Maria Venegas, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

I am a medical anthropologist with extensive experience and expertise in qualitative health research in Latin America and among Latinos in the United States. Drawing on my anthropological and public health background, my primary research interests focus on the lived experience of mental illness and ethnographic informed studies of technologies of care (m-health and telehealth) for the management of mental illness among economically disadvantaged and minority populations. My long-term goal is to become an expert on mental health care service delivery for diverse racial and economic underserved populations. I believe that an ethnographic and mixed method approach to mental health research can provide meaningful insights to the conditions of suffering, the context of mental illness experience, and strategies for recovery and improving mental health treatment among ethnic and racial minority groups.

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.

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  • Published 3/11/2026

    Marfeo E, Chamberlin E, Venegas M, Ngo V, Shirk SD, Hicken B, Cruise C, Moo LR. Exploring Home and Community-Based Service Needs Among Rural Family Caregivers of Older Adult US Veterans. J Appl Gerontol. 2026 Mar 11; 7334648261431411. PMID: 41811860.

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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 11/13/2023

    Hawley CE, Wagner C, Venegas MD, Genovese N, Triantafylidis LK, McCullough MB, Beizer JL, Hung WW, Moo LR. Connecting the disconnected: Leveraging an in-home team member for video visits for older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 May; 72(5):1408-1419. PMID: 37960887.

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  • Published 10/1/2023

    Gately ME, Metcalf EE, Waller DE, McLaren JE, Chamberlin ES, Hawley CE, Venegas M, Dryden EM, O'Connor MK, Moo LR. Caregiver Support Role in Occupational Therapy Video Telehealth: A Scoping Review. Top Geriatr Rehabil. 2023 Oct; 39(4):253-265. PMID: 37901356.

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Education

  • University of Pittsburgh, PhD
  • University of Pittsburgh, MPH
  • University of Cincinnati, MA
  • Boise State University, BA

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