Lauren Wisk, PhD
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

Dr. Lauren Wisk is an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. A health services researcher and methodologist, her research focuses independent and interactive effects of biological, psychological, and social factors on health and health services use among adolescents and young adults with chronic medical conditions, including diabetes. Dr. Wisk received a BS from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and she completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital. Her research is supported by grants from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Academic Pediatric Association, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program.