Tara Lagu

Tara Lagu is an Adjunct Professor in the Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences department at UMass Chan - Baystate Regional Campus. She holds a BS in Pharmacy from Purdue University, an MPH from Yale University, and an MD from Yale University. Her academic work focuses on Healthcare Delivery, Population Sciences, and Public Health with specific interests in Cardiology, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and Critical Care.

Her research spans healthcare quality improvement, patient outcomes, and health disparities. She has developed mortality prediction models for heart failure and sepsis patients, analyzed COPD rehabilitation effectiveness, and studied Medicare beneficiary outcomes. Notably, her work includes health equity research for patients with disabilities and quality measurement in accountable care organizations.

Recent publications show a research trajectory in cardiopulmonary diseases, health services research, and mortality prediction models. Her work combines epidemiology, health policy, and clinical outcomes analysis across cardiology, pulmonary medicine, and critical care domains.