Benjamin Lê Cook, PhD, MPH
Director, Health Evaluation Research Lab
Director of Research, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Benjamin Lê Cook, PhD, MPH
Director, Health Evaluation Research Lab
Director of Research, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Project 4 MPI
Lead, Patient Centered Outcomes Workstream
Health and Justice Workstream
Biography
Dr. Benjamin Lê Cook is Director of the Health Evaluation Research Lab at Cambridge Health Alliance, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School and Visiting Clinical Associate Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He holds a Ph.D. in Health Policy from Harvard University and an MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education from UNC Chapel Hill. Dr. Cook is a health services researcher focused on improving quality of life, and access and quality of treatment for individuals living with mental illness and substance use disorder.
Research
Dr. Cook’s NIH, AHRQ- and Foundation-funded research tracks healthcare disparities in the U.S. and the impacts of health reform on disparities, seeks to understand discrimination in the patient-provider interaction, and evaluates the impact of hospital-based interventions on health equity. As Director of the Health Evaluation Research Lab, he also oversees research on criminal justice and mental health, opioid use treatment evaluation, integrated behavioral health care, and the promotion of community-engaged research partnerships. Dr. Cook has experience mentoring students and faculty at all levels in health disparities and health system evaluation.
