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Lauren Dowden, MSW, LCSW (she/her/hers)

Clinical Social Worker
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Lauren Dowden is a clinical social worker and the Assistant Director of the Outreach, Recruitment and Community Engagement Core at the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Lauren provides clinical care to individuals and families who are navigating a dementia diagnosis and supports the research, coordination and facilitation of ongoing quality of life programs – The Miller Family Buddy Program, PPA Tele-Savvy and care partner support groups. Lauren co-developed the Mesulam Center storytelling workshop, Don’t Look Away: Using Storytelling to Give Voice, Find Connections, and Change Perceptions, which invited individuals with a dementia diagnosis and their care partner to co-create a story about their lived experience that were shared across the Chicagoland area.

Lauren holds a Master of Social Work degree from Loyola University Chicago specializing in mental health with a gerontology sub-specialization and a BA in Theater Arts from Pennsylvania State University. She is a Medical Improv instructor working with medical students, physicians, and healthcare professionals at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and University of California Los Angeles.

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