Laysha Ostrow (born 18 August 1980), is an American academic, businesswoman, and mental health advocate. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Mental Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Master of Public Policy from the Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management. Ostrow attended Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts for Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She is the founder and CEO of Live and Learn, Inc, which describes itself as a "social change microenterprise that provides research, consulting, and community engagement services to behavioral health and social service systems. Additionally, she is a Visiting Professional at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
Her research focuses mostly on peer-run mental heath services. Her research has been published in numerous academic journals. In 2014 she gave testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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