Ms. Laliberte received both her B.S. and M.S. degrees from Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, and her J.D. from New England School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. She is an attorney, health policy analyst and health services researcher with broad experience in Medicare and Medicaid issues. She served as the Center's Associate Director for Administration for nearly 15 years, leading the post-doctoral seminars devoted to the critical, practical aspects of health services research-budgeting, staffing, the organization of the grant application, and resource control, including supervision, quality control procedures and reporting requirements. Additionally, Ms. Laliberte applies her legal and policy training to Medicare regulations and legislation and has directed teams conducting policy analyses of proposed or actual changes. She is currently working on a project with the Rhode Island Department of Human Services to improve access to health insurance as well as a project with the Progeria Research Foundation to develop a medical and research database to advance treatment for this rare disease.

Publications

Laliberte, L, Fennell, M, Papandonatos, G, (2005) "The Relationship of Membership in Research Networks to Compliance with Treatment Guidelines for Early Stage Breast Cancer." Medical Care 43 (5): 471-479.

Angelelli, J, Gifford, D, Intrator, O, Gozalo, P, Laliberte, L, Mor, V, (2002) "Access to Postacute Nursing Home Care Before and After the BBA." Health Affairs 21 (5): 254-264.

Allen, S, Petrisek A, Laliberte, L, (2001) "Problems in Doctor Patient Communication: The case of Younger Women with Breast Cancer." Critical Public Health 11 (1): 39-58.

Fennel, M, Allen, S, Laliberte, L, (2001) "Community-Based Service Providers for People with Chronic Care Needs: Survival in an Uncertain Environment." In S. Hartwell and RK Schutt, (Eds.) The Organizational Response to Social Problems, Elsevier Science, New York , NY.

Mor, V, Laliberte, L, Petrisek, A, Intrator, I, Wachtel, T, Maddock, P and Bland,K, (2000) "Impact of Breast Cancer Treatment Guidelines on Surgeon Practice Patterns: Results of a Hospital-Based Intervention." Surgery 128 (5):847-861.

Miller, S, Mor, V., Coppola, K, Teno, J. Laliberte L, Petrisek, A, (1999) "The Medicare Hospice Benefit's Influence on Dying in Nursing Homes." Journal of Palliative Medicine. 1(4):367-376.

Petrisek A, Laliberte L, Allen S, Mor V. (1997) "The Treatment Decision Making Process: Age Differences in a Sample of Women Recently Diagnosed with Non-recurrent, Early Stage Breast Cancer." The Gerontologist. 37:598-608.

Laliberte, L, Mor V, Berg K, Calore K, Intrator O, Hiris J. (1997) "Impact of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act on Nursing Homes." The Milbank Quarterly. 75:203-233.