Trudy Larson, MD, a third generation Nevadan, was born in Reno, raised in California and returned to Reno to establish her medical career in Pediatrics/Infectious Diseases. She began her career as an assistant professor at the UNR School of Medicine in 1984, specializing in HIV/AIDS and Immunizations. During her 27 year tenure at the medical school she became a professor, department chair, and associate dean did clinical work at the Washoe County Health Department, helped found NN HOPES for HIV care where she saw HIV/AIDS patients, and was the medical director of the immunization program at the health department.
She contributed to numerous community organizations and international medical education projects. In 2011, she became the Director of the School of Community Health Sciences at UNR, overseeing the transition to a free-standing school as founding Dean and heading up the accreditation as a School of Public Health in 2021. She continued to work in public health at the state and county levels until her retirement from UNR in 2021. She currently chairs the Board of Directors of NN HOPES, is a member of the Nevada Donor Network board (past chair), and previously served on the State board of Health and the Governor’s Medical Advisory team for COVID-19.
Dr. Larson attended UC Davis undergrad, UC Irvine Medical School, and completed a fellowship at UCLA.
