Colleen E. Laurence, MD, MPH Hear my name
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Emergency Medicine

MD, Wake Forest University
MPH, Emory University
BA, University of Virginia

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Colleen E. Laurence, MD, MPH is an Attending Emergency Medicine Physician at Boston Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Her research focuses on accessibility and delivery of comprehensive, trauma-informed emergency care for immigrant populations and realization of language justice in emergency care in the United States. In her research and implementation work, she to endeavors to embrace community engaged research and the equitable and the sensitive engagement of historically marginalized populations in research. Her early work focused on a clinic-based smartphone app developed to support people living with HIV, which was recognized by the CDC in 2019 as an Evidence-Informed Intervention for Retention in HIV Care.

Dr. Laurence completed her medical degree at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, her Emergency Medicine residency training at the University of Cincinnati where she also served as Chief Resident, and a Local Health Equity Fellowship at Boston Medical Center.

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  1. Hexom BJ, Quao NSA, Bandolin NS, Bonney J, Collier A, Dyal J, Lee JA, Nicholson BD, Rybarczyk MM, Rees CA, Roy CM, Bhaskar N, Kivlehan SM. Global Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Literature from 2022. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 Jan; 31(1):71-85. PMID: 37813813; DOI: 10.1111/acem.14816;
     
  2. Kivlehan SM, Hexom BJ, Bonney J, Collier A, Nicholson BD, Quao NSA, Rybarczyk MM, Selvam A, Rees CA, Roy CM, Bhaskar N, Becker TK. Global emergency medicine: A scoping review of the literature from 2021. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 Oct; 29(10):1264-1274.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35913419; DOI: 10.1111/acem.14575;
     
  3. Rice B, Pickering A, Laurence C, Kizito PM, Leff R, Kisingiri SJ, Ndyamwijuka C, Nakato S, Adriko LF, Bisanzo M. Emergency medicine physician supervision and mortality among patients receiving care from non-physician clinicians in a task-sharing model of emergency care in rural Uganda: a retrospective analysis of a single-centre training programme. BMJ Open. 2022 Jun 29; 12(6):e059859. PMID: 35768107; PMCID: PMC9244677; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059859;
     
  4. Trehan I, Kivlehan SM, Balhara KS, Bonney J, Hexom BJ, Pousson AY, Quao NSA, Rybarczyk MM, Selvam A, Nicholson BD, Bhaskar N, Becker TK. Global emergency medicine: A scoping review of the literature from 2020. Acad Emerg Med. 2021 11; 28(11):1328-1340.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34310782; DOI: 10.1111/acem.14356;
     
  5. Laurence CE, Jones JR, Stone SN, Moses-Hampton M, Yates SJ, Khalil ME, Callese TE, Kaye SP, Wirth SH, Keskinyan VS, Bentley PG, Reynolds PS, Strowd RE. Feasibility and Impact of a Student-Led, Semi-Structured, Near-Peer Student Guides Program on Navigating Through Medical School. Med Sci Educ. 2020 Mar; 30(1):457-466. PMID: 34457689; PMCID: PMC8368906; DOI: 10.1007/s40670-020-00929-w;
     
  6. Laurence C, Wispelwey E, Flickinger TE, Grabowski M, Waldman AL, Plews-Ogan E, Debolt C, Reynolds G, Cohn W, Ingersoll K, Dillingham R. Development of PositiveLinks: A Mobile Phone App to Promote Linkage and Retention in Care for People With HIV. JMIR Form Res. 2019 Mar 20; 3(1):e11578. PMID: 30892269; PMCID: PMC6446157; DOI: 10.2196/11578;
     
  7. Dillingham R, Ingersoll K, Flickinger TE, Waldman AL, Grabowski M, Laurence C, Wispelwey E, Reynolds G, Conaway M, Cohn WF. PositiveLinks: A Mobile Health Intervention for Retention in HIV Care and Clinical Outcomes with 12-Month Follow-Up. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2018 06; 32(6):241-250. PMID: 29851504; PMCID: PMC5982157; DOI: 10.1089/apc.2017.0303;
     
  8. Flickinger TE, DeBolt C, Wispelwey E, Laurence C, Plews-Ogan E, Waldman AL, Reynolds G, Cohn WF, Beach MC, Ingersoll K, Dillingham R. Content Analysis and User Characteristics of a Smartphone-Based Online Support Group for People Living with HIV. Telemed J E Health. 2016 09; 22(9):746-54. PMID: 27002956; DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2015.0160;
     

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2017 Wake Forest School of Medicine: Gold Humanism Honor Society
2017 Wake Forest School of Medicine Founders Award
2012 Emory University Humanitarian Award
2010-2012 Peace Corps Coverdell Fellow
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Immigrant and Refugee Health
Health Equity
Global Emergency Medicine
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