Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE
Voluntary Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Pediatrics
General Pediatrics

MD, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
BA, Tufts University

Pronouns: she/her/hers



Megan Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE, Pediatrics, is a leader in the field of intimate partner violence and regarded research mentor in the educational field of Academic General Pediatrics. She has transformed the fellowship program in Academic General Pediatrics from a well-regarded local program to one of the top programs in the nation. Dr. Bair-Merritt has a leadership role in a large, integrated behavioral health project (TEAM UP) and is the Executive Director for the Center for the Urban Child and Healthy Family at Boston Medical Center. She serves as the PI of the BU CTSI, and as the Chair of Women's Leadership through the BUMG Office of Equity, Vitality and Inclusion. She has been a PI or co-PI on over 15 extramural awards from the Health Research and Services Administration, National Institute of Justice, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, PCORI and National Institutes of Health, as well as a T32 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Dr. Bair-Merritt is the author of over 110 peer reviewed publications. Of note, her 2010 first-author publication, ‘Reducing Maternal Intimate partner violence After the Birth of a Child: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Hawaii Healthy Start Home Visitation Program, represents one of the most substantial contributions to the field of intimate partner violence, and is one of only 30 studies to be considered as positive evidence by the United States Preventive Services Task Force in its 2018 recommendation for screening for intimate partner violence. She was an invited member of Governor Baker's Taskforce for Sexual Misconduct surveys from 2021-22.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

Activities Promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Significant research documents that bringing together professionals with diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas improves problem-solving and critical thinking and leads to more innovative, creative solutions; in addition, patient outcomes improve when medical teams have gender and racial/ethnic diversity. I am a general pediatrician who has focused my research career on the impact of gender based violence, and have served roles in the state and nationally to assess and reduce gender-based violence. Throughout my career, I have been solidly committed to equity, diversity and inclusion across faculty development, research and patient care. Embedding these principles promotes a supportive culture in which faculty, trainees, staff and patients thrive. Establishing a diverse faculty requires intentional efforts to build and mentor a pipeline of trainees, and to develop and implement policies that support faculty development. Over my career, I have provided close (e.g., weekly meetings) research mentorship to over 30 trainees and early career faculty, 11 of whom identify as being from URiM groups, and have provided career mentoring to many others. I am firmly committed to ensuring that DEIA initiatives remain central to our overarching strategy and to our day-to-day interactions. The BUMG Office of Equity, Vitality and Inclusion, for which I Chair the Women's Leadership Advisory Council, has many important resources (https://www.bumc.bu.edu/bumg/evi/).

Awards and Honors
2021 Led Boston University School of Medicine’s application for successful receipt of NIH Prize for Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity

Institutional Roles Related to DEIA
12/2016-present Executive Director, Center for the Urban Child & Healthy Family, Department of Pediatrics
7/2019-present Chair, Gender Equity/Women’s Leadership Advisory Council, Office of Equity, Vitality and Inclusion at the Boston University Medical Group
8/2020-10/2020 Committee to Reduce Implicit and Explicit Bias in Research, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, MA; Chair

Externally Funded Grants
9/2021-present Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Fund to Retain Clinician-Scientists


The Boston University Clinical and Transitional Science Institute
04/15/2020 - 03/31/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE
NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
3UL1TR001430-07S1

Institutional Career Development
04/15/2020 - 03/31/2025 (Key Person)
PI: Natalia E. Morone, MD, MS
NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
5KL2TR001411-07

NRSA Training Core
04/15/2020 - 03/31/2025 (Key Person)
PI: Darrell Nelson Kotton, MD
NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
5TL1TR001410-07

CARE (Creating and Advancing Research Equity) across BUSM
10/15/2021 - 10/14/2023 (Multi-PI)
PI: Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation John Templeton Fdn


Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Administrative Supplement)
07/06/2020 - 03/31/2021 (Multi-PI)
PI: Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE
NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
3UL1TR001430-05A1S1


