Colleen E. Laurence, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center
Biography
Colleen Laurence, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and an Attending Physician at Boston Medical Center. Her research and educational work focuses on accessibility and delivery of comprehensive, trauma-informed emergency care for immigrant populations and realization of language justice in emergency care in the United States.
Dr. Laurence completed a Local Health Equity Fellowship at Boston Medical Center and her emergency medicine residency training at the University of Cincinnati where she also served as Chief Resident. She earned her MD from Wake Forest University and her MPH from Emory University. Before attending medical school, she served with the US Peace Corps for two years in Mauritania and Rwanda and helped to develop a mobile app to support people living with HIV/AIDS, now recognized by the CDC as a best practice.
Dr. Laurence completed a Local Health Equity Fellowship at Boston Medical Center and her emergency medicine residency training at the University of Cincinnati where she also served as Chief Resident. She earned her MD from Wake Forest University and her MPH from Emory University. Before attending medical school, she served with the US Peace Corps for two years in Mauritania and Rwanda and helped to develop a mobile app to support people living with HIV/AIDS, now recognized by the CDC as a best practice.
