A. Rani Elwy
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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 11/14/2024

    Hayes JF, Darling KE, Tomashek H, Elwy AR, Wing RR. Behavioral weight loss interventions in college health centers: A qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators to implementation. Obes Sci Pract. 2024 Dec; 10(6):e70021. PMID: 39544506.

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  • Published on 11/8/2024

    Huffhines L, Ramirez I, Silver RB, Low CM, Parade SH, Elwy AR. "It's Like Making Reflective Practice More of the Heart of Who We Are": An Exploration of Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Reflective Supervision in State Pre-K. Prev Sci. 2024 Nov 08. PMID: 39514028.

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  • Published on 11/1/2024

    Zeliadt SB, Coggeshall S, Zhang X, Rosser EW, Reed Ii DE, Elwy AR, Bokhour BG, Toyama JA, Taylor SL. How initial perceptions of the effectiveness of mind and body complementary and integrative health therapies influence long-term adherence in a pragmatic trial. Pain Med. 2024 Nov 01; 25(Supplement_1):S54-S63. PMID: 39514886.

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  • Published on 9/27/2024

    Clayman ML, Elwy AR, Vassy JL. Reframing SDM Using Implementation Science: SDM Is the Intervention. Med Decis Making. 2024 Nov; 44(8):859-861. PMID: 39334566.

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  • Published on 9/11/2024

    Haderlein TP, Zeliadt SB, Kloehn AT, Lott BD, Toyama J, Resnick A, Elwy AR, Der-Martirosian C, Taylor SL. Are Virtual Complementary and Integrative Therapies as Effective as In-Person Therapies? Examining Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Veterans with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. Telemed J E Health. 2024 Sep 11. PMID: 39258762.

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  • Published on 8/28/2024

    Arnold T, Whiteley L, Giorlando KK, Barnett AP, Albanese AM, Leigland A, Sims-Gomillia C, Elwy AR, Edet PP, Lewis DM, Brock JB, Brown LK. A qualitative study identifying implementation strategies using the i-PARIHS framework to increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis at federally qualified health centers in Mississippi. Implement Sci Commun. 2024 Aug 28; 5(1):92. PMID: 39198914.

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  • Published on 7/31/2024

    Helseth SA, Micalizzi L, Piper K, Gomez A, Elwy AR, Becker SJ, Kemp K, Spirito A. Tailoring opioid use prevention content for juvenile diversion programs with adolescents and their caregivers. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Oct; 165:209470. PMID: 39094900.

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  • Published on 7/27/2024

    Darling KE, Evans EW, Elwy AR, Klinepier K, Jelalian E. Scaling and sustaining research tested interventions: Lessons learned from Rhode Island Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration 3.0. Transl Behav Med. 2024 Jul 27; 14(8):472-478. PMID: 38794999.

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  • Published on 5/29/2024

    Smith DG, Elwy AR, Rosen RK, Bueno M, Sarkar IN. Who's in control? Situating expertise, (mis)trust, and power among the Latine/Hispanic community in COVID-19's liminal moments. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Aug; 354:117027. PMID: 38959814.

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  • Published on 5/17/2024

    Frank HE, Albanese A, Sun S, Saadeh F, Johnson BT, Elwy AR, Loucks EB. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Health Insurance Coverage: If, How, and When? An Integrated Knowledge Translation (iKT) Delphi Key Informant Analysis. Mindfulness (N Y). 2024; 15(5):1220-1233. PMID: 38817538.

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