Building Capacity for PCOR Participation among BIPOC Adults
09/01/2021 - 08/31/2023 (PI)
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

Training in Health Services Research for Vulnerable Populati
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2023 (Activity-level PI)
PI: Caroline Kistin, MD, MSc
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/DHHS

Training in Health Services Research for Vulnerable Populations
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2023 (PI)
DHHS/AHRQ
5T32HS022242-07

Underage Alcohol Use in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder
05/15/2020 - 04/30/2022 (PI)
Trustees of Boston University NIH-NIAAA

The Healthy Adolescent Relationship Trajectories Study_Copy
01/01/2018 - 12/31/2021 (PI)
Johns Hopkins University National Institute o

The Pediatric Practice of the Future
09/01/2019 - 08/31/2021 (PI)
Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.

Creating a Comparative Effectiveness Research Agenda for Adolescents with Autism
09/01/2019 - 08/31/2021 (PI)
PCORI

Pediatric Practice of the Future
04/01/2019 - 06/30/2020 (PI)
Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood

Safe Dating for Youth with ASD
01/01/2019 - 12/31/2019 (PI)
Organization for Autism Research

Integrating Behavioral Health into Pediatric Medical Homes for low income Children: Evaluation of…
12/15/2015 - 12/14/2019 (PI)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2022 Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute 5UL1TR001430-07
2022 Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute 3UL1TR001430-07S1
2021 Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute 5UL1TR001430-06 142
2020 Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute 2UL1TR001430-05A1 142
2020 Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute 3UL1TR001430-05A1S1 142
2020 Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute 3UL1TR001430-05A1S2 142
2018 Training in Health Services Research for Vulnerable Populations 2T32HS022242-06 19
2012 Intimate Partner Violence and Child Health 5K23HD057180-05 8
2012 Intimate Partner Violence and Child Health 7K23HD057180-06 8
2011 Intimate Partner Violence and Child Health 5K23HD057180-04 8
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  1. Kim J, Sheldrick RC, Gallagher K, Bair-Merritt MH, Durham MP, Feinberg E, Morris A, Cole MB. Association of Integrating Mental Health Into Pediatric Primary Care at Federally Qualified Health Centers With Utilization and Follow-up Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Apr 03; 6(4):e239990.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37099297; PMCID: PMC10134009; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.9990;
     
  2. Jagsi R, Beeland TD, Sia K, Szczygiel LA, Allen MR, Arora VM, Bair-Merritt M, Bauman MD, Bogner HR, Daumit G, Davis E, Fagerlin A, Ford DE, Gbadegesin R, Griendling K, Hartmann K, Hedayati SS, Jackson RD, Matulevicius S, Mugavero MJ, Nehl EJ, Neogi T, Regensteiner JG, Rubin MA, Rubio D, Singer K, Tucker Edmonds B, Volerman A, Laney S, Patton C, Escobar Alvarez S. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists: innovating support for early-career family caregivers. J Clin Invest. 2022 Dec 01; 132(23). PMID: 36453546; PMCID: PMC9711869; DOI: 10.1172/JCI166075;
     
  3. Safon CB, Estela MG, Rosenberg J, Feinberg E, Drainoni ML, Morris A, Durham MP, Bair-Merritt M, Sheldrick RC. Implementation of a Novel Pediatric Behavioral Health Integration Initiative. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2023 Jan; 50(1):1-17.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35915197
     
  4. Rothman EF, Campbell JK, Hoch AM, Bair-Merritt M, Cuevas CA, Taylor B, Mumford EA. Validity of a three-item dating abuse victimization screening tool in a 11-21 year old sample. BMC Pediatr. 2022 Jun 10; 22(1):337.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35689198; PMCID: PMC9185716; DOI: 10.1186/s12887-022-03397-w;
     
  5. Rowe SG, Stewart MT, Van Horne S, Pierre C, Wang H, Manukyan M, Bair-Merritt M, Lee-Parritz A, Rowe MP, Shanafelt T, Trockel M. Mistreatment Experiences, Protective Workplace Systems, and Occupational Distress in Physicians. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 May 02; 5(5):e2210768.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35522279; PMCID: PMC9077480; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10768;
     
