Mary Slavin
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Mary D Slavin, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2258
mslavin@bu.edu
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Biography

Dr. Mary Slavin is the Director of Education and Dissemination at the Health & Disability Research Institute (HDR). She is a physical therapist with more than 30 years of experience in the rehabilitation field, serving as a clinician, educator and researcher. Dr. Slavin's interests include promoting evidence-based practice in rehabilitation and use of appropriate measures to assess rehabilitation outcomes. Dr. Slavin a co-investigator on several funded studies and co-directs the Dissemination core for the Center on Health Services Training and Research and the Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model Systems Program. During her career in rehabilitation, Dr. Slavin has led efforts to promote evidence-based practice in rehabilitation and is co-author of the Evidence-Based Practice in Rehabilitation chapter in DeLisa's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice. Dr. Slavin’s research is primarily focused on developing and evaluating rehabilitation outcome measures, including the Activity Measure for Post Acute Care (AM-PAC), Spinal Cord Functional Index, Cerebral Palsy Profile (CP-PRO), Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury Activity Measure (PEDI-SCI AM), and the Life Impact Burn Injury Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Profile.

Education

  • Clark University, PhD Field of Study: Experimental Psychology
  • Boston University, MS Field of Study: Physical Therapy
  • Northeastern University, BS Field of Study: Physical Therapy

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Publications

  • Published on 12/18/2025

    Deng H, Abouzeid CA, Ni P, Rothfeld-Wehrwein ZR, Dhand A, Slavin MD, Herrera-Escobar JP, Kazis LE, Ryan CM, Schneider JC. The role of personal social networks in social participation for adult burn survivors: A cohort study. Clin Rehabil. 2025 Dec 18; 2692155251406571. PMID: 41411188.

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  • Published on 11/19/2025

    Rassu FS, Johnson SM, Barron DS, Kalpakjian CZ, Slavin MD, Daneshvar DH, Isaac Z. Physician and patient perspectives on PROM implementation barriers in spine care and pain management: a mixed-methods assessment. BMJ Open Qual. 2025 Nov 19; 14(4). PMID: 41265917.

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  • Published on 10/26/2025

    Carrougher GJ, Bamer AM, Orton CM, Pacleb MI, Dominguez TA, Slavin M, Schneider JC, Yenikomshian HA, Powell T, Stewart BT. Validation of numerical cut points for mild, moderate, and severe pain across key subgroups of adults with burn injury in a multicenter cohort study: A Burn Model System investigation. Burns. 2025 Dec; 51(9):107755. PMID: 41202575.

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  • Published on 10/24/2025

    Evans EA, Rajala CC, Waterhouse CR, Kanny S, Slavin MD, Erler KS, Whiteneck GG, Kazis LE, Giacino JT. Exploring Participation Experiences of Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury to Inform Outcome Measure Development: A Qualitative Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2025 Oct 24. PMID: 41139002.

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  • Published on 9/29/2025

    Phillips G, Waterhouse C, Erler K, Rajala C, Slavin M, Kazis LE, Evans E. Characterizing participation measures developed with input from persons with acquired brain injury using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and health. Disabil Rehabil. 2025 Sep 29; 1-13. PMID: 41024356.

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  • Published on 8/30/2025

    Patel KF, McGwin MB, Slavin MD, Surette KE, Schneider JC, Murphy JM, Stoddard FJ, Kazis LE, Ryan CM. Development for the Teen-Aged Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (TA-LIBRE12-19) Profile. J Burn Care Res. 2025 Aug 30; 46(4):894-902. PMID: 40298043.

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  • Published on 7/3/2025

    Cogan AM, Gaudino SG, Green JE, Kazis LE, Slavin MD, Schneider JC, Giacino JT. Developing a data visualization tool for adults with disorders of consciousness: Qualitative analysis of user perspectives. Learn Health Syst. 2025 Oct; 9(4):e70023. PMID: 41169639.

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  • Published on 5/14/2025

    Ryan CM, Schneider JC, Ni P, Slavin MD, Acton A, Vasudevan A, Sosa-Ebert A, Kazis LE. The Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Profile: Historical Overview and Future Directions. Eur Burn J. 2025 May 14; 6(2). PMID: 40407679.

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  • Published on 2/20/2025

    Gore S, Mattie K, Schworm K, Murphy S, Googins C, Caruso L, Slavin M, Young D. Implementing an Activity and Mobility Promotion Approach to Improve Patient Mobility. Am J Nurs. 2025 Mar 01; 125(3):48-55. PMID: 39972588.

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  • Published on 1/25/2025

    Noordzij RC, Carnevale C, Shepler LJ, Tenney-Laperriere D, Acton A, Kazis LE, Ryan CM, Tierney-Hendricks C, Slavin MD, Schneider JC. REsource Support To Optimize REcovery (RESTORE) document study: Evaluating aftercare resources for burn survivors. Burns. 2025 May; 51(4):107399. PMID: 40068436.

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