Lynne Brady Wagner

Lynne Brady Wagner serves as the Chief Learning and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Chair of the Ethics Advisory Committee, and Associate Director of the Spaulding Stroke Wellness Institute at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network. She holds academic appointments as an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the MGH Institute for Health Professions and a faculty associate at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics.

Her educational background includes:

• Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from St. Louis University
• Graduate certificate in Healthcare Ethics from Rush University Medical School
• Disability Ethics Fellow at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (now Shirley Ryan Ability Lab) and the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago

Ms. Brady Wagner's research focuses on ethical dimensions of stroke rehabilitation, disability inclusion, and healthcare equity. As a certified Healthcare Ethics Consultant (HEC-C) and Medical Rehabilitation Management Certified (MRMC) professional, she bridges clinical practice with bioethics frameworks. Her work emphasizes patient-centered care models and systemic approaches to diversity in rehabilitation settings.

She has received significant recognition including:

• ASHA Fellow
• Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice

Her leadership extends to editorial responsibilities for Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation and national presentations on rehabilitation ethics. Through the Spaulding Stroke Wellness Institute, she drives initiatives integrating wellness principles into stroke recovery while advancing institutional DEI strategies across clinical and academic environments.