JAMA Internal Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine.
Scientific Awards:
- Jo Rae Wright Award for Outstanding Science, American Thoracic Society (2023)
- Critical Care Early Career Achievement Award, American Thoracic Society (2022)
- Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award, American Geriatrics Society (2021)
- Inaugural Arti Hurria Memorial Award, AGS (2019)
- Intensive Care Global Rising Star Award, ANZICS (2018)
- AGS/Merck New Investigator Award (2016)
- Iva Dostanic Physician-Scientist Award, Yale (2016)
Dr. Ferrante has received major grant funding as PI for the LANTERN (R01 AG079916) and VALIANT (P30 AG021342-18S1) studies, as well as prior support from the Paul B. Beeson Career Development Award (K76 AG057023) and the GEMSSTAR program. She mentors trainees and contributes to academic leadership as Student Thesis Chair in Internal Medicine and through her role in the American Thoracic Society’s Critical Care Program Committee.
She is affiliated with research teams including the Yale Center for Geriatric Epidemiology and the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games, and leads the Whisk Cup research stream under the RECOVER initiative.