  6. Sheldrick RC, Bair-Merritt MH, Durham MP, Rosenberg J, Tamene M, Bonacci C, Daftary G, Tang MH, Sengupta N, Morris A, Feinberg E. Integrating Pediatric Universal Behavioral Health Care at Federally Qualified Health Centers. Pediatrics. 2022 Apr 01; 149(4).View Related Profiles. PMID: 35347338
     
  7. Lin MY, Kim J, Sheldrick RC, Bair-Merritt MH, Durham MP, Feinberg E, Cole MB. Five-Year Trends in Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Department Visits in Massachusetts: A Population-Based Cohort Study. J Pediatr. 2022 Jul; 246:199-206.e17.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35301021; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.03.011;
     
  8. Nass M, Chase T, Buncher N, Gonzalez P, Quino G, Gurnani P, Bair-Merritt M, Kistin C. Pediatric Mobile Health Care Delivery During COVID-19. Acad Pediatr. 2022 Jul; 22(5):873-875.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35219853; PMCID: PMC8867956; DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2022.02.014;
     
  9. Marcil LE, Hole MK, Jackson J, Markowitz MA, Rosen L, Sude L, Rosenthal A, Bennett MB, Sarkar S, Jones N, Topel K, Chamberlain LJ, Zuckerman B, Kemper AR, Solomon BS, Bair-Merritt MH, Schickedanz A, Vinci RJ. Anti-Poverty Medicine Through Medical-Financial Partnerships: A New Approach to Child Poverty. Acad Pediatr. 2021 Nov-Dec; 21(8S):S169-S176.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34740425; PMCID: PMC9053836; DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2021.03.017;
     
  10. Randell KA, Ragavan MI, Query LA, Sundaram M, Bair-Merritt M, Miller E, Denise Dowd M. Intimate Partner Violence and the Pediatric Electronic Health Record: A Qualitative Study. Acad Pediatr. 2022 Jul; 22(5):824-832. PMID: 34455099; PMCID: PMC8882201; DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2021.08.013;
     
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Bar chart showing 98 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2017 and 2019

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Access and Timely Care Improve for Racially Diverse Children When Federally Qualified Health Centers Integrate Behavioral Health

HealthCity 4/21/2022

Pediatric Behavioral Healthcare Integration Boosts Care Access

Patient Engagement HIT 4/1/2022

How Can Leaders in Academic Medicine Make Career Advancement More Equitable?

Health City 1/13/2022

Expansion set for community pediatric mental health units

Dorchester Reporter 12/24/2019

Overcoming Barriers to Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatrics Through Co-Development

HealthCity 11/27/2019

Intimate Partner Violence Targets Teenagers, Too

Contemporary Pediatrics 6/24/2019

Teenage Girls and Dating Violence: Why We Should Be Paying Attention

The New York Times 5/28/2019

Teen Dating Violence Can Lead To Homicide — And Girls Are The Most Common Victims

NPR 4/15/2019

2008 Johns Hopkins: Resident-Fellow Teaching Award
1999 UNC-Chapel Hill: AOA
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Intimate Partner Violence
child maltreatment
mentoring
health disparities

I currently serve as the Division Chief of Academic General Pediatrics and the multi-PI of the BU CTSI. My research focuses in understanding the impact of psychosocial adversity on health as well as innovative interventions for trauma delivered in the primary care setting. In my administrative and research roles, I have mentored >20 junior faculty, fellows, residents and medical students. I greatly enjoy mentoring and helping mentees establish and achieve goals both professionally and personally.

Available to Mentor as: (Review Mentor Role Definitions):
  • Career Mentor
  • Diversity Mentor
  • Project Mentor
  • Research / Scholarly Mentor
  • Work / Life Integration Mentor
Contact for Mentoring:
  • Email (see 'Contact Info')

617.414.7424
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