Jacklynn Okereke

Jacklynn Okereke is an undergraduate research fellow at The People Lab and a senior at Harvard University, where she studies Human Developmental & Regenerative Biology and Mandarin Chinese. Her academic interests focus on clinical research, health equity, and how health systems and interventions shape patient outcomes. Outside of The People Lab, Jacklynn has worked in clinical and translational research settings at Mass General Brigham and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru, as well as in regenerative biology labs at Harvard. She is motivated by research that advances equitable, patient-centered care and informs impactful clinical practice aimed at mitigating healthcare disparities.