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Kirsten Austad, MD MPH Hear my name

Assistant Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Family Medicine

MD, Harvard Medical School
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
BS, University of Wisconsin Madison

Websites

	CIIS
	Boston Medical Center Provider Profile
	LinkedIn
	ResearchGate

ORCID : 0000-0001-5237-2955

Kirsten Austad MD MPH is an implementation scientist and Co-Director of Boston University's Evans Center for Implementation & Improvement Science (CIIS). She possesses expertise in qualitative methods and novel mixed methods approaches. Her research focusing on advancing theory and methods within implementation science and improving delivery of evidence-based interventions to populations in the safety net setting with an emphasis on those with non-English language preference (NELP). As such she has experience conducting research in diverse multilingual settings and intervention adaptation. Her research is inspired by her clinical work as a hospitalist at BMC, by the six years she worked as Director of Women's Health programming for a non-profit in Guatemala that service rural indigenous Maya communities, and by her broad training in Family Medicine.

Currently she is supported by a K23 from NIMHD to adapt a transitional care intervention for patients with NELP. She was also the PI of the TIDE pilot trial funded by BMC's Health Equity Accelerator, which tested a package of language-concordant discharge teaching tools for patients with NELP in a pilot randomized controlled trial.

As Co-Director of CIIS she provides mentorship to early career faculty completing the implementation science fellowship, participates in campus education on implementation science, and provides consults for others on campus looking to integrate implementation science into their research and practice.

Areas of expertise: implementation science, transitions of care
Methods expertise: qualitative methods, rapid qualitative analysis, design and conduct of discrete choice experiments, intervention adaptation, cultural adaptation, pilot clinical trials

BMC Research
Other Research

Adapting an Evidence-Based Intervention to Improve the Hospital Discharge Process for Patients with Limited English Proficiency
09/23/2023 - 03/31/2028 (PI)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities/NIH/DHHS

Title

Leverage telemedicine to improve evidence-based management of acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) across different healthcare settings and for patients of different racial/ ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, using a mixed methods approach and a multisite implementation strategy to identify patients appropriate for telehealth visits (THVs) for ARTIs, create appropriate materials for the THV in collaboration with providers and patients, and gauge implementation and effectiveness outcomes
06/01/2022 - 05/31/2026 (Co-Investigator)
PI: Mari-Lynn Drainoni, PhD, MEd
AHRQ
AHRQ R01HS1028814

Testing the impact of a packaged educational intervention delivered at the time of hospital discharge for patients with limited English proficiency
02/01/2023 - 02/28/2025 (PI)
Health Equity Accelerator

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs

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Austad K, Fantasia KL, Mohanty A, Jones KC, Bosch NA, Drainoni ML. Failing to Succeed: Advancing Mechanistic Understanding of Implementation Strategies Through Retrospective and Prospective Use of Causal Pathway Diagrams. Res Sq. 2025 Sep 23.View Related Profiles.

Mohanty, Arpan
Fantasia, Kathryn
Austad, Kirsten
Bosch, Nicholas

PMID: 41041569; PMCID: PMC12486080; DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7482638/v1;

Mooney H, Austad K, Campbell EG, Avorn J, Lu Z, Kesselheim AS. Physician Perspectives on Pharmaceutical Promotion. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 Sep 05; 6(9):e253521. PMID: 40911328; PMCID: PMC12413643; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.3521;

Erfle BA, Steel TL, Law AC, Kaufman DA, Hills-Dunlap K, Afshar M, Walkey AJ, Austad KE, Drainoni ML, Bosch NA. Pharmacological Interventions for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Among Hospitalized Adults: A Multicenter Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Aug 28.View Related Profiles.

Walkey, Allan
Law, Anica
Erfle, Brody
Austad, Kirsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Bosch, Nicholas

PMID: 40877712; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-09817-8;

Rudel RK, Powers E, Austad K, Burrowes SAB, Couloute Z, Smith AEC, Prifti C, Freiman JM, Wigmore R, Walkey A, Hicks JM, Barlam TF, Drainoni ML. Using learner verification and transcreation to develop multicultural patient education materials for acute respiratory tract infections to decrease inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. PEC Innov. 2025 Dec; 7:100415.View Related Profiles.

Walkey, Allan
Prifti, Christine
Hicks, Jacqueline
Austad, Kirsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Rudel, Rebecca
Burrowes, Shana
Barlam, Tamar

PMID: 40686553; PMCID: PMC12271076; DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2025.100415;

Austad K, Cordova-Ramos EG, Fernandez A, Drainoni ML. Lost in translation: advancing intervention adaptation for populations with non-dominant language preference in high diversity settings. Implement Sci Commun. 2025 May 28; 6(1):66.View Related Profiles.

