Lauren C. Ng, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Lauren C. Ng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and a Clinical Psychologist at Boston Medical Center. Her research focuses on the mediators and moderators of, and interventions for, psychological outcomes of trauma exposure in low- and middle-income countries and low resource settings in the United States. The ultimate goal of her research is to increase access to effective and culturally appropriate mental health services and to reduce disparities in care and the burden of mental illness in some of the most vulnerable populations around the world. She is currently the principal investigator of a K23 patient-oriented mentored career development award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to assess the feasibility, effectiveness and implementation of an evidence-based intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in patients with serious mental illness in Ethiopian primary care clinics.

Her clinical specialty is providing evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapies to diverse, primarily low-income, child and adult clients coping with PTSD. She currently sees clients who are refugees and asylum seekers through the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights.

She has completed two NIMH funded postdoctoral research fellowships in global mental health; the first at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the second at the Chester M. Pierce, MD Division of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She received her PhD from the University of Southern California and her BA from Yale University.

Publications

  • Published 2/16/2026

    Ayawvi G, Bowers G, Ng LC. Intersectional insights into refugee mental health: exploring the impact of identity and systemic barriers. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2026 Dec; 17(1):2622869. PMID: 41693694.

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  • Published 1/17/2026

    Molebatsi K, Kumar M, Lobakeng T, Chiliza B, Ng LC. Trauma descriptions and lived experiences: a phenomenological exploratory study among patients with severe mental illness in Botswana. BMC Psychiatry. 2026 Jan 17; 26(1):147. PMID: 41547739.

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  • Published 12/27/2025

    Hughes DE, Zapetis SL, Mordy A, Lopez D, Calderon V, Adery L, Martino R, Chang SE, Uddin LQ, Cardenas-Iniguez C, Lebeau RT, Ramos N, Ng LC, Karlsgodt KH, Bearden CE. Association between bullying, state-level policy and mental health symptoms in gender diverse youth. medRxiv. 2025 Dec 27. PMID: 41480027.

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  • Published 7/17/2025

    Demissie M, Hanlon C, Ng LC, Mayston R, Fekadu A. Feasibility and acceptability of a contextualized brief psychological intervention for people with bipolar disorder in rural Ethiopia. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2025 Jul 17; 11(1):99. PMID: 40676713.

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  • Published 6/13/2025

    Hamza SZ, Aguilar Silvan Y, Ng LC. Use of Online Tools for Mental Health Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse College Students: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Hum Factors. 2025 Jun 13; 12:e60628. PMID: 40513094.

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Education

  • University of Southern California, PhD
  • University of Southern California, MA
  • Yale University, BA

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