Lauren Cohee is a paediatric infectious disease specialist, with primary research interests in malaria and global child health. After completing her BSc in Biology with a minor in African and Middle Eastern Studies at Williams College, she spent three years working in the Malaria Branch of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During this time Lauren collaborated with Kenya Medical Research Institute, conducted analyses of early childhood immune responses to malaria, and supported the launch of a clinical trial evaluating intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants. Following this she gained a medical degree at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she also completed residency training and was a Chief Resident in Paediatrics. Lauren then completed sub-specialty fellowship training in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Paediatrics as well as a Master’s in Clinical Research with a focus on Epidemiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. During this time, she led large-scale epidemiologic studies of malaria in Malawi together with the Malaria Alert Centre at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, which demonstrated the burden of malaria in school-age children. Lauren was faculty in the Malaria Research Program at the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine prior to joining Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 2023.