Lexi Rae Lang (CAS '18)
Lexi Lang graduated in 2018 with a major in Biological Anthropology and a minor in Hebrew and was awarded with the College Prize in Anthropology. While at BU, she completed an honor ‘s thesis exploring obstetric fistula from an evolutionary perspective and was a member of Dr. Cheryl Knott’s primatology research group. Upon graduation, she completed her MSc in Medical Anthropology at The University of Oxford. While there, she joined Dr. Alex Alvergne’s Reproductive Ecology research group, completing research work on menstruation and a master ‘s thesis exploring birth from an evo-ecological perspective. She is currently pursuing her doctorate of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, where she is a first year student. She is a co-leader of Tufts Obstetric Patients Students (TOPS), a community service group that works to provide support for mothers in need, and a member of the leadership board for the OBGYN interest group.
Lexi was recently selected to be a Sam W. Ho Health Justice Scholar. Upon completing her degree, she hopes to train as an OBGYN and focus her career on improving maternal morbidity and mortality through advocacy and by applying anthropological research to medical practice.