Dr. Jennie McLaurin has twenty years of experience in working with migrant farmworker populations. She is a pediatrician with a degree in maternal and child health, and has worked at the local, state, and national level on developing programs, policies, and publications for migrant health and cultural competency. Her past experience includes work as an outreach worker, clinician, medical director, and consultant. She presently assists MCN with a Centers for Disease Control sponsored initiative to improve immunization coverage to migrant families, serves as a faculty member for the HRSA Health Disparity Collaboratives, and provides technical assistance on various projects.

Dr. McLaurin received her medical degree from Wake Forest University, her MPH from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Dr. McLaurin has traveled in India, the Dominican Republic, and Scotland.

In addition to her work with MCN, Dr. McLaurin is the Interim Dean of Students (2007-08) and teaches bioethics at an international graduate school in Vancouver, BC.

When not at work, Dr. McLaurin likes to spend time with her husband and five children. She also enjoys reading, hiking, hosting international graduate students and being involved in her church.