Lysa MacKeen
Senior Associate Director for Experiential Learning and Graduate Admissions
Lysa MacKeen
Senior Associate Director for Experiential Learning and Graduate Admissions
Lysa (she/her/hers) manages the experiential learning programs for DGHI education programs, including undergraduate, graduate and medical school third year research programs. She also oversees admissions for the Master of Science in Global Health program and directs the undergraduate Student Research Training program and is the Bass Connections Global Health theme administrator. In these capacities, she works with faculty to develop projects offering local and international global health fieldwork opportunities, connects students to existing Duke service and research opportunities and coordinates student proposal development and funding through DGHI. Lysa also is available to consult with GH faculty on linking courses to students' past, current, and future research or service projects. Lysa has an MPH from Tulane University, was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guinea, and lived in West Africa for several years.