Newcomers Event
Dr. Tracy Battaglia at the BUWG Newcomer’s event at Howard Thurman Center October 20.
Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography
Hosted by the BU Women’s Guild and
Janice Freeman, Honorary BUWG President
Annual Newcomers Welcome Event
Friday, October 20, 2023
11:30 am – 1 pm
Howard Thurman Center
Event Space
808 Commonwealth Ave, 1st Floor
11:30 am – 12 pm
Refreshments & Conversation
Introductory Remarks by Kenneth Freeman, BU President Ad Interim12 – 12:45 pm
Speaker Program
In Pursuit of Breast Cancer Equity:
A Generalist’s Perspective
Dr. Tracy Battaglia
Professor of Medicine
BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine12:45 – 1 pm
Complimentary lunch pickup at the conclusion of the event
Dr. Battaglia will share reflections from 25 years of personal and professional experience as a two time cancer survivor and primary care physician scientist at BU/BMC to suggest a path toward equity.
BU Women’s Guild events are open to all faculty and staff, inclusive of gender identity and expression. This annual “newcomers” welcome event invites new faculty & staff to connect with the BU Women’s Guild. Registration is prioritized for newcomers through email invitation and then opens to BUWG members.
Registration now closed
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About the speaker
Tracy Battaglia, MD MPH
Professor of Medicine and Community Health Sciences
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and School of Public Health
Associate Chief Research, Section of General Internal Medicine, BU Medical Campus
Associate Director, Belkin Breast Health Center, Boston Medical Center
Director, Community Engagement Program, BU Clinical Translational Sciences Institute
Advisor to the Chair (and immediate Past Chair), National Navigation Roundtable
Dr. Battaglia is a physician-scientist internationally recognized for her collaborative and innovative approaches to addressing health disparities among women historically marginalized. Dr. Battaglia completed her undergraduate training at Boston University where she enrolled in the MMEDIC program, matriculating directly into the BU School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and returned to BU/BMC to complete our Primary Care Fellowship Program and Preventive Medicine Residency Program with a concentration in Women’s Health.
For the past 22 years as a faculty member, she has served as a practicing primary care Clinician-Investigator who is highly respected for addressing health inequities by engaging the community as partners in action-oriented research. During her faculty tenure, she has served in multiple leadership roles including Director Women’s Health Unit (a DHHS designated Center of Excellence) and the Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Research Center, Associate Director of the BU/BMC Human Research Protections Program, Acting Section Chief General Internal Medicine and Associate Director of the Belkin Breast Center.
In her current role as Associate Chief for Research GIM and Co-Director of Community Engagement for the BU Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI), she is responsible for creating programs, policies and training to support the use of community engaged methods in all aspects of translational science.
Her own research focuses on designing, implementing and evaluating multi-level health system interventions in pursuit of equitable access to care for at-risk women, especially for cancer care. A pioneer in the development of oncology Patient Navigation programs that target under-resourced cancer patients, Dr. Battaglia has contributed to the scientific evidence solidifying the impact of navigation on reducing delays across the continuum of cancer care. As founding Chair of the National Navigation Roundtable, she partners across diverse sectors in pursuit of a sustainable navigation workforce.
Her own experience as a two time cancer survivor fuels her passion for community-informed and action-oriented equity research.