Mara Laderman BA, MSc, MSPH

Mara Laderman, MSPH, is a Director with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Innovation Team. As Content Lead for IHI’s work in behavioral health, she directs research initiatives and develops programming focused on better meeting individuals’ behavioral health needs across the health care system. Ms. Laderman also leads innovation projects on population health improvement, including recent work on the opioid crisis, health equity, and clinical-community linkages.
Prior to IHI, she served as an External Program Evaluator for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and she managed a large psychiatric epidemiology study at the Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research. Ms. Laderman received a master of public health degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a BA in psychology from Smith College.