Dr. LaBeaud is a physician-scientist, epidemiologist, and professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stanford University’s School of Medicine and is professor (by courtesy) of Environmental Social Science at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. She studies the epidemiology and ecology of domestic and international arboviruses and emerging infections, with an interest in the vector, host, social and environmental factors that affect transmission dynamics and spectrum of disease.

She currently heads a clinical research lab focused on better understanding the risk factors and long-term health consequences of arboviral infections — specifically Rift Valley fever, chikungunya, dengue fever, yellow fever, and Zika — and the most effective means of prevention. Her research is community-engaged and seeks to define and then disrupt the underlying structural determinants of health.

She also studies the human health impacts of climate change, including research focused on innovative solutions to the global plastic pollution crisis. She recently launched a nonprofit, the Health and Environmental Research Institute- Kenya, which is an initiative focused on inspiring community education, new research, policy change, and grassroots activism in environmental health issues. She is deeply devoted to equitable partnership and recently co-edited an open access book on transformative partnership: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-53793-6. 

Dr. LaBeaud is currently on the leadership team of the Stanford Human and Planetary Health Center and serves as the Associate Dean of Global Health at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health. She is Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine (ASTMH) and the ASTMH Green Task Force chair. where she tries to green up clinical, lab and field work.