Emily Evans | Profiles RNS

Emily Evans, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS

Assistant Professor

Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Physical Therapy & Athletic Training

DPT, Ithaca College

Websites

	BU Sargent
	LINC Lab
	LinkedIn
	Brown University

ORCID : 0000-0002-1027-5441

Dr. Evans is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Boston University. Dr Evans earned her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences from the MGH-Institute of Health Professions (2019), and completed her clinical training at Ithaca College (DPT 2005). She has more than 17 years of experience as a physical therapist working with individuals with neurologic diagnoses in post-acute and community-based rehabilitation settings and continues to practice at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on a per diem basis. Dr. Evans’s research aims to inform efficient and effective rehabilitative care for individuals with acquired neurological diagnoses by leveraging clinical and administrative data and implementation methods.

Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Health Law, Policy & Management

BU Research

Learning Health systems training to improve Disability and chronic condition care (LeaHD)
05/01/2024 - 12/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Brown University HHS AHRQ

LeaRRN - Learning Health System Scholar
11/01/2023 - 10/31/2025 (PI)
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Participatory Community Integration for TBI Survivors: Development of a Computer Adaptive Test
09/01/2022 - 08/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation Adm for Comm. Living

LeaRRN: the Learning Health Systems Rehabilitation Research Network - Mentor
06/01/2024 - 05/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
The University of Pittsburgh NIH NICHD
5P2CHD101895-05

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Canter BE, Evans EA. Frailty in Older Adults. N Engl J Med. 2024 Nov 07; 391(18):1758-1759. PMID: 39504532; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2411327;

Kumar RG, Pomeroy ML, Ornstein KA, Juengst SB, Wagner AK, Reckrey JM, Lercher K, Dreer LE, Evans E, de Souza NL, Dams-O'Connor K. Home, but Homebound After Traumatic Brain Injury: Risk Factors and Associations With Nursing Home Entry and Death. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2025 Apr; 106(4):517-526. PMID: 39374687; PMCID: PMC11968243; DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2024.09.012;

Kumar RG, Evans E, Albrecht JS, Gardner RC, Dams-O'Connor K, Thomas KS. Healthy Days at Home Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries With Traumatic Brain Injury Requiring Inpatient Rehabilitation. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024 Sep-Oct 01; 39(5):E442-E452. PMID: 38598697; PMCID: PMC11387144; DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000954;

de Souza NL, Ornstein KA, Evans E, Juengst SB, Dams-O'Connor K, Kumar RG. Longitudinal associations of time-varying homeboundness and life satisfaction after traumatic brain injury. Rehabil Psychol. 2025 Feb; 70(1):94-103. PMID: 38913739; PMCID: PMC11666807; DOI: 10.1037/rep0000567;

Juengst SB, Kumar RG, Venkatesan UM, O'Neil-Pirozzi TM, Evans E, Sander AM, Klyce D, Agtarap S, Erler KS, Rabinowitz AR, Bushnik T, Kazis LE, Whiteneck GG. Predictors of Multidimensional Profiles of Participation After Traumatic Brain Injury: A TBI Model Systems Study. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024 Nov-Dec 01; 39(6):E532-E542.View Related Profiles.

Evans, Emily
Kazis, Lewis

PMID: 38833709

Juengst SB, Agtarap S, Venkatesan UM, Erler KS, Evans E, Sander AM, Klyce D, O'Neil Pirozzi TM, Rabinowitz AR, Kazis LE, Giacino JT, Kumar RG, Bushnik T, Whiteneck GG. Developing multidimensional participation profiles after traumatic brain injury: a TBI model systems study. Disabil Rehabil. 2024 Jun; 46(11):2385-2395.View Related Profiles.

Evans, Emily
Kazis, Lewis

PMID: 37296112

Bahr NC, Skipper CP, Huppler-Hullsiek K, Ssebambulidde K, Morawski BM, Engen NW, Nuwagira E, Quinn CM, Ramachandran PS, Evans EE, Lofgren SM, Abassi M, Muzoora C, Wilson MR, Meya DB, Rhein J, Boulware DR. Recurrence of Symptoms Following Cryptococcal Meningitis: Characterizing a Diagnostic Conundrum With Multiple Etiologies. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Mar 21; 76(6):1080-1087. PMID: 36303432

