Administrative Team

BarRett Laird, MPH

Barrett Laird is a Project Manager at the Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research. She completed her Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Health from Tufts University. She previously worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at MGH in the Cancer Outcomes Research and Education Program (CORE) and the Health Promotion and Resiliency Intervention Research (HPRIR) Program. Barrett worked with Dr. Lara Traeger on a study that focuses on helping lung cancer patients make the transition from active treatment to survivorship with supportive care interventions and a study assessing the influence of a mind-body intervention program for older adults in continued care retirement communities.

BENJAMIN J. CHEN, DPM

Benjamin Chen is a Program Manager at the Center for Aging and Serious Illness. He earned his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from Rosalind Franklin University, Master of Biomedical Sciences from Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, and Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He previously worked as a Program Development Coordinator at Harvard Medical School in the Office for External Education. Benjamin has also worked as an administrator at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.