Alysse G. Wurcel, MD, MS Hear my name
Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
General Internal Medicine

MD, University of Pennsylvania
MS, Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences



Dr. Alysse G. Wurcel is a physician-scientist and public health leader whose research centers on infectious diseases, health equity, and the intersection of medicine and the criminal-legal system. She earned her undergraduate degree from Tufts University and her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and infectious diseases fellowships at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital and Tufts Medical Center. Additionally, she holds a Master's in Clinical Research from Tufts University.

Currently, Dr. Wurcel serves as a physician at Boston Medical Center where she focuses on the following key research areas: HIV and Hepatitis C Care, Infectious Disease Management in Carceral Settings, Substance Use and Infectious Diseases, and Health Disparities and Policy Reform. Her achievements include, but are not limited to, being recently appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Correctional Health Care, authoring 160 peer-reviewed publications, being selected as Multiple Principal Investigator on two National Institutes of Health R-level grants and as a liaison for the COVID-19 Liaison Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association, and on the Executive Board of the Academic Consortium for Criminal Justice Health (ACCJH).

Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Infectious Diseases




Geriatric Academic Career Awards
07/01/2023 - 06/30/2027 (Key Person / Mentor)
PI: Nicole Mushero, MD, PhD
HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration



Academic Consortium of Criminal Justice Health
09/15/2025 - 05/31/2030 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
1R13DA064395-01

Massachusetts HIV and Justice-Involved Populations Research Network--R33 Phase II
08/01/2025 - 07/31/2028 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
4R33DA060588-03

Improving Equitable Access to Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling
10/01/2024 - 09/12/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Alysse G. Wurcel, MD, MS
Massachusetts General Hospital HHS AHRQ
5R01HS029319-04

Massachusetts HIV and Justice-Involved Populations Research Network
01/15/2025 - 07/31/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Alysse G. Wurcel, MD, MS
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
7R61DA060588-02

Supplement-Novel Approaches to Integrating IPC Education, Workflows, and Assessment for Diverse Learners
08/01/2024 - 03/24/2025 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Alysse G. Wurcel, MD, MS
Massachusetts General Hospital HHS CDC



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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2025 Academic Consortium of Criminal Justice Health 1R13DA064395-01
2025 The Community Paramedic Response and Overdose Outreach with Supportive Medical-Legal Services (CROSSROADS) Study 1RM1DA064518-01
2025 Massachusetts HIV and Justice-Involved Populations Research Network 4R33DA060588-03
2025 Improving Equitable Access to Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling 5R01HS029319-04
2024 Massachusetts HIV and Justice-Involved Populations Research Network 1R61DA060588-01
2024 Massachusetts HIV and Justice-Involved Populations Research Network 7R61DA060588-02
2024 Improving Equitable Access to Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling 5R01HS029319-02
2024 Improving Equitable Access to Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling 7R01HS029319-03
2023 Improving Equitable Access to Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling 1R01HS029319-01
2022 Unlocking Access to HCV Testing in Jail: Stakeholder Involvement in Research Is the Missing Key 5K08HS026008-03
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  1. Hathaway DB, Sato T, Szpak V, Prostko S, Vercollone L, Bhat JA, Wurcel A, Suzuki J. Transdermal Initiation of Buprenorphine Among Hospitalized Persons: A Retrospective Study. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2026 Jan 14. PMID: 41539921
     
  2. Nemorin A, Norton DT, Green CV, Jerry MS, Wurcel AG, Blumenthal KG. Specialist physician perspectives on clinical decision support to address secondary vaccine hesitancy. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2026 Mar; 5(2):100636. PMID: 41550090; PMCID: PMC12808990; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacig.2025.100636;
     
  3. Blumenthal KG, Stone VE, Jiang B, Eippert ML, Bartels SJ, Zhang Y, Mann JTS, Wurcel AG. Racial differences in penicillin allergy delabeling in a multicenter US primary care cohort. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2026 Mar; 136(3):301-307.e7. PMID: 41317864; DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2025.11.025;
     
  4. Wurcel AG, Eippert ML, Tam RA, Crabtree DC, Stone VE, Blumenthal KG. Primary Care Patients' Beliefs about Penicillin Allergy: Application of the Health Belief Model. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Nov 14. PMID: 41239119; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-10004-y;
     
  5. Panaccione S, Jack H, Wurcel A, Rich J, Berk J. Executive Summary: State-of-the-Art Review: The Intersection of Infectious Diseases and Carceral Medicine. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Oct 06; 81(3):407-409. PMID: 41047931; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaf350;
     
  6. Grussing ED, Cassarino N, Tenner RA, Doron S, Campion M, Wurcel AG. Fighting AntimicroBial Resistance in Carceral Settings (FABRICS) study on antibiotics prescribing in New England prisons. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025; 5(1):e235. PMID: 41079965; PMCID: PMC12509139; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2025.10115;
     
  7. Sundaram G, Sato T, Socrates B, Wurcel A. "There's a lot of people who love them, so why call 'em junkies?": clinician and patient perspectives about words used to describe people who use drugs. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Sep 02; 20(1):71. PMID: 40898349; PMCID: PMC12403917; DOI: 10.1186/s13722-025-00591-w;
     
  8. Martinez-Kratz J, Manning D, Vest N, Glenn J, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Wurcel A. The Digital Availability of US Departments of Corrections' Research Policies: Cross-Sectional Analysis. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Aug 20; 9:e76835.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40835403; PMCID: PMC12371514; DOI: 10.2196/76835;
     
  9. Blumenthal KG, King AJ, Stone VE, Bartels S, Norton DT, Eippert ML, Zhang Y, Wurcel A. Geospatial Socioeconomic Indicators and Penicillin Allergy Delabeling in Primary Care Patients. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01; 8(8):e2528714. PMID: 40844781; PMCID: PMC12374214; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.28714;
     
  10. Sato T, Grussing ED, Patel R, Ridgway J, Suzuki J, Sweigart B, Miller R, Wurcel AG. Natural Language Processing for Identification of Hospitalized People Who Use Drugs: Cohort Study. JMIR AI. 2025 Jul 18; 4:e63147. PMID: 40680182; PMCID: PMC12294639; DOI: 10.2196/63147;
     
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2022 Tufts University School of Medicine : Tufts Springboard Award
2021 Tufts Medical Center Physicians’ Organization: Women in Science Mentorship Seed Award
2015-2018 The Lifespan/Brown Criminal Justice Research Training Program: Criminal Justice Research Training Pilot Award
2015-2016 Tufts University School of Medicine: Top Lecturer
2014 Massachusetts Infectious Diseases Society: Maxwell Finland Award for Research Excellence
2014 Massachusetts Infectious Diseases Society: Edward H. Kass Award for Clinical Excellence
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correctional health
carceral health
HIV
status-neutral HIV care
People who use drugs

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