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Brings expertise in qualitative research and analysis and living with chronic conditions such as brain injury, mental illness, and other invisible injuries to the Institute for Behavioral Health. Member of research teams (a) studying the psychological health of combat veterans, (b) evaluating a national program to close the addiction services treatment gap in nine states with funding from the Open Society Institute, (c) studying psychotropic medication use among child family members of Army Active Duty Service Members, (d) investigating the impact of payment incentives on adherence to breast cancer screening, (e) (with Tufts Medical School) investigating the impact of payment incentives on adherence to recommended medical treatment for diabetes, (f) developing a white paper on harm reduction for Open Societies Foundation, and (g) evaluating a MA DPH program to encourage adolescents and young adults to access drug addiction treatment services.

Responsible for working with healthcare organizations, physicians, nurses to develop continuing education training programs to meet skill and knowledge needs in health policy, management, and leadership. Facilitates sessions in health policy, improving patient-provider relationships, fair process, and the use of qualitative research methods in health policy research. Facilitates action learning projects.

Developed public health technical and training materials for national and international audiences of health care managers. Technical areas included cost and revenue analysis, continuous quality improvement, cultural competence, and public-private partnerships in health. Provided technical leadership in community mobilization efforts using images and text to improve health and combat HIV/AIDS and document and disseminate successful interventions.

Edited Africa Updates, a USAID Africa Bureau newsletter on private-sector development activities in Africa.

Based in Washington, DC, investigated the US Government training market for Addison-Wesley publications. Identified US government training programs and interviewed the officers in charge; developed contact list; analyzed markets; and suggested new publications to A-W editors.

Based in Reading, MA, wrote marketing reports and developed in-house promotional materials for A-W’s Higher Education sales force; managed development of a new follow-up campaign for use in the field.

Based in Pittsburgh, PA, held sales, marketing and editorial responsibilities for Addison Wesley’s higher education textbooks for a territory of 50 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Teaches qualitative research methods, mentors MS students for their externships and theses, supports the school’s community-based collaboration and outreach. 

Principle investigator on a study investigating the lived experience of SLI residents with transitions from skilled nursing facilities to independent community living; co-investigator on studies exploring the impact of physical exercise and intensive rehabilitation on functioning and quality of life of individuals with chronic brain injury.

Working with a team of HPRT staff and invited guests, develop evidence and a training plan for applying the Balint physician group therapy model to interdisciplinary groups of health and social service providers working in post-conflict countries.

Sponsored by: BC Rural & Remote Health Research Network (BCRRHRN), British Columbia, Canada. A one day workshop covering the foundations of photovoice, a participatory action research process in which people represent their points of view and experience using photographs and narratives, often for the purpose of defining strengths and gaps in health and healthcare as they relate to participants’ daily lives. Workshop elements include: foundations of photovoice, and hands-on experience with photovoice steps: becoming a visual researcher, ethical considerations, taking photographs, discussing images and writing narratives, outreach, and options for analyzing images and text. Workshop will culminate in a brainstorming session on using photovoice in remote/rural/health/healthcare research

Worked with CHPR staff to develop and implement a photovoice facilitator training and help plan a state-wide photovoice project intended to elicit consumer perspectives on long-term services and supports under the MA Systems Transformation Grant, funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) for the purpose of improving both service quality and outcomes.

Worked with BPHC staff to develop a photovoice project outline and provide a one-day photovoice introduction to community residents participating in a photovoice project to explore root causes of health disparities from the community’s perspective.

Helped identify literature to support a US Department of Defense and Veterans Administration effort to develop consensus guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of mild traumatic brain injury among military personnel serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Co-facilitated a 10-week photovoice project with brain injury survivors that culminated in an exhibit of 50 photographs and narratives grouped into 9 categories: The Journey, Lost Dreams, Chaos, Challenges, Strategies, My Advocacy Story, Comfort and Support, Acceptance, and Hope for the Future. The project’s outreach efforts are ongoing.

Teaching assistant in Leadership and Organizational Behavior with Dr. Jon Chilingerian. Graded papers and exams, lectured, developed the course web site, and provided emotional and other support to 91 students in two sections.

Provided guidance in program design, recruitment, and implementation to the facilitators of a photovoice project for young adult mental health consumers in Western, MA for a project sponsored by the MA Department of Mental Health.

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Helped to design and facilitate a photovoice training workshop for researchers and program managers planning to use photovoice as a needs assessment and evaluation tool in programs with mental health consumers, adolescents, families, and communities.