Evans E, Gutman R, Resnik L, Krebill C, Lueckel SN, Zonfrillo MR, Thomas KS. Successful Community Discharge Among Older Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury Admitted to Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities. Arch Rehabil Res Clin Transl. 2022 Dec; 4(4):100241. PMID: 36545522; PMCID: PMC9761303; DOI: 10.1016/j.arrct.2022.100241;

Evans E, Dass M, Muter WM, Tuthill C, Tan AQ, Trumbower RD. A Wearable Mixed Reality Platform to Augment Overground Walking: A Feasibility Study. Front Hum Neurosci. 2022; 16:868074. PMID: 35754777; PMCID: PMC9218429; DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.868074;

Kumar RG, Zhang W, Evans E, Dams-O'Connor K, Thomas KS. Research Letter: Characterization of Older Adults Hospitalized With Traumatic Brain Injury Admitted to Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2022 Mar-Apr 01; 37(2):89-95. PMID: 33782352; PMCID: PMC8915921; DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000685;

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Mair LO, Adam G, Chowdhury S, Davis A, Arifin DR, Vassoler FM, Engelhard HH, Li J, Tang X, Weinberg IN, Evans EE, Bulte JWM, Cappelleri DJ. Soft Capsule Magnetic Millirobots for Region-Specific Drug Delivery in the Central Nervous System. Front Robot AI. 2021; 8:702566. PMID: 34368238

Evans E, Krebill C, Gutman R, Resnik L, Zonfrillo MR, Lueckel SN, Zhang W, Kumar RG, Dams-O'Connor K, Thomas KS. Functional motor improvement during inpatient rehabilitation among older adults with traumatic brain injury. PM R. 2022 Apr; 14(4):417-427. PMID: 34018693; PMCID: PMC8606011; DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.12644;

Evans E, Gutman R, Resnik L, Zonfrillo MR, Lueckel SN, Kumar RG, DeVone F, Dams-O'Connor K, Thomas KS. Successful Community Discharge Among Older Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury in Skilled Nursing Facilities. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2021 May-Jun 01; 36(3):E186-E198. PMID: 33528173; PMCID: PMC8096636; DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000638;

Anderson MC, Evans E, Zonfrillo MR, Thomas KS. Rural/urban differences in discharge from rehabilitation in older adults with traumatic brain injury. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Jun; 69(6):1601-1608. PMID: 33675540; PMCID: PMC8192484; DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17065;

Evans E, Kosar CM, Thomas KS. Positive Beliefs and the Likelihood of Successful Community Discharge From Skilled Nursing Facilities. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Mar; 102(3):480-487. PMID: 32991871; PMCID: PMC8996741; DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2020.09.375;

Evans EA, Cook NE, Iverson GL, Townsend EL, Duhaime AC. Assessing Physical Function and Mobility following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury with the NIH Toolbox Motor Battery: A Feasibility Study. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2021; 41(1):56-73. PMID: 32396483; PMCID: PMC7657981; DOI: 10.1080/01942638.2020.1758985;

Evans E, Cook NE, Iverson GL, Townsend EL, Duhaime AC. Monitoring Outcome after Hospital-Presenting Milder Spectrum Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Using the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended, Pediatric Revision. J Neurotrauma. 2020 Jul 15; 37(14):1627-1636. PMID: 32106753; PMCID: PMC7339019; DOI: 10.1089/neu.2019.6893;

Rhein J, Huppler Hullsiek K, Tugume L, Nuwagira E, Mpoza E, Evans EE, Kiggundu R, Pastick KA, Ssebambulidde K, Akampurira A, Williams DA, Bangdiwala AS, Abassi M, Musubire AK, Nicol MR, Muzoora C, Meya DB, Boulware DR. Adjunctive sertraline for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind phase 3 trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Aug; 19(8):843-851. PMID: 31345462

Evans EE, Wang XQ, Moore CC. Distance from care predicts in-hospital mortality in HIV-infected patients with severe sepsis from rural and semi-rural Virginia, USA. Int J STD AIDS. 2016 Apr; 27(5):370-6. PMID: 25931237

Orikiriza P, Tibenderana B, Siedner MJ, Mueller Y, Byarugaba F, Moore CC, Evans EE, Bonnet M, Page AL, Bazira J, Boum Y. Low resistance to first and second line anti-tuberculosis drugs among treatment naive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in southwestern Uganda. PLoS One. 2015; 10(2):e0118191. PMID: 25658921

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