Kelly Lacob

Alumni Update:

Kelly is still at CHAI in Uganda for now (coming up on 2 years), but she’s heading back to the U.S in a couple months to begin a graduate degree in Bioengineering Innovation and Design at Johns Hopkins. She is looking forward to bringing her knowledge of needs identification for essential child medicines and diagnostics to the program, and continuing to pursue systemic change to global health challenges in low-resource settings through strategic private sector initiatives.

Fellow Bio:

Kelly graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Human Biology, Concentration in Global Health and Development. At Stanford, Kelly did extensive research, communications, and project management work for the Center for Innovation in Global Health and the United Nations Association Film Festival; she also lead afterschool science programming for underserved middle school students, and studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa and Moscow, Russia. After graduation, Kelly interned with the Clinton Foundation in New York, and now looks forward to working for the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Uganda. She hopes to trek the Rwenzori “Mountains of the Moon” and observe the famous gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. In her free time, Kelly likes to go hiking, take photographs, read and write, and cheer on the Golden State Warriors basketball team.