Lauren Hudak, MD, MPH

Lauren Hudak, MD, MPH is an attending physician of Emergency Medicine at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and an Associate Professor at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Hudak's clinical interest includes the care of patients who experience sexual assault, intimate partner violence, firearm injury, and those in the custody of law enforcement. Her public health and research interest includes the impact of violence and injury on mental health and the community, as well as firearm injury prevention in the clinical environment. She is Core Faculty of the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE) where she is the former Assistant Director and Co-Chair of the Violence Prevention Task Force. She serves as the Rape Crisis Center Medical Director and the Law Enforcement Liaison for Grady Hospital System. She also leads the Emergency Medicine Sexual Violence curriculum, coordinating training for the sexual assault forensic examination as well as comprehensive advocacy focused clinical care. Her current research projects include examining the effectiveness of firearm safety discussions and safe storage practices with patients in Emergency Department and broader community.