Lauren Ferrante, MD, MHS
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Biography
Dr. Ferrante is a Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine physician at the Yale School of Medicine and a core director at the Yale Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. Her research program, funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIH/NIA), is centered at the interface of critical care medicine and geriatrics, with the overarching goal of understanding and improving the functional outcomes of critically ill older adults. Dr. Ferrante’s work has been recognized most recently with the Jo Rae Wright Award for Outstanding Science (2023) from the American Thoracic Society (ATS), where she also serves as Chair of the Critical Care Program Committee for the ATS 2024 International Conference. Clinically, Dr. Ferrante is an attending physician in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Yale-New Haven Hospital and in the Winchester Center for Lung Disease.
Active projects:
1. Evaluating the Unmet Needs of Older Adults to Promote Functional Recovery after a Critical Illness (LANTERN). National Institute on Aging, R01 AG079916; role: PI
2. Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging: The PREDICT Study (PRE-ICU Determinants of Post-ICU FunCTional Outcomes among Older Adults). National Institute on Aging, K76 AG057023; role: PI
3. Feasibility, Acceptability, and Barriers to Implementation of a Geriatrics Bundle in the ICU: a Pilot Study (ACE-ICU). Pepper Pilot Award, Yale Pepper Center; role: PI
4. COVID-19 in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Assessment (VALIANT). P30 AG021342-18S1; role: mPI
Completed Grant Funding:
- GEMSSTAR (Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Subspecialists' Transition to Aging Research) awardee
- Pepper Scholar Career Development Award
- T. Franklin Williams Scholar (ATS/AAIM-ASP Career Development Award in Geriatrics)
- Parker B. Francis Research Opportunity Award (converted from a Parker B. Francis Fellowship Award after concurrent receipt of K)
Awards (selected):
Jo Rae Wright Award, American Thoracic Society, 2023
Critical Care Early Career Achievement Award, American Thoracic Society, 2022
Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award, American Geriatrics Society (AGS), 2021
Inaugural Arti Hurria Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in Internal Medicine, American Geriatrics Society (AGS), 2019
Intensive Care Global Rising Star Award, Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS), 2018
AGS/Merck New Investigator Award, 2016
Iva Dostanic Physician-Scientist Award, Yale School of Medicine, 2016
Training:
Internal Medicine residency: Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Yale School of Medicine, 2015
Fellowship in Geriatric Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research: Yale School of Medicine, 2015
Master of Health Science degree: Yale School of Medicine, 2016
Education & Training
- MHSYale School of Medicine (2016)
- Research Fellow in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related ResearchYale University (2015)
- Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine FellowshipYale University (2015)
- Internal Medicine ResidencyNew York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center (2010)
- MDStony Brook School of Medicine (2007)
Activities
- Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage is Associated with Poorer Functional Recovery for Older Adult Survivors of Critical Illness (Selected for Presidential Poster Session)Long Beach, CA, United States 2020Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage is Associated with Poorer Functional Recovery for Older Adult Survivors of Critical Illness (Selected for Presidential Poster Session)
- Resource Allocation Strategies and Age-Related Considerations in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond: the Critical Care PerspectiveNew York, NY, United States 2020Resource Allocation Strategies and Age-Related Considerations in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond: the Critical Care Perspective
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Jo Rae Wright Award for Outstanding Science | American Thoracic Society | 2023 |
| Early Career Achievement Award | ATS Critical Care Assembly | 2022 |
| Young Physician-Scientist Award | American Society of Clinical Investigation | 2022 |
| Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award | American Geriatrics Society | 2021 |
| The Martin Hson Holmdahl Honorary Lecture | The Annual National Anesthesia and ICU Congress | 2019 |
| Inaugural Arti Hurria Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in the Subspecialties of Internal Medicine | American Geriatrics Society, Portland, OR | 2019 |
| Intensive Care Global Rising Star Award | Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS), Adelaide, Australia | 2018 |
| Outstanding Recent Graduate Award | Stony Brook School of Medicine | 2018 |
| Star Research Award | Society of Critical Care Medicine, 46th Annual Critical Care Congress, Honolulu, HI | 2017 |
| Iva Dostanic Physician-Scientist Award | 2016 | |
| American Geriatrics Society (AGS)/Merck New Investigator Award | 2016 | |
| NIH Loan Repayment Program awardee | 2016 | |
| T. Franklin Williams Scholar Award | 2015 | |
| Top Poster Award | Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA | 2015 |
| Abstract Scholarship | American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference, San Diego, CA | 2014 |
| Butler-Williams Scholar | National Institute on Aging (NIA), Bethesda, MD | 2014 |
Professional Service
| Organization | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ethics Advisory Workgroup and Triage Protocol Drafting Committee, Yale-New Haven Hospital | Committee Member | 2020 |
| Program Committee, American Thoracic Society (ATS) Critical Care Assembly | Committee Member | 2020 - Present |
| Post-ICU Syndrome (PICS) Prediction and State-of-the-Art Task Force, Society of Critical Care Medicine PICS Prediction and State-of-the-Art Task Force | Committee Member | 2019 - 2020 |
| Yale School of Medicine, Search Committee for Section Chief of Endocrinology | Member | 2019 - 2020 |
| Yale School of Medicine Admissions Committee | Member | 2018 - Present |
| Planning Committee, U13 "A Transdisciplinary Approach to Engage Specialty Investigators in Aging Research," conference on "Embedding/Sustaining a Focus on Function in Specialty Research and Care", National Institute on Aging (NIA) | Member | 2018 - 2019 |
| Yale Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine (PCCSM) Research Conference | Co-Director | 2018 - Present |
| Yale Department of Medicine Diversity Committee | Member | 2016 - Present |
| American Thoracic Society (ATS) Aging in Critical Care Interest Group | Co-Chair | 2016 - Present |
| Ethics Committee, Yale-New Haven Hospital | Member | 2012 - Present |