In collaboration with Girls Inc staff, developing a curriculum guide for a program Private Investigators, intended to improve critical thinking skills and increase interest in math and science among girls aged 10 to 14.

Developed an evaluation strategy for Brain Injury Association of Virginia (BIAV), to use the data BIAV has been collecting on brain injury incidence and outreach in Virginia since 1988 to understand program impact.

Wrote case scenarios for four issues of The Manager, a continuing education publication for managers of health programs in developing countries.

Wrote Curriculum Design Basics, the third book in the Girls Incorporated basic programming series, to motivate and assist 148 Girls Inc. affiliates in the US and Canada to bring locally developed curricula up to the national Girls Inc. curriculum standard.

Conceptualized and wrote the curriculum Photovoice: Girls’ Voices, Girls’ Vision, a 19-session instructional guide using photography as a community assessment and dialogue tool intended to improve girls’ critical thinking and communication skills, initiate community dialog on problems and resources, and expand girls’ visions of future educational and career possibilities.

Produced 60 Research Summaries of activities carried out under operations research and technical assistance projects in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Wrote articles for five issues of Alternatives, a regional newsletter for Asia on operations research and technical assistance.

Developed a booklet on World Food Programme’s “Indiamix” project to inform Indian central and state government officials, international donors, manufacturers, and others of the advantages of producing a blended supplementary food in India for the national Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS); edited WFP’s India Country Programme for submission to Rome.

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Edited and wrote a series of 11 case studies and overall analysis of nongovernmental organizations working with community-based organizations throughout India.

Edited the research report Food Security Scenario and Role of Supplementary Food Programs and produced a 15-page summary for policy makers.

Wrote seven feature stories on child agricultural labor, urban slum schools, street children, and urban youth for the Division of Information’s Features Service; took color and black-and-white photographs that visualized the stories.

Wrote article on Health on Wheels, a street children’s health program of Butterflies, an Indian NGO; took accompanying photographs.

Wrote 14 success stories on USAID’s activities in India in the areas of family planning, environment, enterprise, health, economic growth, food for development, and housing. Developed briefing materials for the Regional Housing and Urban Development Office on the need for better urban basic services in India. Produced a brochure on USAID/India’s Office of Environment, Energy, and Enterprise. Produced a brochure introducing the Integrated Family Planning Services Project to government and NGO staff in Uttar Pradesh.

Researched, wrote, and photographed an article on IESC volunteer executive in India working in health, food technology, and the environment.

Produced a brochure on the USAID-funded Plant Genetic Resources Project to inform Indian and US audiences of the project’s advantage to farmers, consumers, scientists, and food security.

Researched, wrote, and photographed an article on “true potato seed” technology in India.

Edited nine volumes of research abstracts in health, population, family planning, urban development, rural development, and women’s studies.

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Wrote 10 articles for the US Information Agency’s Topic magazine (for Africa) on grassroots development, training, non-traditional exports, economic development, Peace Corps volunteers, and health care in West and Central Africa.

Wrote seven articles on UNICEF activities in Guinea with refugees, health centers, urban slums, and women and girls; took accompanying photographs; wrote briefing documents for UNICEF/Guinea fund-raising campaigns in Europe.

Wrote five articles describing USAID mission activities in family planning, micro-credit, health, and appropriate technology for the USAID newsletter Front Lines; took photographs.

Managed production of three semiannual reports on the status of mission-wide activities. Edited existing text, making sure that it met USAID/W’s information needs and concerns.

Managed production of four semiannual reports on the status of mission-wide activities and use of funding. Edited various evaluation, project and research reports on agricultural, disaster relief, and other development activities for USAID/Peru and contracting agencies.

Managed production of a quarterly newsletter on the activities of USAID’s Regional Economic Development Office for West and Central Africa (REDSO/WCA); edited various evaluation and research documents.

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Larson, MJ. Mohr, BA. Lorenz, LS. Grayton, C. and TV Williams. (2013). General and specialist health care utilization in military children of Army service members who are deployed. In Military families (tentative title), SM Wadsworth (Ed). New York: Springer. (forthcoming)

Lorenz, LS. (2013). Photovoice in practice: Ensuring safety and encouraging action. In Qualitative Research for the Social Sciences, M. Lichtman (Ed). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc. (forthcoming)

Kolb, B. and Lorenz, LS. (2013). Let’s see: Participatory visual methods in practice. In Imaginative inquiry: Innovative approaches to interdisciplinary research, C. Fogel, El Quinlan, and A. Quinlan (Eds). Palo Alto: Academica Press. (forthcoming)

Lorenz, LS. (2012). A Way into Empathy: A 'Case' of Photo-Elicitation in Illness Research. In J. Hughes (Ed.), SAGE Visual Methods. London: SAGE Publications.

