Bio
Dr. Lauren Orlando is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at St. George’s University. Dr. Orlando is a public health and human rights consultant. She engages in community-based programming and research with vulnerable populations, at-risk youth, adverse childhood experience, social determinants of health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and gender-based violence. Dr. Orlando is actively engaged in community organizations in Grenada and conducts community-participatory research to promote in sustainable, social change.
Research & Interests
- Gender-Based Violence
- Family and Community Violence
- Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Human Rights
- Community Health
Affiliations
- BA International Studies, DePaul University (Chicago, Illinois)
- MSc Human Rights, University College of Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
- PhD Public Health, Community Health Education, Walden University (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Journal Articles
- Prince, M. A., Orlando, L., Prince, E., & Fasanmi, A. (2023, December). 1397. What were the Birth Outcomes of Infants Born to Zika Positive Mothers in Developing Countries? Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1234
- Landon, B., Thomas, E.D., Orlando, L., Evans, R. L., Murray, T., Mohammed, L., Noel, J., Isaac, R. & Waechter, R. (2023). Spare the rod, spoil the child: The process of shifting Frontiers in Public Health, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1127687
- Chitterman, A., Palanichami, D.K., La, A., Adedara, V., Orlando, L., Keku, E.O., & Fasanmi, A. (2023). Evaluation of the effectiveness of ivermectin in chemoprophylaxis and treatment of COVID-19 patients: A narrative review. International Public Health Journal, 15(1), 57-67.
- Palmer, K., Adedara, V., Ogunmoyin, T., Kuteyi, A., Palanichami, D.K., La, A., Orlando, L., Fasanmi, A., & Keku, E. O. (2023). Elective surgical procedures in the COVID-19 era. International Public Health Journal, 15(1), 91-99.
- Eagel, B.A., La, A., Palanichami, D.K., St Cyr, G., Orlando, L., Fasanmi, A., & Keku, E.O. (2023). Dengue vaccine development and safety: What went wrong? International Public Health Journal, 15(1), 101-115.
- Waechter, R., Evans, R., Fernandes, M., Bailey, B., Holmes, S., Murray, T., Isaac, R., Punch, B., Cudjoe, N., Orlando, L., & Landon, B. (2022, May). A community-based responsive caregiving program improves neurodevelopment in two-year old children in a middle-income country, Grenada, West Indies. Psychosocial Intervention, 31(2), 97-107. https://doi.org/10.5093/pi2022a6
- Orlando, L., & Frame, T. (2021). Assessment of implementation of the Spotlight Initiative to end gender-based violence in six Caribbean countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caribbean Journal of Psychology, 13(2), 161-191
- Orlando, L., Harms, E., Brathwaite, H., Paterson, J., & Jacobs, G. (2017). When local meets global: Non-academic factors affecting international medical education in Grenada, West Indies. International Journal of e-Healthcare Information Systems, 4(1), 100-108. https://doi.org/10.20533/ijehis.2046.3332.2017.0015
- Landon, B., Waechter, R., Wolfe, R., & Orlando, L. (2017). Corporal punishment and physical discipline in the Caribbean: Human rights and cultural practices. Caribbean Journal of Psychology, 9(1), 7-23. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.12185.88166
Selected Projects
- The Saving Brains Grenada Team, Caribbean Center for Child Neurodevelopment, Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation. (2021). Saving Brains Grenada programme manual. Canada Grand Challenges. https://ug3.d03.myftpupload.com/?r3d=saving-brains-grenada
- Landon, B., Waechter, R., Narine, D., Burgen, K.S., Isaac, R., & Orlando, L. (2019). Grenada landscape assessment: Mapping of existing systems to reduce developmental delays in 0-5 year olds. UNICEF Eastern Caribbean Office. https://www.unicef.org/easterncaribbean/reports/mapping-existing-systems-address-developmental-delays-0-5-year-olds
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