Austad, Kirsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 40437645; PMCID: PMC12117692; DOI: 10.1186/s43058-025-00753-6;

Mohanty A, Austad K, Bosch NA, Long MT, Nolen-Doerr E, Walkey AJ, Drainoni ML, Rizo I, Fantasia KL. Assessing Clinician Engagement With a Passive Clinical Decision Support System for Liver Fibrosis Risk Stratification in a Weight Management Clinic. Endocr Pract. 2025 Jul; 31(7):899-905.View Related Profiles.

Walkey, Allan
Mohanty, Arpan
Nolen-Doerr, Eric
Rizo, Ivania
Fantasia, Kathryn
Austad, Kirsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Long, Michelle
Bosch, Nicholas

PMID: 40288606

Austad K, Lee JH, Lanney H, Rapoport VO, Wornhoff R, McDaniel K, Li-Garrison L, Jack BW. Evaluating the quality and equity of patient hospital discharge instructions. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Feb 21; 25(1):291.View Related Profiles.

Jack, Brian
Lanney, Howard
Austad, Kirsten

PMID: 39980004; PMCID: PMC11844009; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-12410-8;

Roseen EJ, Bussières A, Reichman R, Bora C, Trieu J, Austad K, Williams C, Fischer RA, Parrilla D, Laird LD, LaValley M, Evans RL, Saper RB, Morone NE. A multi-level implementation strategy to increase adoption of chiropractic care for low back pain in primary care clinics: a randomized stepped-wedge pilot study protocol. Chiropr Man Therap. 2025 Feb 20; 33(1):9.View Related Profiles.

Parrilla, Danielle
Roseen, Eric
Trieu, Jennifer
Austad, Kirsten
Laird, Lance
LaValley, Michael
Morone, Natalia
Saper, Robert

PMID: 39979943; PMCID: PMC11844171; DOI: 10.1186/s12998-024-00565-w;

Austad K, Thai C, Zavatti A, Nguyen N, Bautista-Hurtado D, Kenney P, Lugo N, Lee JH, Lanney H, Xuan Z, Cordova-Ramos EG, Drainoni ML, Jack B. Tools to improve discharge equity: Protocol for the pilot TIDE trial. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2025 Feb; 43:101419.View Related Profiles.

Jack, Brian
Lanney, Howard
Austad, Kirsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Nguyen, Nhi
Xuan, Zi
Xuan, Ziming

PMID: 39810841; PMCID: PMC11731754; DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2024.101419;

Silver SR, Jones KC, Hook K, Crable EL, George ER, Serwint JR, Austad K, Walkey A, Drainoni ML. Defining the transition from new to normal: a qualitative investigation of the clinical change process. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Dec 18; 24(1):1592.View Related Profiles.

Walkey, Allan
Crable, Erika
Austad, Kirsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 39695655; PMCID: PMC11653967; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-12034-4;

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Austad KE, Rao SR, Hibberd PL, Patel AB. Trends and determinants of the use of episiotomy in a prospective population-based registry from central India. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Sep 12; 24(1):598.View Related Profiles.

Austad, Kirsten
Hibberd, Patricia

PMID: 39267006; PMCID: PMC11396254; DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06762-y;

Cordova-Ramos EG, Kerr S, Kalluri NS, Ho T, Austad K, Drainoni ML, Parker MG. Communication Practices for Families With Languages Other Than English in US Neonatal Care Units. Hosp Pediatr. 2024 Sep 01; 14(9):e385-e390.View Related Profiles.

Cordova Ramos, Erika
Austad, Kirsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 39143920

Walkey, Allan
Crable, Erika
Austad, Kirsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 38826210; PMCID: PMC11142356; DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4366064/v1;

Fantasia KL, Austad K, Mohanty A, Long MT, Walkey A, Drainoni ML. Safety-Net Primary Care and Endocrinology Clinicians' Knowledge and Perspectives on Screening for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation. Endocr Pract. 2024 Mar; 30(3):270-277.View Related Profiles.

Walkey, Allan
Mohanty, Arpan
Fantasia, Kathryn
Austad, Kirsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Long, Michelle

PMID: 38184239

Jack, B. W., Austad, K., Renfro, D. R., & Mitchell, S. Re-Engineering the Hospital Discharge to Improve the Transition From Hospital to Home: Overview and a Look to the Future. Journal of Healthcare Management Standards (JHMS). 2023; 1(3):1-17. View Publication
Austad, K. & Jack, B. W. . Linguistic and Cultural Competence at Hospital Discharge . Journal of Healthcare Management Standards (JHMS). 2023; 1(3):1-6. View Publication

Jones KC, Austad K, Silver S, Cordova-Ramos EG, Fantasia KL, Perez DC, Kremer K, Wilson S, Walkey A, Drainoni ML. Patient Perspectives of the Hospital Discharge Process: A Qualitative Study. J Patient Exp. 2023; 10:23743735231171564.View Related Profiles.