Lorenz, LS. (2011). A way into empathy: A ‘case’ of photo-elicitation research. health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine,15(2), Special Number on ‘Another way of knowing: art, disease, and illness experience.’ Guest Editors, Alan Radley and Susan Bell.

Lorenz, LS. and Chilingerian, J. (2011). Using visual and narrative methods to achieve fair process in clinical care. JoVE Journal of Visualized Experiments, http://www.jove.com/details.stp?id=2342, (February 16th).

Lorenz, LS. (2010 December). Visual metaphors of living with brain injury: Exploring and communicating lived experience with an invisible injury, Visual Studies, 25(3), pp 210-223, Special Issue on Visual Research Methods and Issues of Voice, Guest Editors Wendy Luttrell and Richard Chalfen.

Lorenz, LS. (2010 September). Discovering a new identity after brain injury, Sociology of Health and Illness, 32(6), pp 862-879. Available as of July 1 online, and in print in September.

Hosoda, M.  Robart, P. Lorenz, LS. (2010). Photovoice: Exhibition of disability experiences using photos and narratives. Journal of Clinical Occupational Therapy (Rinsyo Sagyo Ryoho). 7(3), pp. 254-257.

Lorenz, LS. (2010) Brain injury survivors: Narratives of rehabilitation and healing. Disability in Society, Series Editor: John Berger. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, April.

Lorenz, LS. and Kolb, B. (2009). Involving the public through participatory visual research methods. Health Expectations, 12(3), pp. 262-274.

Lorenz, LS. (2008). Using photovoice to explore lived experience: Eliciting the perspective of brain injury survivors through visual methods. Commissioned paper for the Advanced Seminar “Emergent seeing and knowing: Mapping practices of participatory visual methods,” Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Cambridge, MA.

Lorenz, LS. (2008). Making visible the invisible: Understanding lived experience with acquired brain injury through visual illness narratives. Doctoral Dissertation, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.

Lorenz, LS. (2012) Book Review: Book Review: A Field Guide to a New Meta-field: Bridging the Humanities-Neurosciences Divide. Visual Studies. DOI: 10.1080.1472586X.2012.717769 Available online 14 September 2012.

Lorenz, LS. (2012) Book Review: Imagining Illness: Public Health and Visual Culture. Visual Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1472586X.2012.717768 Available online 14 September 2012.

Lorenz, LS. (2012) Book Review: Circuits of Culture: Media, Politics, and Indigenous Identity in the Andes, Visual Studies, DOI:10.1080/1472586X.2012.642969. Available online: 06 Feb 2012

Lorenz, LS, Larson, MJ, Brolin M. (2012 January). Communications for Policy Advocacy: Lessons Learned from Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap (Final Report of Communications Evaluation). Brandeis University and Open Society Foundations.

Larson, MJ, Lorenz, LS, Grayton, C, Mohr, BA. (2011 Sept). Option Year 1 Study: Use of Psychotropic Medications Among Child Family Members (Aged 3-17), FY 2009, of Army Active Duty Service Members (ADSM) by Sponsor Deployment History, FY 2006-2009. Task 8.2: Final Written Report of Findings, Contract Number HHSP23320045009XI, Order Number: HHSP233200800001T. CDM Group, Inc and Brandeis University.

Lorenz, LS. (2011 March). Listening to brain injury survivors. Brandeis Magazine (Spring 2011).

Bartlett, S., Lorenz, L., Rankin, T., Elias, E., Mustafa, R. and K. Weider. (2011, March). Looking back, looking forward: Understanding the impact of using an assistive technology device (ATD) - Participatory visual methods. Exceptional Parent Magazine. TBI-ROC, Part Eight, b: pp 26-28

Bartlett, S., Lorenz, L., Rankin, T., Elias, E., Mustafa, R. and K. Weider.  (2011, February). Traumatic brain injury: Looking back, looking forward. Exceptional Parent Magazine. TBI-ROC, Part Eight, a: pp 30-32

Lorenz, LS. (2010). Improving the lives altered by brain injury. The Philadelphia Inquirer, Thursday, May 27.

Lorenz, LS. (2009) Book Review: Picturing pity: Pitfalls and pleasures in cross-cultural communication. Image and word in a North Cameroon mission, Visual Studies, 24(1), pp. 86-87(2).

