MissLaura Alvarado Cruz
Public Involvement and Project Officer
School of Public Health - Faculty of Medicine
- Public Involvement and Project OfficerSchool of Public Health - Faculty of Medicine
- 020 7594 3464 (Work)
- Imperial College London, School of Public Health, 90 Wood Lane, London, W12 0BZ, United Kingdom
BIO
Laura is a Public Involvement and Project Officer in the Patient Experience Research Centre (PERC). She provides public involvement advice and support to researchers in the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) to actively involve the public as partners to influence and shape Imperial BRC funded and supported research with a particular focus on involvement of those currently under-represented in research.
Laura is a medical doctor trained at the Universidad de la Sabana (Colombia) and worked as a general practitioner from 2019 to 2021 in various areas, including telemedicine, emergency care, inpatient and outpatient services. She received a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Imperial College London in 2022. Her dissertation was a qualitative study that explored the relationship between outdoor community spaces, social interaction, and physical activity in a community playing field North-West London.
Following her completion of the MPH program, she has been working on public and patient involvement and engagement in diverse research areas.
Laura is a medical doctor trained at the Universidad de la Sabana (Colombia) and worked as a general practitioner from 2019 to 2021 in various areas, including telemedicine, emergency care, inpatient and outpatient services. She received a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Imperial College London in 2022. Her dissertation was a qualitative study that explored the relationship between outdoor community spaces, social interaction, and physical activity in a community playing field North-West London.
Following her completion of the MPH program, she has been working on public and patient involvement and engagement in diverse research areas.
DEGREES
- Medicine (Medical Doctor)University of La Sabana, Chía, Colombia16 Jan 2012 - 10 Dec 2018
- Masters in Public HealthImperial College London, London, United Kingdom3 Oct 2021 - 3 Oct 2022
LANGUAGES
- Spanish - Latin AmericanCan read, write, speak and understand
- EnglishCan read, write, speak and understand
FACULTY
- Faculty of Medicine
POSITION NAME
- Public Involvement and Project Officer