A. Rani Elwy, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Health Law, Policy & Management

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



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.


Development of a Translational Tool to Study Yoga Therapy
12/01/2010 - 08/31/2016 (Subcontract PI)
University of Connecticut NIH NCCIH
5R01AT006466-03

Help Seeking for Depression by Primary Care Patients
03/01/2007 - 08/29/2008 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
1 R03 MH77021 01A1



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  1. Roncarati JS, Byrne T, Kertesz SG, Elwy AR, Xu CX, Pimentel CB, Wiener RS. Lung Cancer Screening Offers and Low-Dose Computed Tomography Completion Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 May 20.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40394437
     
  2. Pendergast J, Mull H, Shin M, Engle R, Elwy AR, Strymish J, Golenbock S, Hederstedt K, Ostrow R, Goetz MB, Hawn M, Branch-Elliman W. Sustainability and spread of best practices for peri-operative antimicrobial stewardship following discontinuation of mandatory public reporting: perceptions from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology in America research network. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 May 16; 1-6.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40376808
     
  3. Gillmeyer KR, Rinne ST, Rucci JM, Klings ES, Elwy AR, Wiener RS. Factors Associated with Referral to Expert Providers among Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Feb 11.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39932507
     
  4. Roncarati JS, Cusack M, True G, Browne J, Harris T, deRussy A, Tsai J, Elwy AR, Byrne TH, Montgomery AE. Experiencing Housing Instability in Rural North America and Access to Health Care and Supportive Services: A Scoping Review. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2025; 36(1):21-55. PMID: 39957636
     
  5. Albanese AM, Littlewood A, Creamer A, Rogers B, Elwy AR. Harm reduction for perinatal cannabis use: protocol for a scoping review of clinical practices. BMJ Open. 2024 Dec 10; 14(12):e090453.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39658283; PMCID: PMC11647366; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090453;
     
  6. 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; PMCID: PMC11562231; DOI: 10.1002/osp4.70021;
     
  7. 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 Dec; 25(8):1262-1274. PMID: 39514028; PMCID: PMC11652265; DOI: 10.1007/s11121-024-01744-0;
     
  8. Alfandre D, Foglia MB, Holodniy M, Elwy AR. How Do We Know When We Have Done Enough? Ensuring Sufficient Patient Notification Efforts After a Large-Scale Adverse Event. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2025 Feb; 51(2):159-163. PMID: 39706776
     
  9. 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; PMCID: PMC11548863; DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnae070;
     
  10. Rinne ST, Brunner J, Hogan TP, Ferguson JM, Helmer DA, Hysong SJ, McKee G, Midboe A, Shepherd-Banigan ME, Elwy AR. A use case of ChatGPT: summary of an expert panel discussion on electronic health records and implementation science. Front Digit Health. 2024; 6:1426057.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39512857; PMCID: PMC11540825; DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2024.1426057;
     
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2017 VA HSR&D: Best Research Paper Award
2015-2016 BUSM: Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Program
2013 BUSPH: Excellence in Teaching Award, Spring, PM755
2012-2014 NIMH/VA: Implementation Research Institute Fellowship
2011 BUSPH: Excellence in Teaching Award, Fall, PM755
2010 BUSPH: Excellence in Teaching Award, Spring, PM755
2008 BUSPH: Excellence in Teaching Award, Spring, MC831
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