Lauren Richey, MD, MPH, FIDSA, is a board-certified infectious diseases physician with over 10 years of experience in HIV primary care and clinical research. She is a professor in the Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. She is the medical director of the Infectious Diseases Center and the HIV Outpatient Program, a large Ryan White multidisciplinary HIV clinic, at University Medical Center in New Orleans. Her primary clinical and research interests include people with HIV and the factors affecting their linkage to and retention in care as well as comorbid diseases and substance, tobacco and alcohol use disorders and their impact on health outcomes. A member of IDSA’s Journal Club, she has also been an active member of HIVMA’s Ryan White Medical Providers Coalition since 2021. She has both inpatient and outpatient clinical responsibilities and is responsible for teaching and mentoring the infectious disease fellows and internal medicine residents.