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Welcome to LAI
​The Los Altos Institution is dedicated to fostering innovation and opening opportunities for youth from around the world. We serve as a hub for collaboration among high school students, professors, business leaders, and government officials to drive forward-thinking solutions in various fields. Through research initiatives, policy engagement, and experiential learning, the Institution empowers young leaders to tackle complex global challenges.
Institutional Priorities
Identifying Drivers of Economic Success
The Center on Economic Policy advances research on the economic forces shaping education and opportunity and is led by Senior Fellows Drona Gaddam and Eli Orbach
Advancing Local Policy
Solutions
The Center on Local Policy supports research and analysis on local governance and public decision-making by bringing together data, institutional knowledge, and policy practice.
Researching International Geopolitical Relations
The Center on Global Policy researches geopolitical relationships across the world, with a focus on the strategic and institutional forces that influence international outcomes and is led by Senior Fellows John Liu and Hamdan Khan.
Guiding Science and
Innovation
The Center on Science and Policy is working on developing science policy recommendations for international institutions and policymakers and is led by Senior Fellows Julia Xu and Devesh Aggarwal.
Shaping Responsible Technology Policy
The Center on Emerging Technology examines how new technologies interact with institutions, governance, and society and is led by Senior Fellows Ava Litz and Gabriel Kirkwood.
Strengthening Global Public Health Outcomes
The Center on Health Policy examines how health systems, technology, and equity shape access to care and health outcomes. It is led by Senior Fellows Eve Ang and Divaa Uthkarsha.
Closing Education Opportunity Gaps
The Center on Economic Policy develops evidence-based insights to improve access, quality, and student success across education systems. It is led by Senior Fellows Vibhav Javali and Mahitha Konjeti.
Featured Fellow of December
Nikhil Lemos
Fellow on Global Health Policy
Fernanda Escalante, a senior at Phillips Exeter Academy and an incoming student at the University of Chicago, is a member of the Exeter Economics Association Competition Team. Outside of Exeter, she leads the EconToday Journal, an international publication focusing on the most pressing economic issues of the time. Growing up on the US-Mexico border, she developed a passion for development economics, specifically in the Latin American world. Today, she looks to investigate developing markets and their intersections with geopolitical relations worldwide.