Lorenz, LS. (2006). Girls Inc. Private Investigators. Lowell, MA and New York, NY: Girls Incorporated.

Lorenz, LS. and editor. (2003, 2002, 2001, 2000). The provider’s guide to quality and culture. Boston: Management Sciences for Health, Electronic Resources Center. (http://erc.msh.org).

Lorenz, LS. (2003). Curriculum design basics. New York: Girls Incorporated.

Lorenz, LS. (2003). Photovoice: Girls’ vision, girls’ voices: A community activism project for girls aged 12-15. Lowell, MA and New York, NY: Girls Incorporated.

Lorenz, LS. (2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997). Case studies. The Manager, vols. 6-12. Boston: Management Sciences for Health.

Lorenz, LS. (2003 in draft). Girls use photography to show they are resources for themselves, their families, and their communities. CYD Journal.

Lorenz, LS. Editor. (2002). A guide to planning local government health services: The matching grant program in the Philippines. Boston: Management Sciences for Health.

Lorenz, LS. Co-editor. (2002). Management strategies for improving health and family planning services: A compendium of The Manager Series, vols. V-IX. Boston: Management Sciences for Health.

Lorenz, LS. (2002). Young people use cameras to speak out for change in South Africa. Global HealthLinks, July–August.

Lorenz, LS. Photographer. (2002). The Youth Academy photovoice project. Bisho, South Africa: EQUITY Project.

Lorenz, LS. Associate Editor. (1999, 1998, 1997). The Manager, vols. 6-8. Boston: Management Sciences for Health.

Lorenz, LS. (1999). CQI experiences in Latin America. Boston: Management Sciences for Health.

Lorenz, LS. (1998). CORE: A tool for cost and revenue analysis: User’s guide. Boston: Management Sciences for Health.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1997). Operations research summaries: Operations research and technical assistance projects. New York: Population Council.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1997). Indiamix: Development of a low-cost blended food. New Delhi: World Food Programme, March.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1997). Transition to India: New horizons community service relocation handbook. New Delhi: New Horizons.

Lorenz Hess, L. Editor. (1996). Research summaries: Asia Near East operations research and technical assistance project. New Delhi: Population Council.

Lorenz Hess, L. Editor. (1996 ). Food security scenario and role of supplementary feeding programs. New Delhi: CARE.

Lorenz Hess, L. Editor. (1996). Case studies: Community based organizations in India. New Delhi: Urban Institute.

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Lorenz Hess, L. (1996). In India, girls laborers quit work for school. UNICEF Feature No. 00168.IND. New York: UNICEF Division of Information, April.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1996). School under the tamarind tree. UNICEF Feature. New York: UNICEF Division of Information, April.

Lorenz Hess, L and Editor. (1995). USAID/India: Office of Environment, Energy, and Enterprise. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, August.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Editor. (1995, 1994). Alternatives, issues 1–5.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). IESC health and environmental advisers lay groundwork for future growth. Front Lines, April.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). Sugarcane power. SPAN, vol. XXVI, no. 1. New Delhi: US Information Service, January.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). USAID program empowers Indian women to improve family health. USAID Developments, vol. 1, no. 4 (Summer).

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). Counting the tiger’s stripes: In India, USAID undertakes the largest demographic health survey ever. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). USAID food program changes lives in rural India. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). USAID PL–480 Title II food reaches rural Indian mothers and children with#F7EFD6 care and education. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). USAID grant enables manufacture of measles vaccine in India. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). American support to India’s housing finance increases the system’s resources and sustainability. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Regional Housing and Urban Development Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). Increasing contraceptive use in northern India. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). Co-generated power in India: How sweet it is. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). Indo–US common agenda for the environment: Environmental cooperation benefits both countries. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). Saving biodiversity treasures: USAID expands India’s capacity to store and exchange plant genetic resources. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). USAID project demonstrates India’s agribusiness potential. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). New dried flower business creates new Indian jobs and exports. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). USAID projects help revolutionize India’s agribusiness sector: Loan funding and technical assistance empower local entrepreneurs. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). True potato seed: Changing the way India grows its food. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

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Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). USAID support for India’s economic reforms gets message to the grassroots. New Delhi: US Agency for International Development, Program Office.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1995). IESC in India: Moving with the times. New London, CT:  International Executive Service Corps.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1994). New spud technology may double India’s yield. Front Lines. Washington, DC: US Agency for International Development, December.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1994). My name is today. Children in the News, vol. II, no. 1. New Delhi: Butterflies, Summer.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1994). The potato revolution. SPAN, vol. XXV, no. 6 (June).

