Lauren Ng, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Psychiatry

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



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.


Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Intervention for People with Severe Mental Illness in Low- and Middle-Income Country Primary Care Settings
09/01/2016 - 10/31/2019 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5K23MH110601-04



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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2020 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Intervention for People with Severe Mental Illness in Low- and Middle-Income Country Primary Care Settings 5K23MH110601-06 3
2020 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Intervention for People with Severe Mental Illness in Low- and Middle-Income Country Primary Care Settings 3K23MH110601-06S1 3
2019 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Intervention for People with Severe Mental Illness in Low- and Middle-Income Country Primary Care Settings 5K23MH110601-04 3
2019 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Intervention for People with Severe Mental Illness in Low- and Middle-Income Country Primary Care Settings 7K23MH110601-05 3
2018 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Intervention for People with Severe Mental Illness in Low- and Middle-Income Country Primary Care Settings 5K23MH110601-03 3
2017 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Intervention for People with Severe Mental Illness in Low- and Middle-Income Country Primary Care Settings 5K23MH110601-02 3
2016 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Intervention for People with Severe Mental Illness in Low- and Middle-Income Country Primary Care Settings 1K23MH110601-01 3

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  1. 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; PMCID: PMC12912231; DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2026.2622869;
     
  2. 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; PMCID: PMC12896076; DOI: 10.1186/s12888-025-07765-5;
     
  3. 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; PMCID: PMC12755275; DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.19.25342709;
     
  4. Sweeney K, Ng L, Kelly B, Stamatopoulos D, Howick J, Mercer SW. The role of general practitioner empathy on patient-reported outcomes in telephone consultations: a cross-sectional study with validation of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure for measuring empathy in telephone consultations. Br J Gen Pract. 2025 Oct 24. PMID: 41136238
     
  5. 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; PMCID: PMC12273223; DOI: 10.1186/s40814-025-01683-9;
     
  6. 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; PMCID: PMC12205266; DOI: 10.2196/60628;
     
  7. Molebatsi K, Lobakeng T, Ng LC, Chiliza B. Cultural adaptation of a brief psychological intervention for PTSD in severe mental illness: a Botswana context. Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2025; 12:e45. PMID: 40303954; PMCID: PMC12037350; DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2025.37;
     
  8. Aguilar Silvan Y, Fortuna LR, Spencer AE, Ng LC. Engagement in child psychiatry department appointments: An analysis of electronic medical records in one safety-net hospital in New England, USA. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2025 Apr; 30(2):79-88. PMID: 39817346; PMCID: PMC11877985; DOI: 10.1177/13558196241311712;
     
  9. Ntlantsana V, Donda MB, Maru M, Wambua NG, Chhagan U, Paruk S, Chiliza B, Ng LC. Experiences of trauma among persons living with psychosis in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. PLOS Ment Health. 2024; 1(5):e0000070. PMID: 41661790; PMCID: PMC12798335; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000070;
     
  10. Aguilar Silvan Y, Hamza S, Fardeheb S, Bird C, Ng LC. Marketing mental health services: a mixed-methods analysis of racially and ethnically diverse college students' engagement with and perspectives on U.S. university mental health clinics' websites. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Oct 02; 24(1):1163. PMID: 39354461; PMCID: PMC11446032; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11652-2;
     
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