Meet Lauren Rebel, MAA Scholarship Recipient
Lauren Rebel is a Pittsburgh native and involved community member. As a lifelong Pittsburgh resident, she dreamed of attending Pitt Med and is now the first member of her family to go to medical school.
Rebel is determined to make a positive impact on the lives of children and their families as a pediatrician. Compassionate patient care, innovative research, and advocacy at the community level are areas of high importance for Rebel. She also works to increase access to medical education by participating in the Giving a Boost Program, where she conducts free application reviews and practice interviews for pre-medical students in the Pittsburgh region. This year, she volunteered with the Birmingham Free Clinic, and with the OPALS and Booksburgh programs at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Additionally, she is the new coordinator for the Pediatric and Adolescent Interest Group at Pitt Med.
“My family has lived here for generations. They truly laid the foundation for me, with my mom serving as a nurse and transplant coordinator at UPMC Presbyterian, and my grandfather operating the very crane that built the new Children’s Hospital in 2009. No matter what happens in the future, I will always be a proud Yinzer at heart, and I will work every single day to improve health outcomes in this city, whether that be through direct patient care, research, or working to dismantle health disparities among vulnerable members of our community.” said Rebel
We are excited to have awarded a student of such high-caliber the Medical Alumni Association Scholarship and look forward to hearing more about the growing impact her actions have on our community.