Laura Phillips
About Laura Phillips
Laura Phillips is a Summer Researcher at NYU Langone Health and an MPH candidate at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, with a background in cultural anthropology and experience in health and well-being.
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Laura Phillips is currently a Summer Researcher at NYU Langone Health. Alongside her role at NYU, she is an MPH Candidate at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Education and Expertise
Laura Phillips is pursuing a Master of Public Health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, where she began her studies in 2023. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, earned between 2015 and 2021. Additionally, she studied at the University of Kent for four months in 2019.
Professional Background
Laura has accumulated diverse experience across several roles. From 2021 to 2023, she took a career break to focus on health and well-being. Previously, she was a Volunteer at Scruffy City Cat Cafe for five months in 2021 and held the position of Tourism Specialist at Visit Knoxville for two months in 2020. She also worked as a Curation Intern at Marble Springs State Historic Site for two months in 2020 and spent five months as a Volunteer at Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi in 2019. Additionally, Laura volunteered at Kent Marrow in Canterbury, England, for three months in 2019 and worked as a Retail Sales Associate at Vans, a VF Company, from 2016 to 2020.
Research Focus
At the Rusk Concussion Clinic, Laura Phillips researches the social and economic determinants of concussion and traumatic brain injury. She employs both epidemiological and social science approaches in her research. Her work is particularly informed by her personal experience as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) survivor.