Lucy Marcil, MD MPH
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Biography
Lucy Marcil, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Associate Director for Economic Mobility in the Center for the Urban Child and Healthy Family at Boston Medical Center, and Interim Director for the Urban Health and Advocacy Track (UHAT) of the Boston Combined Residency program.
Dr. Marcil is the co-founder and Executive Director of Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) StreetCred program, which provides free tax and other financial services to families who are eligible to receive the Earned Income Tax and Child Tax Credits – all completed while they are visiting the pediatrician’s office. Her work focuses on creating innovative solutions to create financial and health equity. Dr. Marcil has been recognized with the American Academy of Pediatrics Anne E. Dyson Child Advocacy Award and is a TED Fellow. Her TED talk has reached over 1.3 million viewers.
Education
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, MD
- Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, MPH
- Davidson College, BA
Publications
- Published on 5/1/2023
Thomas HD, Sandel MT, Lentell A, James TL, Watson L, Valentin Y, Marcil LE. Promoting Housing-Based Asset Building Programs in Healthcare. Pediatrics. 2023 May 01; 151(5). PMID: 37021490.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/6/2022
Alexander SP, Kim IC, Hatcher C, Suh HS, Ha Y, Marcil LE. Embedding Financial Services in Frequented, Trusted Settings: Building on Families' Pre-existing Economic Mobility Efforts. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2022 Sep 01; 43(7):e442-e451. PMID: 35943377.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2022
Marcil LE, Thakrar MR. Association of Tax Preparation Service in a Pediatric Clinic With Increased Receipt of The Child Tax Credit. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Jun 01; 176(6):606-607. PMID: 35311927.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/2021
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. PMID: 34740425.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/2021
Beck AF, Marcil LE, Klein MD, Sims AM, Parsons AA, Shah AN, Riley CL, Bignall ONR, Henize AW, Kahn RS, Unaka NI. Pediatricians Contributing to Poverty Reduction Through Clinical-Community Partnership and Collective Action: A Narrative Review. Acad Pediatr. 2021 Nov-Dec; 21(8S):S200-S206. PMID: 34740429.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/4/2021
Tummala S, Zhong W, Marcil LE. Embedding 529 College Savings Accounts in Pediatric Care: A Pilot Innovation. Acad Pediatr. 2022 Apr; 22(3):501-502. PMID: 34492376.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/17/2021
Marcil LE, Barnett KG, Zuckerman B. Medical-Financial Partnerships - Beyond Traditional Boundaries. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jul 22; 385(4):289-291. PMID: 34279067.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/2/2020
Marcil LE, Beck AF. A National Prescription for Health: Tax Credits. Pediatrics. 2020 11; 146(5). PMID: 33008844.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/19/2020
Marcil LE, Campbell JI, Silva KE, Hughes D, Salim S, Nguyen HT, Kissler K, Hole MK, Michelson CD, Kistin CJ. Women's Experiences of the Effect of Financial Strain on Parenting and Mental Health. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2020 11; 49(6):581-592. PMID: 32822649.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/7/2020
Ragavan MI, Marcil LE, Garg A. Climate Change as a Social Determinant of Health. Pediatrics. 2020 05; 145(5). PMID: 32265296.
Read at: PubMed
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