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1994). Blossoming into “butterflies” in India. UNICEF Feature No. 00103.IND. New York: UNICEF Division of Information, June.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1994). The plant genetics resources project, 1988–1997. New Delhi: Winrock International.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1993). Appropriate technology in Senegal. Topic, no. 204.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1993). Ghana’s future in exports. Topic, no. 204.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1993). Prevention is still the best medicine: Condom social marketing campaign changes attitudes and actions in Guinea. Front Lines, September.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1993). Guinea project sparks entrepreneurial spirit and pride. Front Lines. Washington, DC: US Agency for International Development, May.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1993). Gambian memories. Topic, no. 203.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1993). In Senegal: Education for life. Topic, no. 202.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1992). In Senegal, grassroots efforts illustrate development in action. Front Lines, November.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1992). Senegal sponsors governance seminar. Front Lines, July.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1992). Guinea’s changing business climate. Topic, no. 201.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1992). Private sector growth in Guinea Bissau. Topic, no. 201.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1992). Guinean health center reaches out. Conakry, Guinea: UNICEF.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Photographer. (1992). Lack of wells, latrines plagues refugee relief efforts in Guinea. Conakry, Guinea: UNICEF.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1991). Fatumata: A Guinean girl. Conakry, Guinea: UNICEF.

Lorenz Hess, L. and Editor. (1991, 1990). Africa Updates, issues 1–5.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1991). North Shaba rural development project. Topic.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1990). Agency encourages investment in Africa. Front Lines, August.

Lorenz Hess, L. (1990). A strategy for diversification: Vanilla from Uganda. Topic, no. 196.

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Please note that some of these presentations have repetitive themes.

Lorenz, LS. Changing attitudes towards brain injury through community-based, non-formal education. For “Borders, boundaries and barriers: A critical dialogue on disability.” 63rd Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York City, August 9-11, 2013 (forthcoming)

Lorenz, LS.General and specialist health care utilization in military children of Army service members who are deployed. For “The social construction of veterans with mental health issues,” 63rd Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York City, August 9-11, 2013. (forthcoming)

Lorenz, LS.Brain injury: Narratives of rehabilitation and healing, for the panel “Spotlight: Disability and Qualitative Inquiry: Rethinking an Abelist World” chaired by Ronald Berger, Ninth Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 14-17, 2013. (forthcoming)

Samayoa, S, Lorenz LS, Demore-Tabor, M. and O’Neil-Pirozzi, T. (2013, March). Transitional life experiences of the long-term brain injury survivor: A qualitative study to understand survivors’ perspectives. Workshop, Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts, Annual Research Conference, Marlborough, MA, March 28.

Larson MJ, Mohr BA, Lorenz LS, Adams RS, Wooten NR, Funk W, Merrick EL, Jeffery DD, Williams TV. Can we improve linkage of soldiers to post deployment alcohol use assessment and treatment services? Poster presentation at AMERSA Conference. Washington, DC, November 3, 2012.

Larson MJ, Mohr BA, Lorenz LS, Adams RS, Wooten NR, Funk W, Merrick EL, Jeffery DD, Williams TV. Can we improve linkage of soldiers to post deployment alcohol use assessment and treatment services? Poster presentation at Addictions Health Services Research Conference. New York, NY, October 17, 2012.

Lorenz, LS. Contesting Health Policy: Toward a utopian vision of community-based rehabilitation for brain injury. For the Section on Science, Knowledge and Technology Paper session: “’Neuro’: Interventions, Entanglements, Futures.” American Sociological Association (ASA), 2012 Annual Meeting, August.

Lorenz, LS. Enacting emotional engagement with healing from brain injury: Taking photographs and writing text. For the panel “Disability, Voice and Power.” Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), 2012 Annual Meeting, August.

Larson MJ, Mohr BA, Funk W, Lorenz LS. Post-deployment behavioral health referrals of a 2010 cohort of returning army combat veterans. Poster presentation at Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Orlando, FL, June 25, 2012.

Lorenz, LS. Recovery stories: Shaping the policy image of addiction treatment. Oral presentation for the panel “Celebrating Elliot Mishler I: Performing Stories – Special Presidential Session.” Millennium Broadway Hotel, New York City, February 24th, 2012.

Lorenz, LS, Larson, MJ and M Brolin. Communications for advocacy: Using the concept of a policy image to change attitudes and policies related to addiction treatment. Poster presentation. 35th National Conference, Association for Medical Education in Research and Substance Abuse (AMERSA). November 4th, 2011.