Walkey, Allan
Perez, Daisy
Cordova Ramos, Erika
Fantasia, Kathryn
Austad, Kirsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 37151607; PMCID: PMC10159238; DOI: 10.1177/23743735231171564;

Chary A, Hawkins J, Flood D, Martinez B, Colom M, Austad K. Medical students' experiences of compulsory rural service in Guatemala: a qualitative study. Rural Remote Health. 2022 May; 22(2):6582. PMID: 35617739

Juarez M, Austad K, Rohloff P. Out-of-Pocket Costs for Facility-Based Obstetrical Care in Rural Guatemala. Ann Glob Health. 2021; 87(1):75. PMID: 34430225; PMCID: PMC8344954; DOI: 10.5334/aogh.3223;

Perry MF, Coyote EI, Austad K, Rohloff P. Why women choose to to seek facility-level obstetrical care in rural Guatemala: A qualitative study. Midwifery. 2021 Dec; 103:103097. PMID: 34343832

Austad K, Barnett KG, Manasseh C. Family Medicine's Critical Role in Building and Sustaining the Future of Hospital Medicine. Fam Med. 2021 07; 53(7):520-523.View Related Profiles.

Manasseh, Christopher
Austad, Kirsten

PMID: 34289497

Austad K, Juarez M, Shryer H, Hibberd PL, Drainoni ML, Rohloff P, Chary A. Improving the experience of facility-based delivery for vulnerable women through obstetric care navigation: a qualitative evaluation. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Jun 11; 21(1):425.View Related Profiles.

Austad, Kirsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Hibberd, Patricia

PMID: 34116648; PMCID: PMC8193958; DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-03842-1;

Nandi M, Moore J, Colom M, Quezada ADRG, Chary A, Austad K. Insights Into Provider Bias in Family Planning from a Novel Shared Decision Making Based Counseling Initiative in Rural, Indigenous Guatemala. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2020 03 30; 8(1):10-17. PMID: 32234840; PMCID: PMC7108940; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00377;

Austad K, Juarez M, Shryer H, Moratoya C, Rohloff P. Obstetric care navigation: results of a quality improvement project to provide accompaniment to women for facility-based maternity care in rural Guatemala. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 02; 29(2):169-178. PMID: 31678958; PMCID: PMC7045784; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009524;

Sandy Mux Xocop Anita Chary Kirsten Austad. Social Medicine Consortium. Barriers to Care for Indigenous Women with Cervical Cancer in Guatemala. Harvard University. Cambridge MA. 2019. View Publication

Flood D, Petersen A, Martinez B, Chary A, Austad K, Rohloff P. Associations between contraception and stunting in Guatemala: secondary analysis of the 2014-2015 Demographic and Health Survey. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2019; 3(1):e000510. PMID: 31531407; PMCID: PMC6721081; DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000510;

Nicholas Kristof. The World's Malnourished Kids Don't Need a $295 Burger. 2019. View Publication
Mia Armstrong. We Have the Resources to Prevent Cervical Cancer. Do We Have the Will?. 2019. View Publication

Cnop K, Martinez B, Austad KE. Resistant dermatomyositis in a rural indigenous Maya woman. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Feb 21; 12(2). PMID: 30796072; PMCID: PMC6388881; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223886;

Juarez M, Austad K, Rohloff P. Lay Midwives: On the Front Lines of the Fight Against Maternal Mortality in Rural Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 02; 100(2):237-238. PMID: 30795825; PMCID: PMC6367602; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0518;

Flood D, Chary A, Austad K, Coj M, Lopez W, Rohloff P. Patient Navigation and Access to Cancer Care in Guatemala. J Glob Oncol. 2018 09; 4:1-3. PMID: 30241260; PMCID: PMC6223473; DOI: 10.1200/JGO.18.00027;

Austad K, Chary A, Xocop SM, Messmer S, King N, Carlson L, Rohloff P. Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening and the Cervical Cancer Care Continuum in Rural Guatemala: A Mixed-Method Analysis. J Glob Oncol. 2018 07; 4:1-10. PMID: 30084698; PMCID: PMC6223515; DOI: 10.1200/JGO.17.00228;

Austad K, Shah P, Rohloff P. Correlates of long-acting reversible contraception uptake among rural women in Guatemala. PLoS One. 2018; 13(6):e0199536. PMID: 29949633; PMCID: PMC6021094; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199536;

Colom M, Austad K, Sacuj N, Larson K, Rohloff P. Expanding access to primary healthcare for women through a microfinance institution: A case study from rural Guatemala. Healthc (Amst). 2018 Dec; 6(4):223-230. PMID: 29428192

