Lara Traeger, MS is a clinical fellow in behavioral medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is completing her doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL. Her research and clinical work have focused on patients facing cancer. In her dissertation she examined mechanisms that may buffer older patients against the psychological impact of age-related disease burden. Her general research interests are at the cross-section of health psychology and aging. She is interested in methods for increasing the accessibility and application of psychotherapy strategies to at-risk medical populations across the age spectrum.