Lauren Maggio, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Health Professions Education,
Centre for Health Professions Education,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Biography
Dr. Lauren Maggio is a Professor of Medicine and Health Professions Education (HPE) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) in Bethesda, Maryland. At USU, Dr. Maggio is also the Associate Director of Research in the Center for Health Professions Education, a role in which she works closely with the Center’s faculty and learners to facilitate their development and success as scholars. Since 2019, Dr. Maggio has served as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Perspectives on Medical Education and beginning in 2021 was appointed to the United States National Library of Medicine’s Board of Regents.
Dr. Maggio earned her PhD in Health Professions Education from Utrecht University in the Netherlands in conjunction with the University of California, San Francisco. She also holds master’s degrees from the University of British Columbia’s School of Information and Simmons University. Her research, which has been published in over 150 articles and books, combines her expertise in HPE and information science, to examine the creation, dissemination, and utilization of health information with a focus on evidence based practice, meta-research, knowledge syntheses, and scholarly communication. Dr. Maggio lives on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.