A. Rani Elwy
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A. Rani Elwy, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2056
relwy@bu.edu
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Biography

Dr. A. Rani Elwy, PhD is a health psychologist, health services researcher and implementation scientist who examines Veterans’ access to mental health care and communication between patients, families and providers.Dr. Elwy is also an Investigator at the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR), a VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Innovation, based at the Boston and Bedford VA Medical Centers. At CHOIR, she directs the Health Communications Research focus area, and within the VA Healthcare System, she has spearheaded the "Disclosure Technical Assistance and Support Program", a communication program developed from health services research evidence and implementation science strategies. Now funded by VA Clinical Operations, Dr. Elwy and her colleagues provide verbal and written communication expertise to facilities needing to disclose information about healthcare to patients, families, employees and the public.

Specific projects as Principal Investigator include examining surgeons’ communication with patients and families about unanticipated surgical events and the impact on this on surgeons’ well-being and patients’ trust in VA; investigating and improving large-scale adverse event disclosures in the VA; predicting Veterans’ treatment seeking for a new episode of depression from their illness perceptions; and establishing an evidence-base for complementary and alternative medicine as first-line treatments for Veterans with depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. In 2012-2014, Dr. Elwy was a fellow with the NIMH- and VA- funded Implementation Research Institute, under the direction of Professor Enola Proctor. A new avenue of research resulting from this fellowship involves examining social networks of providers to better understand where and how provider behavior change may occur in an organization.

From 2015-2017, Dr. Elwy served as the Director of the MPH Certificate in Program Management. Dr. Elwy also teaches a MPH course called Healthcare Delivery Systems: Issues and Innovations (PM755) and a PhD/DrPH/MS course on Research Theory and Design (PH842). She advises many MPH, MS and PhD students in the Health Law, Policy and Management department and the Health Services Research program.

Other Positions

  • - Bedford VA - Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hosp

Education

  • King's College London, PhD Field of Study: Psychology
  • London School of Economics and Political Science, MS Field of Study: Psychology
  • University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, BA Field of Study: Psychology

Websites

Publications

  • Published on 3/1/2024

    Moitra E, Amaral TM, Benz MB, Cambow S, Elwy AR, Kunicki ZJ, Lu Z, Rafferty NS, Rabasco A, Rossi R, Schatten HT, Gaudiano BA. A Hybrid Type 1 trial of a multi-component mHealth intervention to improve post-hospital transitions of care for patients with serious mental illness: Study protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Apr; 139:107481. PMID: 38431134.

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  • Published on 10/27/2023

    Arnold T, Giorlando KK, Barnett AP, Gaudiano BA, Rogers BG, Whiteley L, Ward LM, Edet PP, Elwy AR, Brown LK. Social, Structural, Behavioral, and Clinical Barriers Influencing Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Use Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in the South: A Qualitative Update to a 2016 Study. Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Feb; 53(2):785-797. PMID: 37891436.

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  • Published on 9/28/2023

    Al Lawati H, Shin M, Lamkin R, Thompson T, Epshtein I, Mull H, Basnet Thapa D, Drekonja D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Xu TH, Gold H, Elwy AR, Strymish J, Branch-Elliman W. Engaging patients in antimicrobial stewardship: co-designed educational tool to improve periprocedural care through de-implementation of guideline-discordant antimicrobial use. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023; 3(1):e163. PMID: 38028930.

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  • Published on 9/7/2023

    Elwy AR, Taubenberger S, Dodds N, DeSensi R, Gillman A, Wasan A, Greco CM. Costs of Implementing Electronic Context Factor Assessments and Patient-reported Outcomes in Pain Clinic Settings. Med Care. 2023 Oct 01; 61(10):699-707. PMID: 37943525.

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  • Published on 8/29/2023

    Pyne JM, Seal KH, Manuel JK, DeRonne B, Oliver KA, Bertenthal D, Esserman D, Purcell N, Petrakis BA, Elwy AR. Developing and testing a COVID-19 vaccination acceptance intervention: A pragmatic trial comparing vaccine acceptance intervention vs usual care - Rationale, methods, and implementation. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Oct; 133:107325. PMID: 37652356.

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  • Published on 8/17/2023

    Branch-Elliman W, Elwy AR, Chambers DA. Embracing dynamic public health policy impacts in infectious diseases responses: leveraging implementation science to improve practice. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1207679. PMID: 37663826.

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  • Published on 8/1/2023

    Barnett AP, Arnold T, Elwy AR, Brock JB, Giorlando KK, Sims-Gomillia C, Leigland A, Whiteley L, Brown LK. Considerations for PrEP Implementation at Federally Qualified Health Centers in Mississippi: Perspectives From Staff and Patients. AIDS Educ Prev. 2023 Aug; 35(4):309-319. PMID: 37535326.

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  • Published on 7/1/2023

    Darling KE, Hayes JF, Evans EW, Sanchez I, Chachra J, Grenga A, Elwy AR, Jelalian E. Engaging Stakeholders to Adapt an Evidence-Based Family Healthy Weight Program. Transl Behav Med. 2023 Jul 01; 13(7):423-431. PMID: 36893021.

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  • Published on 6/23/2023

    Anderson E, Wiener RS, Molloy-Paolillo B, McCullough M, Kim B, Harris JI, Rinne ST, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG. Using a person-centered approach in clinical care for patients with complex chronic conditions: Perspectives from healthcare professionals caring for Veterans with COPD in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration's Whole Health System of Care. PLoS One. 2023; 18(6):e0286326. PMID: 37352241.

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  • Published on 5/25/2023

    Godfrey LB, Cloitre M, Elwy AR, Fortuna LR, Fuchs C, Valentine SE. Study protocol for a hybrid 1 effectiveness-implementation trial of Brief Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (Brief STAIR) and web-administered STAIR (webSTAIR) for posttraumatic stress disorder in integrated primary care. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Aug; 131:107241. PMID: 37244367.

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