Kelli

O'Laughlin

MD, MPH, FACEP

biography

Dr. O'Laughlin is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Global Health and a research scientist focused on assessing the health needs of refugee populations and on designing and evaluating refugee-specific interventions to improve care. She completed emergency medicine residency training at UCLA. She completed her MPH in International Health from Harvard School of Public Health, the Program in Clinical Effectiveness through the Harvard School of Public Health and a Research Fellowship with the Medical Practice Evaluation Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. She worked in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School from 2007-2019. O’Laughlin joined the University of Washington in 2019 and is faculty in the International Clinical Research Center in the Department of Global Health and the Section of Population Health in the Department of Emergency Medicine.  

Presently Dr. O’Laughlin is investigating the effectiveness of community ART delivery for those newly diagnosed with HIV in refugee settlements in Uganda (R01MH130216). She is also investigating community ART delivery preferences among people living with HIV in refugee settlements in Uganda (UW Population Health Initiative). While Dr. O’Laughlin is passionate in her pursuit to improve health outcomes for refugees, she is equally committed to developing this same enthusiasm and these skills in medical students, residents, and fellows.  

Education & Training: 

• MD, Oregon Health and Science University (1999-2003)
• Internship and Residency, Emergency Medicine Residency, UCLA Olive View (2007)
• MPH, Harvard School of Public Health (2008)

Honors: 

• Scholars in Medicine Excellence in Student Mentoring Award, Harvard2019

Research & Clinical Interests

Research

• Linkage to care in refugee populations

Publications