Tracy A. Battaglia, MPH

Professor, Medicine

Tracy Battaglia
801 Massachusetts Ave Crosstown Center

Biography

Dr. Battaglia is a primary care clinician-investigator internationally recognized for her collaborative, innovative approaches to addressing health disparities among women historically marginalized. As director of the Women’s Health Unit and Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Research Center, associate chief of research for GIM and co-director of community engagement for the BU Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI), she has led the development of foundational infrastructure to support community-engaged methods in translational science. Her own research focuses on engaging with community to increase access to care for at-risk women, including ground-breaking work on the role of oncology patient navigators. Through her participation on several National Cancer Institute cooperative groups, she contributed to the 2012 Commission on Cancer Accreditation Standard requiring navigation services in cancer centers. As founding chair of the National Navigation Roundtable, she partners across sectors for sustainable navigation workforce. She currently leads a city-wide NIH study connecting multiple hospitals to reduce breast cancer disparities in Boston and contributed to two BU CTSI funding cycle renewals as well as Boston Medical Center’s participation in the HEALing Communities Study, an $89m award from the National Institute of Drug Abuse to evaluate community-driven approaches to reduce opioid deaths in Massachusetts communities.

Other Positions

  • Professor, Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
  • Associate Director for Clinical Sciences, BU-BMC Cancer Center, Boston University
  • Director, Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University
  • Associate Director, Belkin Breast Center, Boston Medical Center
  • Director, Community Engagement Core, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Boston University
  • Director, Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Research Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Education

  • Boston University School of Medicine, MD
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH
  • Boston University, BA

Publications

  • Published on 12/12/2023

    Murray Horwitz ME, Saradjha Brédy G, Schemm JA, Battaglia TA. Strategies for Recruiting a Diverse Postpartum Survey Sample. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Dec 12. PMID: 38085464.

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  • Published on 11/23/2023

    Bosak J, Drainoni ML, Christopher M, Medley B, Rodriguez S, Bell S, Kim E, Stotz C, Hamilton G, Bigsby C, Gillen F, Kimball J, McClay C, Powers K, Walt G, Battaglia T, Chassler D, Sprague Martinez L, Lunze K. Community advisory board members' perspectives on their contributions to a large multistate cluster RCT: a mixed methods study. J Clin Transl Sci. 2024; 8(1):e1. PMID: 38384918.

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  • Published on 11/19/2023

    Blakeslee SB, Gunn CM, Parker PA, Fagerlin A, Battaglia T, Bevers TB, Bandos H, McCaskill-Stevens W, Kennedy JW, Holmberg C. Talking numbers: how women and providers use risk scores during and after risk counseling - a qualitative investigation from the NRG Oncology/NSABP DMP-1 study. BMJ Open. 2023 Nov 19; 13(11):e073138. PMID: 37984961.

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  • Published on 11/16/2023

    Sprague Martinez L, Howard RC, Schotland M, Lobb R, Battaglia T, Stone S, Auerswald C, Ozer E. Community engagement and financial arrangements: Navigating institutional change. J Clin Transl Sci. 2023; 7(1):e261. PMID: 38229900.

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  • Published on 11/1/2023

    Kressin NR, Wormwood JB, Battaglia TA, Slanetz PJ, Gunn CM. Sociodemographic Variations in Women's Reports of Discussions With Clinicians About Breast Density. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Nov 01; 6(11):e2344850. PMID: 38010653.

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  • Published on 11/1/2023

    Chetlen A, Niell BL, Brown A, Baskies AM, Battaglia T, Chen A, Jochelson MS, Klein KA, Malak SF, Mehta TS, Sinha I, Tuscano DS, Ulaner GA, Slanetz PJ. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Breast Implant Evaluation: 2023 Update. J Am Coll Radiol. 2023 Nov; 20(11S):S329-S350. PMID: 38040459.

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  • Published on 6/26/2023

    Paskett ED, Battaglia T, Calhoun EA, Chappell MC, Dwyer A, Fleisher LG, Greenwald J, Wells KJ. Isn't there enough evidence on the benefits of patient navigation? CA Cancer J Clin. 2023; 73(6):562-564. PMID: 37358050.

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  • Published on 4/20/2023

    Kressin NR, Wormwood JB, Battaglia TA, Slanetz PJ, Gunn CM. Women's Reactions to Breast Density Information Vary by Sociodemographic Characteristics. Womens Health Issues. 2023; 33(4):435-442. PMID: 37087312.

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  • Published on 2/23/2023

    Murray Horwitz ME, Prifti CA, Battaglia TA, Ajayi AT, Edwards CV, Benjamin EJ, Yarrington CD, Parker SE. Prepregnancy Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in a Safety-Net Hospital. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2023 Apr; 32(4):401-408. PMID: 36827080.

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  • Published on 1/31/2023

    Sprague Martinez L, Chassler D, Lobb R, Hakim D, Pamphile J, Battaglia TA. A discussion among deans on advancing community engaged research. Clin Transl Sci. 2023 Apr; 16(4):557-563. PMID: 36707736.

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