Lorenz, LS. Using visual metaphors to communicate lived experience with an invisible injury. Oral Paper. Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) 2011. Fairfax, VA: George Mason University, October 4th 2011.

Lorenz, LS. (Organizer) Getting your hands dirty: Visual research methods as experiential learning. Panel Organizer. IVSA 2011 Conference, International Visual Sociology Association, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 6th-8th, 2011.

Lorenz, LS. Teaching empathy: Photos as narrative tools in clinical care for brain injury patients. Oral Paper. Teaching Narrative and Teaching through Narrative, International Conference, Nordic Network of Narrative Studies, University of Tampere, Finland, May 26th-28th, 2011.

Lorenz, LS. Writing, emotion, and learning: The influence of researcher identity and experience on analysis and findings. Oral Paper. The Qualitative Report Second Annual Conference, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 7-8, 2011.

Lorenz, LS. A Brief Introduction to Photovoice: Concepts and Hands-on Experience, Seminar, The Qualitative Report Second Annual Conference, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 7-8, 2011.

Lorenz, LS. Talking with Pictures: Concepts and Hands-on Experience, Workshop, Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA), 2010 AMERSA National Conference, Washington, DC, November 4-6, 2010.

Lorenz, LS. Using Holistic and Integrated Communications Strategies to Expand Addiction Treatment: Implications and Lessons Learned, Oral Paper, Addiction Health Services Research Conference 2010, Lexington, Kentucky, October 25-27, 2010.

Lorenz, LS. Using visual metaphors to communicate lived experience with an invisible injury. Oral Paper. 8th Interdisciplinary Conference: Communication, Medicine and Ethics Society (COMET), Boston University, School of Public Health and College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston, MA, June 28-30, 2010

Lorenz, LS. Using photovoice to elicit lived experience with brain injury and raise awareness among survivors, providers, and the public. Poster Presentation. Eighth World Congress on Brain Injury, International Brain Injury Association, Washington, DC, March 10-14, 2010.

Lorenz, LS. Brain Injury X-Posed: The Survivor’s View. Poster Presentation, 2009 ACRM-ASNR Joint Educational Conference, Building the Evidence Base for Rehabilitation Interventions: From Research to Clinical Care, October 7 - 11, 2009, Denver, Colorado.

Lorenz, LS. Generating Patient Accounts of Quality Using Photography and Voice, Visual Presentation, 2009 Academy of Management Meeting, August 7-11, Chicago, Illinois (with Jon Chilingerian).

Lorenz, LS. A Way into Empathy: Using Visual and narrative Methods to See Life from a Patient’s Perspective. Oral Presentation, 6th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology, July 8-11, 2009, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Lorenz, LS. Experience and practice with visual illness narratives: Examples from brain injury survivors. Invited Lecture, Visual Studies in Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria, July 7, 2009. Contact Dr. Bettina Kolb

Lorenz, LS. Panelist, Health Care Reform and Patient-Centered Care: Using Qualitative and Mixed Methods to Understand and Engage Patients and the Public, Oral Presentation, 26th Annual Meeting, Academy Health, Chicago, Illinois, June 28-30, 2009.

Lorenz, LS. Generating Patient Accounts of Quality using Photography & Voice, Poster Presentation, Organization Category. 26th Annual Meeting, Academy Health, Chicago, Illinois, June 28-30, 2009 (with Jon Chilingerian).

Lorenz, LS. Panelist, Human Subjects and Ethics, Participatory Action Research Symposium, Brandeis University, April 2-3, 2009.

Lorenz, LS. Reaching multiple audiences: Process and product in participatory visual methods with brain injury survivors. Midwest Sociology Society, April 2009.

Lorenz, LS. Brain injury x-posed: Seeing life with brain injury through survivor’s eyes. Lunch and Learn presentation for BrainLine, www.brainline.org, February 4, 2009.

Lorenz, LS. Photovoice: Speaking with pictures. Guest talk for Sociology 315: Seeing Social Life, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, Professor Susan Bell, December 4, 2008.

Lorenz, LS. A Way into Empathy: Seeing life from a brain injury patient’s perspective. Oral presentation with R.R. Sanders. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network, December 3, 2008.

Lorenz, LS. Living with brain injury: Through the eyes of a survivor. Advanced Seminar in “Emergent Seeing and Knowing: Mapping Practices of Participatory Visual Methods,” Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Cambridge, MA, November 13-15, 2008.

