Lucy B. Schulson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Biography
Lucy Schulson is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and an Attending Physician in the Sections of General Internal Medicine. She is a practicing primary care doctor in the Immigrant and Refugee Health Center at Boston Medical Center. Her research is focused on how health systems can be improved to address gaps in quality of care and patient safety to improve equity. She earned her B.A. in international development at Brown University and medical degree at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine where she graduated with Honors in Research and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. She obtained a Master of Public Heath in health policy and management at the Harvard School of Public Health and completed her internal medicine and primary care residency at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School. She completed a clinical research fellowship at the Boston University School of Medicine where she conducted health disparities research with a particular focus on patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) and pursued advanced coursework in epidemiology and biostatistics at Boston University School of Public Health.
Other Positions
- Primary Care Physician, Immigrant & Refugee Health Program, Boston Medical Center
Education
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, MD
- Harvard School of Public Health, MPH
- Brown University, BS
Classes Taught
Publications
- Published on 2/13/2025
Schulson LB, Rodriguez JA, Cruz R, Flynn D, Fernandez A. Patient Safety Event Risk and Language Barriers: A Scoping Review. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2025 Feb 13. PMID: 40089441.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/7/2025
Marsolais E, Anhang Price R, Berdahl CT, Shenk A, Schulson L, O'Hanlon CE. The technical expert/clinical user/patient panel (TECUPP): centering patient and family perspectives in patient-reported measure development. Res Involv Engagem. 2025 Jan 07; 11(1):2. PMID: 39773685.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/22/2024
Schulson L, Bandini J, Bialas A, Huigol S, Timmins G, Ahluwalia S, Gidengil C. Patient safety and the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of perspectives of front-line clinicians. BMJ Open Qual. 2024 Aug 22; 13(3). PMID: 39179272.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/19/2024
Bradford AC, Nguyen T, Schulson L, Dick A, Gupta S, Simon K, Stein BD. High-Dose Opioid Prescribing in Individuals with Acute Pain: Assessing the Effects of US State Opioid Policies. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Nov; 39(14):2689-2697. PMID: 39028403.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/1/2024
Meredith LS, Ahluwalia S, Chen PG, Dong L, Farmer CM, Bouskill KE, Dalton S, Qureshi N, Blagg T, Timmins G, Schulson LB, Huilgol SS, Han B, Williamson S, Watson P, Schnurr PP, Martineau M, Davis K, Cassells A, Tobin JN, Gidengil C. Testing an Intervention to Improve Health Care Worker Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Apr 01; 7(4):e244192. PMID: 38687482.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/20/2023
Hepner KA, Sousa JL, Roth CP, Huilgol SS, Jean C, Schulson LB, Gandhi P, Malika N, Engel CC. Improving Pain Care for Service Members: Administrator, Provider, and Patient Perspectives on Treatment, Policies, and Opportunities for Change. Rand Health Q. 2023 Dec; 11(1):3. PMID: 38264313.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/12/2023
Gandhi TK, Schulson LB, Thomas AD. Bringing the Equity Lens to Patient Safety Event Reporting. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 Jan; 50(1):87-89. PMID: 37821324.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/21/2023
Ernecoff NC, Weir R, Rodriguez A, Schulson LB, Edelen MO, Hanmer J. Electronic health record (EHR)-based PROMIS measures among neurology clinic decedents and survivors: a retrospective cohort analysis. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2023 Aug 21; 21(1):95. PMID: 37605247.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/15/2023
Jackson J, Berri N, Nham W, Wolters N, Adzemovic T, Tsuchida RE, Newton M, Burkhardt J, Perry M, Schulson LB. Key Factors in Designing the Health System-Community Pathways Program for African American/Black Children and Young Adults. Rand Health Q. 2023 May; 10(2):1. PMID: 37200824.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/15/2023
Faherty LJ, Ringel JS, Kranz AM, Baker L, Phillips B, Williams MV, Perez L, Schulson LB, Timmins G, Gittens AD, Gandhi P, Howell K, Adekunle T. The U.S. Equity-First Vaccination Initiative: Impacts and Lessons Learned. Rand Health Q. 2023 May; 10(2):3. PMID: 37200826.
Read at: PubMed
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