Austad K, Chary A, Martinez B, Juarez M, Martin YJ, Ixen EC, Rohloff P. Obstetric care navigation: a new approach to promote respectful maternity care and overcome barriers to safe motherhood. Reprod Health. 2017 Nov 13; 14(1):148. PMID: 29132431; PMCID: PMC5683321; DOI: 10.1186/s12978-017-0410-6;

Chary A, Flood D, Austad K, Colom M, Hawkins J, Cnop K, Martinez B, Lopez W, Rohloff P. Accompanying indigenous Maya patients with complex medical needs: A patient navigation system in rural Guatemala. Healthc (Amst). 2018 Jun; 6(2):144-149. PMID: 28919513

App saves lives of Maya women in Guatemala. NBC Global Citizen. 2017. View Publication

Flood DC, Chary AN, Austad K, Garcia P, Rohloff PJ. A Patient Navigation System to Minimize Barriers for Peritoneal Dialysis in Rural, Low-Resource Settings: Case Study From Guatemala. Kidney Int Rep. 2017 Jul; 2(4):762-765. PMID: 29142991; PMCID: PMC5678837; DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2017.02.020;

Austad K, Chary A, Colom A, Barillas R, Luna D, Menjívar C, Metz B, Petrocy A, Ruch A, Rohloff P. Fertility Awareness Methods Are Not Modern Contraceptives: Defining Contraception to Reflect Our Priorities. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2016 06 20; 4(2):342-5. PMID: 27353626; PMCID: PMC4982257; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00044;

Flood D, Chary A, Austad K, Diaz AK, García P, Martinez B, Canú WL, Rohloff P. Insights into Global Health Practice from the Agile Software Development Movement. Glob Health Action. 2016; 9:29836. PMID: 27134081; PMCID: PMC4852203; DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.29836;

Chary A, Flood D, Moore J, King N, Austad K, Martinez B. Navigating Bureaucracy: Accompanying Indigenous Maya Patients with Complex Health Care Needs in Guatemala. 2016; 75:305-14.

Yeh JS, Austad KE, Franklin JM, Chimonas S, Campbell EG, Avorn J, Kesselheim AS. Medical Schools' Industry Interaction Policies Not Associated With Trainees' Self-Reported Behavior as Residents: Results of a National Survey. J Grad Med Educ. 2015 Dec; 7(4):595-602. PMID: 26692972; PMCID: PMC4675417; DOI: 10.4300/JGME-D-15-00029.1;

Yeh JS, Austad KE, Franklin JM, Chimonas S, Campbell EG, Avorn J, Kesselheim AS. Association of medical students' reports of interactions with the pharmaceutical and medical device industries and medical school policies and characteristics: a cross-sectional study. PLoS Med. 2014 Oct; 11(10):e1001743. PMID: 25314155; PMCID: PMC4196737; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001743;

Austad KE, Avorn J, Franklin JM, Campbell EG, Kesselheim AS. Association of marketing interactions with medical trainees' knowledge about evidence-based prescribing: results from a national survey. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Aug; 174(8):1283-90. PMID: 24911123

Austad KE, Avorn J, Franklin JM, Kesselheim AS. Physician trainees' interactions with the pharmaceutical industry. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Oct; 28(10):1267. PMID: 23797922; PMCID: PMC3785663; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2526-x;

Austad KE, Avorn J, Franklin JM, Kowal MK, Campbell EG, Kesselheim AS. Changing interactions between physician trainees and the pharmaceutical industry: a national survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Aug; 28(8):1064-71. PMID: 23444007; PMCID: PMC3710396; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2361-0;

Cosgrove L, Shaughnessy AF, Wheeler EE, Austad KE, Kirsch I, Bursztajn HJ. The American Psychiatric Association's guideline for major depressive disorder: a commentary. Psychother Psychosom. 2012; 81(3):186-8. PMID: 22433532

Austad KE, Kesselheim AS. Conflict of interest disclosure in early education of medical students. JAMA. 2011 Sep 07; 306(9):991-2. PMID: 21900140

Austad KE, Avorn J, Kesselheim AS. Medical students' exposure to and attitudes about the pharmaceutical industry: a systematic review. PLoS Med. 2011 May; 8(5):e1001037. PMID: 21629685; PMCID: PMC3101205; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001037;

Kesselheim AS, Austad KE. Residents: workers or students in the eyes of the law? N Engl J Med. 2011 Feb 24; 364(8):697-9. PMID: 21226569

Austad K, Brendel DH, Brendel RW. Financial conflicts of interest and the ethical obligations of medical school faculty and the profession. Perspect Biol Med. 2010; 53(4):534-44. PMID: 21037407

Abdou R, Romm I, Schiff D, Austad K, Dubal S, Kimmel S, Schiff E. In solidarity with Gaza. Lancet. 2009 Jan 24; 373(9660):295.View Related Profiles.

Schiff, Davida
Austad, Kirsten
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PMID: 19147219; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60042-8;

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