Lorenz, LS. A Way into Empathy: Seeing Life from a Brain Injury Patient's Perspective, Oral Presentation: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network, Boston, MA, December 3, 2008.

Lorenz, LS. Living with brain injury: Through the eyes of a survivor. Advanced Seminar in “Emergent Seeing and Knowing: Mapping Practices of Participatory Visual Methods,” Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Cambridge, MA, November 13-15, 2008.

Lorenz, LS. Brain Injury X-posed: TBI and our Vets, Panel presentation, the Newton Free Library and the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts (click here for more info) November 3rd 2008

Lorenz, LS. Living with brain injury: The survivor’s view. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, ACRM-ASNR Joint Educational Conference, Toronto, Ontario Canada, October 15-19, 2008

Lorenz, LS. Discovering a new identity after brain injury: A visual illness narrative. Oral paper. European Health Psychology Society, Bath, England, September 9-12, 2008

Lorenz, LS. Re-establishing a sense of coherence: A typology of brain injury survivor stories. Poster, European Health Psychology Society, Bath, England, September 9-12, 2008

Lorenz, LS. Understanding lived experience with brain injury through a survivor’s visual illness narrative. Roundtable. Society for the Study of Social Problems, Boston, MA July 31-August 2

Lorenz, LS. Subjectivities of narrative and interaction: Learning from writing about acquired brain injury. Presented at the Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois, May 14-17, 2008.

Lorenz, LS. Living with brain injury: The survivor’s view. Presented at the Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois, May 14-17, 2008.

Lorenz, LS. Using Fair Process to Cross the Quality and Health Care Chasm: Eliciting the Perspective of Brain Injury Survivors. Brandeis Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference Metamorphoses: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Social Change and Transformation, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, April 5, 2008

Lorenz, LS. Crossing the Quality and Health Care Chasm for Rehabilitation from Brain Injury: Applying Fair Process to Policy Development. Poster. 135th Annual Meeting and Exposition, American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 3-7, 2007.

Lorenz, LS. X-posing Lived Experience with Brain Injury: A Photovoice Project with Long-term Survivors. Poster. 135th Annual Meeting and Exposition, American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 3-7, 2007.

Lorenz, LS. Using fair process to cross the quality and health care chasm: Eliciting the perspective of brain injury survivors. Paper presentation, The Society for the Study of Social Problems, 57th Annual Meeting, New York, NY, August 10-12, 2007.

Lorenz, LS. Making visible the invisible: Using Photovoice to elicit the perspective of brain injury survivors. Poster presentation, Fifth Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology, Beverly, MA, July 18-21, 2007

Lorenz, LS. Using narrative analysis methods to gain insight into living with brain injury. Oral paper, Fifth Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology, Beverly, MA, July 18-21, 2007

Lorenz, LS. Making visible the invisible: Using action research to understand living with brain injury. Oral and poster presentation, Annual Research Meeting 2007, Academy Health, Orlando, FL, June 3-5, 2007.

Lorenz, LS. Living with traumatic brain injury: A narrative analysis of a survivor’s photographs and interview. Poster Presentation, Annual Research Meeting 2007, Academy Health, Orlando, FL, June 3-5, 2007.

Lorenz, LS. Using fair process to cross the quality and healthcare chasm: Eliciting the perspective of traumatic brain injury survivors. 13th Annual NRSA Trainees Research Conference, US Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Orlando, FL  June 2, 2007.

Lorenz, LS. Making visible the invisible: Using photography and narrative to understand living with brain injury. Oral presentation, Rehabilitation Hospital of The Pacific, Honolulu, HI, May 18, 2007.

Lorenz, LS. Making visible the invisible: Using participatory action research to understand living with brain injury. Works in Progress, 13th Annual Midwest Qualitative Research Conference, University of St. Thomas, School of Education, Minneapolis, MN, April 20-21, 2007.

Lorenz, LS. X-Posing lived experience with brain injury: A Photovoice project with long-term survivors, Community Integration of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury State of the Science 2007, Pentagon City, VA, April 12-13, 2007 .

Lorenz, LS. Making visible the invisible: Using Photovoice to understand living with brain injury. Poster Presentation, 26th Annual Conference, Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts, Marlborough, MA, March 22, 2007.

