Rebecca K. Rudel, DrPH, MPH, RD
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Infectious Diseases

DPH/DrPH, Boston University
MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA, Tufts University

Pronouns: she/her/hers



Dr. Rudel is an implementation scientist and evaluator focused on the intersection between clinical care and public health. She uses implementation science frameworks and methods to evaluate programs and interventions that aim to improve quality of and access to care for underserved and vulnerable populations. She has extensive experience designing and undertaking process and outcome evaluations for a variety of healthcare-based interventions, including an on-site produce market and a mobile health clinic. Methodologically, Dr. Rudel has expertise in mixed methods evaluations with an intensive focus on qualitative analysis. With a background as a dietitian, Professor Rudel combines her clinical and research expertise to design and evaluate interventions to improve health outcomes. She also takes an equity lens to her work, aiming to create an environment where all people have the ability to achieve optimal health.

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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  1. Rudel RK, Byhoff E, Fielman SB, Strombotne KL, Drainoni ML, Greece JA. A Qualitative Study of A Health Center-Based Mobile Produce Market. J Ambul Care Manage. 2024 Jul-Sep 01; 47(3):134-142.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38771169
     
  2. Byhoff E, Rudel R, Taylor LA. Thoughtful Investing in Social Care Management: The Cause of, and Solution to, All of Life's Problems. J Ambul Care Manage. 2024 Jul-Sep 01; 47(3):203-211. PMID: 38771174
     
  3. Bittermann T, Goldberg DS, Rudel RK, Byhoff E. Liver disease etiology and race/ethnicity are associated with neighborhood food insecurity risk in US candidates for liver transplant. Liver Transpl. 2024 Oct 01; 30(10):1086-1090. PMID: 38619399
     
  4. Rudel RK, Byhoff E, Strombotne KL, Drainoni ML, Greece JA. Factors Associated With Uptake of an Open Access Health Center-Based Mobile Produce Market: A Case for Expanded Eligibility. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2024 Apr 12.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38615994
     
  5. Rudel RK, Byhoff E, Strombotne KL, Drainoni ML, Greece JA. Healthcare-based food assistance programmes in the United States: a scoping review and typology. J Nutr Sci. 2023; 12:e128.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38155805; PMCID: PMC10753472; DOI: 10.1017/jns.2023.111;
     
  6. Fan X, Rudel R, Berger M, Hershman M, Seres D. General Nutrition Principles. In: Yamada’s Textbook of Gastroenterology. 7th ed. Wiley. 2022.
  7. Lysen L, Rudel R, Robinson D. Nutrition in Weight Management. In: Raymond JL, Morrow K, eds. Krause and Mahan’s Food and the Nutrition Care Process.16th ed. Elsevier. 2022.
  8. Burgermaster M, Rudel R, Seres D. Dietary Sodium Restriction for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review of Intervention Outcomes and Behavioral Determinants. Am J Med. 2020 Dec; 133(12):1391-1402. PMID: 32682866; PMCID: PMC7704603; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.06.018;
     
  9. Lysen L, Rudel R, Robinson D. Nutrition in Weight Management. In: Raymond JL, Morrow K, eds. Krause and Mahan’s Food and the Nutrition Care Process.15th ed. Elsevier. 2020.
  10. Donovan NJ, Amariglio RE, Zoller AS, Rudel RK, Gomez-Isla T, Blacker D, Hyman BT, Locascio JJ, Johnson KA, Sperling RA, Marshall GA, Rentz DM. Subjective cognitive concerns and neuropsychiatric predictors of progression to the early clinical stages of Alzheimer disease. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Dec; 22(12):1642-51. PMID: 24698445; PMCID: PMC4145054; DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.02.007;
     

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Bar chart showing 10 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2024

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2023 Alpha Beta Chapter: Inductee, Delta Omega Honor Society
2021 Boston University Women’s Guild: Awardee, McLaughlin Award
2017 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital: Nominee, Dietetic Intern Preceptor of the Year
2016 Theta Chapter: Inductee, Delta Omega Honor Society
2015 Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics Foundation: Awardee, Margaret Ross Memorial Scholarship
In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Food Insecurity
Social Determinants of Health
Health Equity
Qualitative Research
Assistance, Food
Participatory Research, Community-Based
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