Laura S. Lorenz

Visiting Scholar, Institute for Behavioral Health of the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy

Prior assignments have include serving as a member of teams studying a) payment incentives on patient adherence to medical treatment, b) health of combat veterans, c) harm reduction for problematic drug use, and d) lived experience with transitions to community living for individuals with chronic brain injury. She is the Research and Education Director for the Supportive Living Inc Brain Injury Wellness Center in Lexington, MA working with a multidisciplinary team of academic and clinical professionals to research the effectiveness of long term fitness programs – physical, cognitive, and social – for brain injury, particularly severe brain injury in the chronic phase. Before coming to Brandeis, Dr. Lorenz worked more than 20 years in international development for UNICEF, World Food Programme, USAID, and others as a writer, editor, and educator focused on identifying and disseminating research, management improvement, and program results for global audiences. Her assignments often involved encouraging partnerships, project replication, and behavior change. She has published in peer review journals in the fields of sociology, health, and visual studies, and authored “Brain Injury Survivors: Narratives of Rehabilitation and Healing” (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2010).

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