Lorenz, LS. Living with traumatic brain injury: Narrative analysis of a survivor’s photographs and interview. Poster Presentation, 26^th Annual Conference, Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts, Marlborough, MA, March 22, 2007

Lorenz, LS. Living with traumatic brain injury: A narrative analysis of a survivor’s photographs and interview, the State-of-the-Science Symposium on Post-Acute Rehabilitation: Setting a Research Agenda and Developing an Evidence Base for Practice and Public Policy, Arlington, VA, February 12-13, 2007.

Lorenz, LS. Living with traumatic brain injury: Narrative analysis of a survivor’s perspective, Colloquium on Qualitative Research in Health, Boston, MA, December 13, 2006

Lorenz, LS. Photovoice: Speaking with pictures. Guest lecturer for Visual Literacy Course, University of Massachusetts Boston, Professor Domenic Screnci, November 18, 2006 - Present.

Lorenz, LS. Living with traumatic brain injury: A narrative analysis of a survivor's photographs and interview, American Public Health Association, 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Poster Presentation, Boston, MA, November 6, 2006

Lorenz, LS. Living without connections: Using narrative analysis of photographs and interview text to understand living with traumatic brain injury and facilitators and barriers to recovery from the patient’s perspective, European Sociological Association, Mid-term Conference, Cardiff, Wales, September 4, 2006

Lorenz, LS. Leadership development: Using photography to develop activism and critical thinking skills in youth. Panel Presentation, International Visual Literacy Association Annual Conference, Newport, RI, October 2003

Lorenz, LS. Giving youth a voice in health: Photovoice in a South African township. Panel Presentation, American Public Health, 130th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, Nov 2002

Lorenz, LS. Girls Inc. Photovoice. Panel Presentation, Family Re-union 11, Nashville, TN, October 2002

Lorenz, LS. Involving South African youth in community health. Poster Presentation, Global Health Council Annual Conference, Washington, DC, May 2002

• 2012 Research and Travel Grant, Center for German and European Studies, Brandeis University

• 2011 Early Investigator Travel Award, National Institute for Drug Abuse, to attend the Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) 2011 conference, George Mason University, October 3-5

• 2010 Best Workshop Award, Annual Conference, Association for Medical Education in Research and Substance Abuse (AMERSA)

• 2008 David Strauss, PhD Memorial Award, American Congress of Rehabilitation, Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group, for poster presentation entitled “Living with brain injury: The survivor’s view.”

• Honorable Mention, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Health Division Graduate Student Paper Award, 2008

• Commencement speaker representing the Ph.D. class, Brandeis University, The Fifty-seventh Commencement Exercises, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, May 18, 2008

• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Doctoral Training Fellowship in Health Services Research and Policy Analysis, 2007-2008

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Doctoral Training Fellowship in Health Services Research and Policy Analysis, 2007-2008

• Provost’s Dissertation Research Award, Brandeis University, May 2007

• Dissertation Grant, Heller Alumni Fund, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, 2006-2007

• Spencer Educational Research Foundation mini-grant, Brandeis University, 2005-2006
• Anne Ralen Brown Fellowship, The Heller School, Brandeis University, 2004-2006
• Family Strengthening Grant, Annie E. Casey Foundation, for Photovoice: Girls’ Vision; Girls’ Voices, 2002-2003
• Career Development Grant, Association of American University Women, 2000–2001
• Graduate Student Assembly, UMASS Boston, April 2000
   

AcademyHealth

Academy of Management

Addiction Health Services Research

American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)

American Public Health Association (APHA)

American Sociology Association (ASA)

Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA)

Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts (BIA-MA)

Eastern Sociological Society (ESS)

European Health Psychology Society (EHPS)

Forum for Qualitative Research in Health at Boston University

International Brain Injury Association (IBIA)

International Society for Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP)

International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA)

North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS)

Society for the Arts in Health (SAH)

Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)

Peer reviewer for the journals Medical Care, Progress in Community Health Partnerships, and Social Science & Medicine.

Member, Community Based Partnerships Working Group, Building Bridges to Support Military and Veteran Families Collaborative Working Group, Defense Centers for Excellence (DCoE) for Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury.

Member, Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group (BI-ISIG), American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)

Member, Policy and Legislation Committee, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)

Member, Treatment Theory sub-group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)

Member, Clubhouse Committee, Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts

Member, Advisory Council, Wellness Center, Supportive Living, Incorporated

English (native) reading and speaking
French: (2+) reading and speaking
Spanish: (1+) reading, (2+) speaking

Abidjan, Ivory Coast: 1981–1983
Lima, Peru: 1983-1987
La Paz, Bolivia: 1987–1989
Conakry, Guinea: 1991–1993
New Delhi, India: 1993–1997