Marva V. Foster, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Foster is a nurse scientist and Assistant Professor of Medicine, in the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She is a Research Investigator in the Center for Healthcare Optimization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) at the Boston, Massachusetts VA Medical Center. Her research interests include digital health technology, management of cardiovascular and cardiovascular related diseases, implementation science and health equity. She earned her PhD in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, her Master’s in Nursing Education from the University of Rhode Island, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Rhode Island College. Dr. Foster was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Medical Informatics at VA Boston Healthcare System.

Publications

  • Published 4/30/2025

    Williams MS, Levine GN, Kalra D, Agarwala A, Baptiste D, Cigarroa JE, Diekemper RL, Foster MV, Gulati M, Henry TD, Itchhaporia D, Lawton JS, Newby LK, Rogers KC, Soni K, Tamis-Holland JE. 2025 AHA/ACC Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Performance Measures. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2025 Apr 30; e000140. PMID: 40305583.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/25/2025

    Sullivan BA, Foster MV, Hwang A, Sturgeon DJ, Kit L, Hayward-Lundy SH, Lamkin RP, Redd A, Friedman HR, Mull HJ. Development of an Electronic Patient Safety Surveillance Model to Efficiently Identify Potential Adverse Events for Gastrointestinal Endoscopies. Gastrointest Endosc. 2025 Apr 25. PMID: 40288695.

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  • Published 4/22/2025

    Williams MS, Levine GN, Kalra D, Agarwala A, Baptiste D, Cigarroa JE, Diekemper RL, Foster MV, Gulati M, Henry TD, Itchhaporia D, Lawton JS, Newby LK, Rogers KC, Soni K, Tamis-Holland JE. 2025 AHA/ACC Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Performance Measures. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Apr 22. PMID: 40310322.

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  • Published 11/16/2024

    Ayeni C, Branch-Elliman W, Foster M, Higgins MCSS, Hederstedt K, Bart N, Mull HJ. Potentially Preventable Adverse Events in Ambulatory Interventional Radiology: Results from a National Multisite Retrospective Medical Record Review. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2025 Mar; 51(3):223-228. PMID: 39799069.

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  • Published 6/28/2024

    Hwang AR, Mesfin N, Kogut M, Foster MV, Shin MH, Sturgeon DJ, Mull HJ. Percutaneous Lung Biopsy Prevalence and Use of the Lung CT Scan and Reporting Data System in the Veterans Health Administration Lung Cancer Screening Program. Chest. 2024 Nov; 166(5):1254-1257. PMID: 38945357.

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Education

  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, PhD
  • University of Rhode Island, MS
  • Rhode Island College, BS