Chelsea Hawley, PharmD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Chelsea Hawley is a Geriatrics Research Pharmacist at the VA Bedford Healthcare System and faculty at the New England Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center (NEGRECC). Dr. Hawley’s research interests include telemedicine, medication adherence, and innovative models of care for chronic disease state-management for older adults. Fellows may join Dr. Hawley on ongoing clinical innovation projects related to integrating patient priorities care into a clinic or practice, disseminating age-friendly care through an age-friendly clinical dashboard, improving care transitions through medication history pharmacy technicians. Fellows may join Dr. Hawley on ongoing research projects related to medication adherence, interprofessional telemedicine delivery to older adults, and cardiovascular and metabolic risk mitigation for older adults.

Publications

  • Published 4/30/2026

    Venegas M, McCullough MB, Hawley CE, Beizer JL, Hung WW, Moo LR. Telehealth Barriers and Digital Ageism Experienced by Older Veterans: Formative Ethnographic Study to Inform a Telepharmacy Randomized Trial. JMIR Aging. 2026 Apr 30; 9:e79409. PMID: 42060893.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 2/2/2026

    Hawley C, Moye J, Wingood M, Jindal SK, Kennedy M. Evaluation and quality improvement projects (EQUIP) bootcamp: development, implementation, and evaluation with learners in geriatrics. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2026 Feb 02; 1-18. PMID: 41627179.

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  • Published 5/19/2025

    Hawley CE, Triantafylidis LK, Swanner AA, Phillips SC, Chippendale R, Schwartz AW. Making It Count Twice: A Single Age-Friendly Deprescribing Workshop for Either Medical Residents or Geriatric Fellows. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Jun; 73(6):1989-1991. PMID: 40384551.

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  • Published 2/5/2025

    Hossain SR, Samant AN, Balsamo BC, Hawley CE, Zanchelli MC, Zhu C, Venegas MD, Robertson M, McCullough MB, Beizer JL, Boockvar KS, Siu AL, Moo LR, Hung WW. Effect of Medication Management at Home via Pharmacist-Led Home Televisits: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Feb 05; 14:e65141. PMID: 39908544.

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  • Published 12/1/2023

    Barayev O, Hawley CE, Wellman H, Gerlovin H, Hsu W, Paik JM, Mandel EI, Liu CK, Djoussé L, Gaziano JM, Gagnon DR, Orkaby AR. Statins, Mortality, and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Among US Veterans With Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Dec 01; 6(12):e2346373. PMID: 38055276.

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Education

  • University of Pittsburgh, PharmD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MPH
  • University of Pittsburgh, BS