Tracy and Michael are researchers, caregivers, and co-founders of the Harvard Initiative on Health, Spirituality, and Religion. Together, they have published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and co-authored Hostility to Hospitality (Oxford University Press, 2019). They also co-lead the Longwood Christian Community in the inner-city of Boston, integrating faith, science, and medicine along with other families and young adults.

Tracy is a professor at Harvard Medical School, holder of the Mass General Brigham Endowed Cancer Chair in Radiation Oncology, and an internationally recognized leader in palliative care. She practices at Brigham and Women’s and Mass General Hospitals, and directs the Harvard Radiation Oncology Residency Program. Tracy received her M.D. from Harvard Medical School.

As a pastor and theologian, Michael is a co-pastor at Restoration Fellowship in Boston and also an affiliate scholar with the Harvard Human Flourishing Program. He holds a Ph.D. in theology from Boston University.