Kelli O’Laughlin, MD, MPH, received her medical degree at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine and completed her emergency medicine residency at the University of California, Los Angeles / Olive-View UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Program. She earned her MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. O’Laughlin conducts research to evaluate health service utilization and to design and implement refugee-focused interventions for refugee settlements in sub-Saharan Africa. Her current work involves conducting a study on an enhanced communication intervention to improve engagement in HIV care for newly diagnosed HIV-infected clients attending clinic in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda. Her prior research demonstrated the efficacy of a routine HIV testing intervention in Nakivale Refugee Settlement. Her recent research has been funded by the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research (NIH/NIAID 5P30AI060354-10) and the Harvard Institute for Global Health, and in 2016 she received a 5-year NIMH K23 Mentored Career Development Award (NIH/NIMH K23 MH108440-01A1).

She is a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC), working under the mentorship of Drs. Rochelle Walensky and Ingrid Bassett, both NIH-funded experts on HIV testing and engagement in HIV care in the U.S. and internationally.