Allen L. Gifford, MD

Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Biography

Dr. Gifford is Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Boston University School of Public Health and of Medicine in the BU School of Medicine, as well as a practicing physician. He leads the Health Services Research Section at VA Boston, where he is Director of the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR), and corresponding Director of the Evidence, Policy, and Implementation Center. These national programs funded by the Department of Veteran Affairs support Health Services, and Implementation Science Research throughout VA. He is also past Director of the HIV/Hepatitis QUERI (Quality Enhancement research Initiative) for HIV and Hepatitis.
Dr. Gifford’s scholarly activities focus on improvement of care quality within learning healthcare systems, with special emphasis on implementation science including but not limited to HIV and Hepatitis. He has been a recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar Award for his research on medication adherence support programs, and a VA Advanced Research Career Development Award for implementation research. He has been Principal Investigator of many research studies, including NIH R01, VA HSR&D Merit, QUERI, and private foundation grants.
He is an attending physician, practicing HIV and Hepatitis care at the VA Bedford and VA Boston Healthcare Systems.

Publications

  • Published 12/5/2025

    Kaiser JL, Trowbridge E, Vian T, Haberer JE, Paudel R, DeMaria J, Orrell C, Jennings L, Gifford AL, Halim N, Berkowitz N, MacLeod WB, Sabin LL. Complexity of Adherence Challenges: Understanding Syndemic Factors Affecting HIV Treatment Adherence During Treatment Initiation in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS Behav. 2026 May; 30(5):1418-1438. PMID: 41348307.

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  • Published 5/17/2025

    Harvey L, Abdulkerim H, Strymish J, Ryan SK, Boudreau J, Gifford A, Hyde J, Branch-Elliman W. Infectious Complications of Substance Use: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Hospitalized Veterans. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Jun; 12(6):ofaf301. PMID: 40476030.

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  • Published 4/21/2025

    Lopez JCF, Allgood S, Sheahan K, White B, Kirshner MA, Shirley S, Coffey M, Milo A, Cutrona SL, Damschroder L, Fix GM, Nevedal AL, Reardon CM, Opra Widerquist MA, Arasim M, Gifford AL, DeLaughter K, Jackson GL. How senior leaders support innovations in large learning health systems: Insights from United States Veterans Health Administration national program office leaders. Learn Health Syst. 2025 Jul; 9(3):e70012. PMID: 40677606.

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  • Published 1/18/2025

    Villalba M, Fix GM, Schenkel R, Chiasson MA, Gifford AL, Gordon P, Lekas HM, Yin MT, Baim-Lance A. Exploring HIV provider framings of living and aging with HIV. SSM Qual Res Health. 2025 Jun; 7. PMID: 41347068.

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  • Published 10/29/2024

    Rupcic S, Tam MZ, DeLaughter KL, Gifford AL, Barker AM, Bokhour BG, Xu C, Dryden E, Anderson E, Jasuja GK, Boudreau J, Douglas JH, Hyde J, Mozer R, Zeliadt SB, Fix GM. Co-designing a blueprint for spreading person-centered, Whole Health care to HIV specialty care settings: a mixed methods protocol. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Oct 29; 24(1):1306. PMID: 39472856.

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Other Positions

  • Professor, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • University of North Carolina, MD
  • Harvard University, AB

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