Laura Dwyer-Lindgren

Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, PhD, is an associate professor of health metric sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. At IHME, Dwyer-Lindgren leads the U.S. Health Disparities team which focuses on describing levels and trends in burden of disease in the United States by county, racial/ethnic group, and socioeconomic status. She also serves as director of the Master of Science in Health Metrics Sciences program. She received a MPH degree in health metrics and evaluation from the University of Washington and a DrPH at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.